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History of the Pilgrimfathers' Church

History and other background information of the Pilgrimfathers' Church in Rotterdam-Delfshaven in The Netherlands.

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History (in English)
Geschreven door B. Linskens (SOHK)

Read more .... [Introduction]

History (in English)
Geschreven door B. Linskens (SOHK)
The Pilgrimfathers' Church has a spacious and light interior. See the small virtual tour for more details.
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History (in English)
Geschreven door B. Linskens (SOHK)
The history of the Pilgrimfathers' Church goes back as far as 1417, when the Roman-Catholic church of St. Anthony was consecrated on this site.
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History (in English)
Geschreven door B. Linskens (SOHK)
The main organ in the Pilgrimfathers' Church is built by the famous firm J. Bätz & Co. and a later partner C.G.F. Witte. The organ has regained its former glory after the last restauration in 1999-2001.
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History (in English)
Geschreven door B. Linskens (SOHK)
In the Pilgrimfathers' Church in Rotterdam Delfshaven the ties that exist between Delfshaven and the Pilgrim Fathers are clearly manifest in the many memorial tablets.
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History (in English)
Geschreven door B. Linskens (SOHK)
In 1620 a group a group of English religious dissenters, first living eleven years in Leiden, decided to become Pilgrims and cross the wide waters to America, where they might worship God in their own way and still be Englishmen.The great adventure started in the Pilgrimfathers' Church in Delfshaven on 1620, July 21^st.
Read more .... [Pilgrim Fathers]

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