The St Bonifacius Church, Alphen. Live sound. Bells play on Christmas. Traveling in the Netherlands

The St Bonifacius Church, Alphen. Live sound. Bells play on Christmas. Traveling in the Netherlands

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The Saint Bonifacius Church is a Roman Catholic church in Alphen aan den Rijn.
As early as the 13th century there is a Sint-Bonifacius parish in Alphen. In the first centuries there was probably a small wooden church, which was replaced by a stone building in the 15th century. After the Reformation, it fell into the hands of the Protestants and the Catholics had to use hidden churches. After 1796, the Catholic community was again allowed to build its own churches, so that a new church could be consecrated in Alphen in 1824. This was a building in the usual neoclassical style for this era.
In 1886, the current Sint-Bonifacius Church was inaugurated. This three-aisled neo-Gothic cruciform church was built to a design by Evert Margry, a pupil of Pierre Cuypers. The nave of the church has a wooden barrel vault, the side aisles have a stone vault. This is not visible from the outside, because the roof extends all the way down from the ridge so that the aisles are not visible. The front of the church is lavish, with its turrets and other decorations. Inside, the walls and pillars are completely painted and decorated with Catholic images and figures, which are typical of a neo-Gothic interior.
Unlike many other Catholic churches, Saint Boniface’s Church does not have an east-west orientation (the entrance on the west side, the altar facing east). In Alphen this would have meant that the entrance at the rear of the church would have faced the polder.
Until 2005, the St. Boniface parish made independent use of the church. On January 1, 2006, the three parishes of Alphen aan den Rijn merged into the parish De Emmaüsgangers. This later merged with the parishes H.H. Michael and Bernardus in Hazerswoude Rijndijk and the H.H. Guardian Angels in Hazerswoude Village to the parish Saint Thomas.
Trivia
The stained glass window, 2nd commandment, Thou shalt not use the name of the Lord thy God without cause, by Willem Mengelberg has an error. In the glass is written, IV Kon. XIX. This is an incorrect scripture reference because only the Bible books of I Kings or II Kings exist. It must be 2 Kings 18 and 2 Kings 19. It is the story of King Sennacherib threatening Israel with 185,000 soldiers and blaspheming Israel’s God. In one night they were all killed by one angel. The main character in the window is Rabshakeh, he was commander-in-chief and spokesman for King Sennacherib.
In the northern facade outside the church is a monument in memory of Pastor Zacharias de Korte, born February 26, 1891, died mid-March 1945 in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. It is a relief that depicts the vision of the evangelist John in the Bible book of Revelations 5 verse 8: “The adoration of the Lamb of God by the 24 elders”. #vibe #vibes