Church of the Deaf

The Church of the Deaf or Deaf People's Church (Døves Kirke) is a church in Copenhagen, on Falkonergårdsvej in the Frederiksberg Municipality.

Church of the Deaf
De Døves Kirke
LocationCopenhagen
CountryDenmark
DenominationChurch of Denmark
WebsiteChurch website
History
StatusActive
Founded12 November 1900
Founder(s)Johannes Jørgensen
Consecrated18 December 1904
Architecture
Architectural typeNeo-Romanesque
Years built1904
Administration
ParishSt Thomas
DioceseCopenhagen
Clergy
Bishop(s)Peter Skov-Jakobsen

History

On December 1, 1900, Johannes Jørgensen, the first deaf priest in Denmark, established the first deaf congregation in Europe. The Church of the Deaf was founded on November 12, 1900 in Copenhagen. The church was built on designs by Emil Jørgensen in the National Romantic style. It was constructed by master builder Albert Nicolai Schioldann. Schioldann, who had a deaf son, was very active in Copenhagen's deaf community and would later serve on the board of the church.

The church was completed in 1904 and consecrated on December 18, 1904. The church was built on the initiative of the Association of Effata, the Workers' Home for Deaf-Dumb Women and the Deaf Society of 1866.[1]

In 1934 services was celebrated using the Danish language. There were two worship services held on Sundays, using the sign language and the other in spoken language. In 2000, the congregations celebrated their 100th anniversary and, for the first time, published a translation of Hebrew and Greek texts from the Bible into Danish sign language. In 2001 a new church house was inaugurated. On February 3, 2013 the Sign language Bible was inaugurated during a service attended by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. On May 14, 2014, the Danish sign language was recognized as a language, an occasion which was commemorated that same evening during a service.[2]

References
  1. "KORT TIL KIRKEN", korttil kirken. Retrieved on 16 February 2019.
  2. "Kirkens historie igennem tiderne, hurtig oversigt", De Døves Kirke. Retrieved on 16 February 2019.


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