Serbian Orthodox Church, Halifax
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serbian-orthodox-church-halifax-258-1113193
title:
Serbian Orthodox Church, Halifax
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The Saint John the Baptist Church is a Serbian Orthodox church in the Boothtown area of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. There has been a Serbian community in the area since the 1940s, when Serbian POWs and anti-Communist refugees from German camps arrived in Halifax in 1947. They needed a place to worship and were given a former Methodist chapel in Simpson Street to worship in. Closed in the 1950s, it was acquired by the Serbian Orthodox Church in 1952. The building, which had already deterior
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Church in West Yorkshire , England
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_Orthodox_Church,_Halifax
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2023-12-16T21:58:40Z
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