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St Andrew’s Orthodox Church, Edinburgh

St Andrew's Orthodox Church is an Orthodox church located in the Southside, , . Edinburgh's Orthodox community was founded in 1948 and has, since 2013, occupied the former Buccleuch Parish Church, which was founded as a chapel of ease of in 1756 and closed in 1969.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Orthodox
  • Description: church building in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Buccleuch Parish Church”, “Buccleuch Parish Church, 33 Chapel Street, Edinburgh”, “Buccleuch Parish School”, “Orthodox Chapel of St Andrew”, and “Orthodox Church of St Andrew”
  • Address: 2 Meadow Lane, Edinburgh

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gordon Aikman Lecture Theatre and Edinburgh Castle.

Theater building
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The is a category B listed performing arts and lecture theatre located in the historic in . Primarily operated as a lecture theatre for the University of Edinburgh, it is also used for general theatre performances, as well as being a designated Edinburgh Fringe Festival venue. is situated 440 feet northwest of St Andrew’s Orthodox Church, Edinburgh.

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is a historic castle in , . It stands on , which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age. There has been a royal castle on the rock since the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence until 1633. is situated 3,700 feet northwest of St Andrew’s Orthodox Church, Edinburgh.

Library
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is the main library of the University of Edinburgh and one of the most important libraries of . The University Library was moved in 1827 to William Playfair's Upper Library in the Old College building. is situated 560 feet west of St Andrew’s Orthodox Church, Edinburgh.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Guse Dub and Sciennes.

Locality
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is a locality.

Suburb
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is a district of , , situated approximately 2 kilometres south of the city centre. It is a mainly residential district, although it is also well-known as the site of the former .

Neighborhood
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is the marketing name given to the mixed use redevelopment of the former site, in , . It was master-planned by architect Foster + Partners and takes its name from the fact it is a quarter mile from Edinburgh Castle and the Royal Mile and measures a quarter mile from corner to corner.

St Andrew’s Orthodox Church, Edinburgh

Latitude
55.94215° or 55° 56′ 32″ north
Longitude
-3.18639° or 3° 11′ 11″ west
Inception
1839
Open location code
9C7RWRR7+VC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 41452827
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q56630992
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