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| location = [[Srinagar]]
| country = [[India]]
| denomination = [[Church of North India]]
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| functional status = Active
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| capacity = 150-250
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| diocese = [[Diocese of Amritsar]]
| district = [[Srinagar]]
| priestincharge = [[Rev.]] Eric Tarsem & [[Rev.]] Vinoo Kaul
| minister = [[Rev.]] Eric Tarsem
| deacon = [[Rev.]] Vinoo Kaul
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| logo = CNI-Seal-Trans.jpg
| bishop = P. K. Samantaroy
| attendance = 75-125
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'''All Saints Church''', also known as '''All Hallows Church''', is a historical Protestant church in [[Srinagar]] that is part of the [[Church of North India]], a province of the worldwide [[Anglican Communion]].<ref name=Satish2014>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/jk-polls-invisible-native-christians-least-talked-about-and-most-neglected-730374.html|title=J&K polls: Invisible native Christians, least talked about and most neglected|last=Satish|first=DP|date=9 December 2014|publisher=[[CNN-IBN]]|language=English|accessdate=13 February 2016|quote=Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar has two churches - Holy Family Catholic Church on Maulana Azad road and the Protestant's All Saints Church near Sher-E-Kashmir cricket stadium.}}</ref> All Saints Church falls within the Diocese of Amritsar and along with [[Holy Family Catholic Church (Srinagar)|Holy Family Catholic Church]], is one of the two Christian churches in the city.<ref name=Satish2014/> The church is dedicated to [[All Saints' Day|All Saints]].

== History ==
'''All Saints church''' dates from the 1890s - at the time when the opening of the [[Jhelum Valley (Kashmir)|Jhelum Valley road]], and the establishment of a [[East India Company|British]] Residency in [[Kashmir Valley|Kashmir]], prompted an increasing number of Brits to come to [[Srinagar]]. It was a [[List of hill stations in India|hill station]] - a place to escape the heat of the plains. And for a few hundred among the British, it became their home. There was a club, a posh hotel (Nedou's), a social scene, many [[Houseboat|houseboats]] - and also, in time, a church.

== Architecture ==
'''All Saints''' has changed hugely over the past 120 years. Only the base of the tower remains from the original construction. [[1964 East Pakistan riots|The church had been burnt down during protests in the 1960s and again in the 1970s]]. It was rebuilt using a Russian design, and making less use of wood to make it less vulnerable to fire.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A week in Kashmir: the church|url=http://www.andrewwhitehead.net/1/post/2017/04/a-week-in-kashmir-the-church.html|access-date=2020-07-27|website=ANDREW WHITEHEAD|language=en}}</ref> It was badly hit - along with so much of riverside Srinagar - in the [[2014 Kashmir Floods|2014 floods]]. But it has recovered and is well maintained.

== References ==
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[[Category:Church of North India cathedrals]]
[[Category:Churches in Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Churches in Srinagar]]
[[Category:19th-century churches in India]]
[[Category:19th-century Anglican church buildings]]

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