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| name = St. Bartholomew's (St. Bart's)
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'''St. Bartholomew's Church''' is an [[Anglican]] church, built by the [[Government of Tamil Nadu|Madras Government]] for the [[East India Company]] troops stationed in [[Mysore|Kingdom of Mysore]] and is located in Lashkar Mohalla, on the Nilgiri Road, near the noisy Mysore sub-urban bus stand in Mysore City. The church grounds was consecrated on 29 November 1830 by Bishop Turner of Calcutta, (p. 327)<ref name=Penny /> and the building was completed in 1832.<ref name=Rotti>{{cite web|last1=Rotti|first1=Joland|title=St. Bartholomew's Church, Mysore|url=http://www.karnataka.com/mysore/st-bartholomews-church/|website=Karnataka|accessdate=3 February 2015|date=3 October 2013}}</ref> The church is named after [[Bartholomew the Apostle|Saint Bartholomew]], one of the 12 apostles of [[Jesus Christ]], and is said to have visited India in the first century AD, and preached the Christian gospel in the [[Kalyan]], [[Thane]] and [[Raigad District|Raigad]] regions of present-day [[Maharashtra]].<ref name=SVUC-DH>{{cite news|last1=SVUC|title=A heritage church in Mysore|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/362976/from-here-there.html|accessdate=3 February 2015|issue=Bangaore|publisher=Deccan Herald|date=15 October 2013}}</ref><ref name=Charya2-DH />

The church services at the St. Bartholomew's Church are conducted in English.<ref name=Tovey>{{cite book|last1=Tovey|first1=Winifred|title=Cor Blimey! Where 'Ave You Come From?|date=14 February 2013|publisher=M-Y Books Distribution|isbn=978-0956535948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lM3-DLEkZFcC&q=St.+Bartholomew%E2%80%99s+Church%2C+Mysore+times+of+india&pg=PT33|accessdate=3 February 2015}}</ref>

==History==
St. Bartholomew's Church is amongst the oldest churches in [[Mysore]] and was established to serve the Christian congregations of the European officers under the service of the [[Maharaja of Mysore]] and the [[Resident (title)|British Resident]] of Mysore. The land for the church was gifted by [[Krishnaraja Wadiyar III]] (1799-1868),<ref name=Sreekantswamy-DH /> and continued to be patronised by the successive [[Wadiyar dynasty|Wadiyar]] rulers of Mysore.<ref name=SVUC-DH /> The then British Resident of Mysore, [[Arthur Henry Cole]] (1780–1844) (after whom Coles Park in [[Fraser Town, Bangalore]] is named) paid an important role in getting the support of the [[Maharaja of Mysore]] for the construction of St. Bartholomew's Church.<ref name=TOI-Cole>{{cite news|title=Serving the humanity for centuries|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysuru/Serving-the-humanity-for-centuries/articleshow/7129342.cms|accessdate=3 February 2015|issue=Nysore|work=The Times of India|date=19 December 2010}}</ref>

The cost of construction of the St. Bartholomew's Church was INR 3,500, which was borne by the European military officers and civilians of the congregation.<ref name=Charya2-DH />

In 1847, the St. Bartholomew's Church got affiliated to the [[Anglican]] denomination. In 1852, the church was handed over the Government of [[Madras Presidency|Madras]].<ref name=Rotti /><ref name=Hindu-175 /> The church was involved in schooling the children of European officers, offering English Education, when no other English medium school existed in [[Bangalore]] or [[Mysore]].<ref name=Rotti />

The 175th anniversary of the St. Bartholomew's Church was celebrated in August 2005, on a grand scale.<ref name=Charya2-DH /><ref name=Hindu-175>{{cite news|title=Celebrating 175 years of Bartholomew Church|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/09/18/stories/2004091806040300.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150203071813/http://www.thehindu.com/2004/09/18/stories/2004091806040300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 February 2015|accessdate=3 February 2015|issue=Mysore|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=18 September 2004}}</ref>

==Bell Tower==
The bell tower of St. Bartholomew's Church is constructed separately, away from the church building. The Stone inscription reads that the bell was originally cast in [[France]] in the mid 17th century for the use of French army base church in French Rocks, [[Erode]] village (now [[Pandavapura]]) near [[Srirangapatna]]. After the [[Siege of Seringapatam (1799)|defeat]] of [[Tippu Sultan]] in 1799, by the British India Army, the area came under British Control, consequently handed back to the [[Wadiyar dynasty|Wadiyars]]. In 1924, the old French church was dismantled to build Irwin Canal (now Visvesvaraya Canal). The bell along with few other remnants of the church was handed over to chaplin Rev. G A A Wright of St Bartholomew’s Church.<ref name=TOI-Cole /><ref name=Rotti /><ref name=Sreekantswamy-DH /> The Bell tower was moved from the rear of the church to the front in 2002, and re-dedicated by the then Bishop, Rev. Dr. C L Furtado, Bishop of Church of South India, Karnataka Southern Diocesan, in the presence of the then presbyter-in-charge Rev. Premkumar Soans.<ref name=TOI-Bell>{{cite news|last1=Milton|first1=Lawrence|last2=Aravind|first2=H M|title=A 17th century bell that continues to chime|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/A-17th-century-bell-that-continues-to-chime/articleshow/17528698.cms?referral=PM|accessdate=3 February 2015|issue=Mysore|work=The Times of India|date=8 December 2012}}</ref>

==Architecture==
St. Bartholomew's Church is well known for its beautiful marble altar. [[Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV]] donated the expenses towards the stained glasses and teakwood paneling.<ref name=SVUC-DH /> In 1930, to mark the centenary celebrations, [[Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV]] donated towards a stained glass depicting St. Bartholomew, which was unveiled by Lady Wellington.<ref name=Rotti /><ref name=SVUC-DH /><ref name=Charya2-DH />

The church is single storied, with a simple, yet attractive architecture. The architect of the church is unknown.<ref name=Rotti />

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center" widths="200px" heights="150px">
File:St. Bartholomew's Church, Mysore, (Penny, 1912, p.328).png|St. Bartholomew's Church, Mysore (1912), from Rev. Frank Penny's Book 'The Church in Madras, Volume II'<ref name=Penny>{{cite book|last1=Penny|first1=Frank|title=The Church in Madras : being the History of the Ecclesiastical and Missionary Action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras From 1805 to 1835: Volume II|date=1912|publisher=John Murray|location=London|page=[https://archive.org/details/thechurchinmadra02unknuoft/page/328 328]|url=https://archive.org/details/thechurchinmadra02unknuoft|accessdate=10 February 2015}}</ref>
File:St.Barthelomeow Church Mysore.jpg|St. Bartholomew's Church (2011)
File:St. Bartholomew's Church in Mysore 04.jpg| The Bell tower of St. Bartholomew's Church
File:St. Bartholomew's Church in Mysore 06.jpg|Inside of the St. Bartholomew's Church
</gallery>

==Visitors==
[[Lord William Bentinck]] (1833-1835), [[Governor-General of India]] is said to have attended services in the St. Bartholomew's Church, while on an official visit to [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore State]].<ref name=TOI-Bell /> [[Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale|Prince Albert Victor]] on a visit to Mysore in 1889 and the Prince of Wales (later [[George V|King George V]]) visiting Mysore in 1906, also offered prayers in the church.<ref name=SVUC-DH /> The Prince of Wales (later [[Edward VIII of the United Kingdom|King Edward VIII]] also visited the church in 1921.<ref name=Rotti /><ref name=Charya2-DH>{{cite news|last1=Charya|first1=S V Upendra|title=A historic church in Mysore|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/127952/F|accessdate=3 February 2015|issue=Bangalore|publisher=Deccan Herald|date=10 January 2011}}</ref><ref name=Sreekantswamy-DH>{{cite news|last1=B|first1=Sreekantswamy|title=Jingle bells, jingle bells...|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/300264/jingle-bells-jingle-bells.html|accessdate=3 February 2015|issue=Mysore|publisher=Deccan Herald|date=2002}}</ref><ref name=Viceroy>{{cite book|title=His Excellency the Viceroy's Visit to Mysore, January 1939|date=1939|publisher=Superintendent at the Government Press|location=British India|page=39|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ONgBAAAAMAAJ&q=Bartholomew|accessdate=3 February 2015}}</ref>

The visit of the Prince of Wales (later [[George V|King George V]]) also resulted in many projects such as construction of rows of storehouses on Sayyaji Rao Road, opposite to the [[Devaraja Market]], and sprucing up of the Purnaiaya Nala running from the Lansdowne Building to the railway level crossing near Jodi Thengina Mara, in honour of the visiting dignitaries.<ref name=Hindu-175 />

==Memorial inscriptions==
The church has a memorial inscription for Francis Lewis (died 1861), erected by his widow and children, describing it as a memorial for his piousness and missionary zeal in establishing the St. Bartholomew's Church at Mysore. There are also memorial inscriptions for Lt.Col. T M McHutchin (died 1873), Lt. Col. A H Macintire (died 1897), erected by their fellow officers and friends, and for Mrs. Mary Eden Benson (died 1895) (p. 327, p. 331).<ref name=Penny />

==Community services==
St. Bartholomew's Church started the [[Sunday School]] for children of the congregation in 1874, which continues till date. The church also looks after the maintenance of European and Christian cemeteries in the [[Mysore district]] and [[Seringapatam]]. The cemeteries attached to the church are the [[Garrison Cemetery, Seringapatam|Garrison Cemetery]] in Seringapatam, the European Cemetery on Mysore-Bangalore Road, and Benson Cemetery on Mysore-Nanjangud Road. The church is also closely associated with the Holdsworth Memorial Mission Hospital, Mysore <ref name=Rotti /><ref name=Charya2-DH />

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