• Yanghwajin Cemetery for Foreign
Missionaries
A considerable number of protestant missionaries who came to Korea
at the turn of the 19th century never returned to their home lands. Yanghwajin
Cemetery for Foreign Missionaries is the cemetery where many of them were
buried. In 1986 the Missionary Hall (Seoul Foreigners Unified Church) was built
at the site with funds raised from the centennial Celebration of Christianity in
Korea.
Information: Tel. 02-333-7393 / Homepage : http://www.seoulunionchurch.org
Transportation: Walk
10 minutes from Hapjeong Sta. of Subway Line 2 (Address: 145, Hapjeong-dong,
Mapo-gu, Seoul)
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• Saemunan Presbyterian Church
This mother church
of all Korean Presbyterian churches was established by Reverend Underwood in
1887. Unable to find a proper church building, services had to be conducted at
Reverend Underwood's home in Jeong-dong until an independent church building was
completed in 1895. The church had to move and it was later in 1972 that it was
rebuilt in a modern style at the current site.
Information:
02-733-8140~5 (Fax. 02-733-5030)
Transportation: 3 minutes walk from
Gwanghwamun Sta. of Subway Line 6 (Address: 42, Sinmunno 1(il)-ga, Jongno-gu,
Seoul) |
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• Jeongdong First Methodist Church
This is the mother of all
Korean Methodist church. Its foundation was laid when Reverend Appenzeller
founded Bethel Chapel in 1887 when he was involved in the education of young
Koreans at Baeje School. The original red brick building, built in 1897 at the
original site of Bethel Chapel, is still in use. There is in the churchyard a
50th-year monument set up to celebrate the history of the church's mission to
Korea, along with a bust of Reverend Appenzeller.
Information:
02-753-0001~3
Transportation: 5-minute walk from City Hall Sta. of
Subway Line 2 (Address: 34, Jeong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul) |
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• Seoul Anglican Cathedral
Seoul Anglican Cathedral is
not only the central church of the Seoul Diocese but also the symbolic mother
church of the Anglican Church of Korea. The cathedral began to be built as soon
as its plan was announced in 1911 by Trollope, the 3rd bishop of the Anglican
church. Construction work took 70 years. It has the grandeur of a European
castle. The church office is called "Yeongbindang (Great Guest House)" and was
once used for the education of the children of the Joseon's royal
family.
Information: Tel (02) 730-5491 / Homepage: www.cathedral.or.kr
Transportation: 2-minute walk
from City Hall Sta. of Subway Lines 1 and 2 (Address: 3 Jeong-dong, Jung-gu,
Seoul) |
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• The Korea Martyrs' Memorial
Built in 1989 as a
way to celebrate the centennial of the Protestant mission in Korea, the beauty
of this building was publicly recognized when it received the Korean
Architecture Award in 1991. It has paintings depicting the history of
Christianity in Korea. There are also portraits of 300 martyrs along with the
possessions they left.
Information: 0335-336-2825
Transportation: Take a bus for Jincheon from Seoul Nambu Bus Terminal
to Yangji, then transfer to a bus for Icheon (15 minutes) (Address: San 84-1,
Chugye-ri, Yangji-myeon, Gyeonggi-do) |
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