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The '''Church of Saint Andrew''' is an [[Anglican church]] in [[Tangier]], [[Morocco]]. Consecrated in 1905, the church is within the [[Archdeacons in the Diocese in Europe#Archdeacons of Gibraltar|Archdeaconry of Gibraltar]]. The building is constructed in a [[Moorish architecture|Moorish]] architectural style.

==History==
[[File:Moroccan Christians from Tangier.jpg|thumb|right|[[Christianity in Morocco|Moroccan Christians]] from Tangier.]]
In 1880, [[Hassan I of Morocco]] donated land to the British community in order to build a small Anglican church in Tangier. The resulting church was soon found to have insufficient capacity for the increasing number of [[worshipper]]s, and a new building was constructed in 1894 which became the Church of Saint Andrew.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/LMA_OPAC/web_detail/REFD+CLC~2F386?SESSIONSEARCH|title=St Andrew's Church, Tangier|publisher=London Metropolitan Archives|accessdate=3 January 2021}}</ref> It was consecrated in 1905.<ref>{{cite book|author=Humphrys, Darren|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yf7f9ZrumucC&q=Rue+Es+Siaghine&pg=PA280|title=Frommer's Morocco|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|year=2008|pages=280 | isbn=978-0-470-18403-5}}</ref> The interior is designed as a fusion of numerous styles, notably [[Moorish architecture|Moorish]]. The belltower, shaped like a [[minaret]], overlooks the adjacent cemetery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iberia.com/gb/destination-guide/tangier/|title=Tangier: A delight for your senses|publisher=Iberia.com|accessdate=3 January 2021}}</ref> [[Henri Matisse]]'s 1913 painting ''[[Window at Tangier|Landscape Viewed from a Window]]'' depicts the church.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.countrylife.co.uk/luxury/art-and-antiques/favourite-painting-veere-grenney-153737|title=My favourite painting|first=Veere|last=Grenney|publisher=Country Life|date=10 April 2017}}</ref> 

The church has a number of memorial plaques, including one to commemorate [[Emily Keene]], (1849–1944), Sherifa of [[Ouazzane|Wazzan]], who introduced the [[cholera vaccine]] to [[Morocco]]. She was a British humanitarian who married the Shareef of [[Ouazzane]], a local religious leader. She died in Tangier and there is a plaque in the western side of the church to commemorate her - her actual grave is in the Wazzan family burial ground in the Marshan district of Tangier overlooking the [[Strait of Gibraltar]]. Another memorial commemorates [[Thomas Kirby-Green]], one of the members of the [[List of Allied airmen from the Great Escape|Great Escape]] who was executed on recapture.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/morocco/the-mediterranean-coast-and-the-rif/tangier/attractions/st-andrew-s-church/a/poi-sig/439120/355513|title=St Andrew's Church, Tangier, Morocco|publisher=Lonely Planet|accessdate=3 January 2021}}</ref> 

Administratively, the church is in the [[Archdeacons in the Diocese in Europe#Archdeacons of Gibraltar|Archdeaconry of Gibraltar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://europe.anglican.org/where-we-are/church-locations/morocco/tangier|title=Church Locations|publisher=Diocese of Europe|accessdate=3 January 2021}}</ref>

==Notable burials==
The churchyard holds the graves of a number of notable people:
* [[Christopher Gibbs]], (1938–2018), antique dealer and collector, credited with inventing [[Swinging London]]<ref name="architecturaldigest">{{cite web|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/christopher-gibbs-death-tangier|title=Remembering Christopher Gibbs|first=Mitchell|last=Owens|publisher=Architectural Digest|date=13 July 2018}}</ref>
* [[Walter Burton Harris]], (1866–1933), a British diplomat, journalist and author<ref name="auto"/>
* Claire de Menasce and her second husband Commander Roy Howell RN. Claude-Marie Vincendon, her daughter by her first marriage, was the third wife of [[Lawrence Durrell]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blackwells.co.uk/rarebooks/assets/images/catalogues/cat_MF6.pdf |title=Review of Lawrence Durrell's novel Balthazar |page=21 |publisher=Blackwells |accessdate=3 January 2021}}</ref>
* Paul Lund, (1915–1966), British [[gangster]] and friend of [[ William Burroughs]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/global-crimelord-grandad-who-hailed-12126908|title=The infamous gangster and tabloid favourite who hailed from Brum|first=Mike|last=Lockley|date=6 November 2016|publisher=Birmingham Mail}}</ref>
* [[Harry Aubrey de Vere Maclean|Sir Harry MacLean]], (1848–1920), soldier and commander of the Moroccan Army<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/tangier-hidden-treasure |title=Tangier-Hidden Treasure |first=William |last=Cook |work=The Spectator |date=16 November 2013}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=andrew%20church%20tangier&w=all Flickr images]

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