is the principal church of the
Anglican Diocese of Singapore. It was
gazetted a
national monument by
Singapore's National Heritage Board on 28 June 1973.
Catholicism Roman Catholicism is the oldest Catholic church in
Singapore. The Roman Catholic population in Singapore generally consists of
Chinese (including
Peranakans) and Indians, along with a few smaller minority groups such as Eurasians (including
Kristang),
white Europeans and
Filipinos. The Chinese, the majority ethnicity in Singapore, also account for the majority of Catholics. There are 29 Roman Catholic parishes and 3 devotional churches in Singapore, each administering to a particular district in Singapore. Plans for a 33rd church at Tengah Gardens are in the works, after a successful bidding for land from the Housing Development Board.
Singapore has a Roman Catholic
Archdiocese headed by Archbishop
William Cardinal Goh who presides at the
Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. The Holy Mass in
Singapore is celebrated in numerous
vernacular tongues, including English, Chinese language (Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew, etc.), Malayalam, Korean, German, Indonesian, Tamil and Tagalog (at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd). The Traditional Latin Mass is also celebrated every Sunday at 2pm at St. Joseph's Church (Victoria Street). Peranakan Roman Catholics are generally concentrated in the
Church of the Holy Family in
Katong; whilst St. Joseph's Church along Victoria street is a cultural base for
Portuguese Eurasians. Roman Catholic parishes in the 18th to early 19th centuries were initially set up along racial and cultural lines by various Roman Catholic missionary groups from Europe. Various Roman Catholic parishes in
Singapore are actively involved in social services such as welfare homes, the opening of soup kitchens as well as missionary trips to places like
Indonesia and the
Philippines. There is also the Catholic Medical Guild, and other Catholic lobby groups that are based in the Church of St Peter & Paul parish grounds. Neighbourhood Christian Communities (NCC) take an active role in organising and gathering Catholics in the community, especially within their neighbourhoods, so that they may support one another spiritually and grow in Christ.
Eastern Catholicism A fledgling
Greek-Catholic community, dependent on the
Ukrainian Greek-Catholic bishop of
Melbourne, is also present. A
Syro-Malabar Catholic community in Singapore has been set up to cater to the growing
Malayali diaspora. The
Qurbana is celebrated at various Roman Catholic churches around the country: the Church of St. Antony in
Woodlands, the Church of the Transfiguration in
Punggol, the Church of St. Stephen in
MacPherson, the
Church of St. Mary of the Angels in
Bukit Batok and St. Patrick's House Chapel in
Bedok. All of these are only monthly, except that at St. Patrick's House Chapel. Only the Qurbana at the Church of St. Stephen is on Sunday, the rest are celebrated on Saturday.
Protestantism Local Protestant denominations consist of:
Anglicans,
Methodists,
Pentecostals,
Baptists,
Reformed (mostly
Presbyterians and
Dutch Reformed),
Lutherans, and
Evangelical Free Church. There are also
nondenominational churches from the
Churches of Christ,
Plymouth Brethren, and
Charismatic Christian traditions. was founded in 1894. It initially functioned as a church on 155 Middle Road. In 1930, the church moved to its present location on 1 Kampong Kapor Road. Anglicanism is represented in
Singapore by the
Diocese of Singapore, which has 26 parishes in Singapore, and is a part of the
Church of the Province of South East Asia. The
Methodist Church in Singapore is the largest mainline Protestant denomination in the country, with some 45,000 members in 46 churches.
Pentecostalism has exerted a larger influence with the start of the
charismatic movement in the 1970s. There are other organisations such as, Fei Yue Family Centres,
Teen Challenge various community hospitals, and Beulah. Prominent
megachurches include
New Creation Church,
City Harvest Church and
Faith Community Baptist Church, which count among Singapore's 10 largest charities, according to a report by
The Straits Times in 2019. The
City Harvest Church Criminal Breach of Trust Case had involved the misappropriation of approximately S$50.6 million in church funds by church founder
Kong Hee and five other key leaders in the church. It is the largest case of its kind in the history of
Singapore, with
Kong Hee and the other leaders ultimately found guilty and served prison sentences.
Oriental Orthodoxy was founded in 1883. It underwent a third rebuilding in 2010. Its façade comprises three sections of perforated panels which are “sewn” together by external staircases which culminate in a large Cross.
Oriental Orthodox churches in Singapore include the old
Armenian Church which has a church building and newly appointed resident clergy. By the Pontifical Order of Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, Zaven Yazichyan, a member of the Brotherhood of Holy Etchmiadzin; has been appointed to serve as the spiritual pastor of Singapore, the
Coptic Orthodox Church which meets in the Armenian Church, and the
Syriac Orthodox Church; the latter two churches generally minister to the
Coptic and Indian communities respectively. There is also a large
Malankara Orthodox presence in
Singapore administering to the Keralite Diaspora, with services as St. Thomas Orthodox Syrian Cathedral.
Eastern Orthodoxy In
Singapore there is also a small but growing
Eastern Orthodox congregation made up of ethnic
Greeks,
Georgians,
Russians,
Ukrainians and Indians, constituting a small minority in the local Christian population. In 2008, the Holy Synod of the
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople decided to split the
Eastern Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia (OMHKSEA) formed in 1996 into two, creating the
Eastern Orthodox Metropolitanate of Singapore and South Asia, with jurisdiction over
Singapore,
Indonesia,
Malaysia,
Brunei,
Timor,
Maldives,
Sri Lanka,
Bangladesh,
India,
Nepal,
Bhutan,
Pakistan and
Afghanistan. First Diocesan Bishop was appointed in 2011, when Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate elected Archimandrite Konstantinos (Tsilis) as the first Metropolitan of Singapore and South Asia. He was ordained by Ecumenical Patriarch
Bartholomew I of Constantinople and resides in
Singapore. The central parish in
Singapore is served by Archimandrite Daniel Toyne. On 28 December 2018, in response to the
Ecumenical Patriarchate's actions in Ukraine, the
Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church decided to create "a
Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe with the center in
Paris", as well as "a
Patriarchal Exarchate in South-East Asia [PESEA] with the center in
Singapore." The "sphere of pastoral responsibility" of the PESEA is
Singapore,
Vietnam,
Indonesia,
Cambodia,
North Korea,
South Korea,
Laos,
Malaysia,
Myanmar, the
Philippines, and
Thailand. It is centered around the Diocese of Singapore, which also includes parishes in Malaysia,
Timor-Leste and
Papua New Guinea.
Nontrinitarianism There are also various
nontrinitarian congregations in
Singapore, such as
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS, "Mormons") and the
True Jesus Church. While these groups are recognised by the state, other groups have been subject to varying degrees of restriction, most notably the
Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) and the
Unification Church (UC, "
Moonies"), who are deemed as
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