GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, KOLKATA I TOWARDS 100 YRS I FULL DOCU I CINEMA FOR A CAUSE I ENG I 10 MINS

Описание: Kolkata’s Greek Orthodox Church at Kalight is quite a Heritage Architectural Landmark,,,, at 2A Library Road, Kolkata 700 026 a building under the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
The Church looks more like a Greek Temple than a church, with its four Doric columns in the portico supporting the giant triangular pediment. The smart whitewashed facade the Greek Orthodox Greek church stands out amidst the chaos of Kalighat.
Messers Railley Brothers was entrusted with the duty for the construction of this church. The wooden door leading to the church was also spectacular. There are a number of stone plaques on the outer wall of this church. The building occupies an area of about 2000 square feet surrounded by high metal railings and it includes the priest’s residence.
The church at Kalighat is built on a high plinth which is accessed by a flight of marble steps. The building is about fifty feet in height. The entrance to Greek Orthodox Church at Kalighat has two stone plaques on either side written in Greek. If translated into English it comes to “It is in memory of the Greeks who donated generously to build the first church in Amratolla… Their bodies are buried but their names will remain alive for generations.”
CINEMA FOR A CAUSE
Presents
KOLKATA’S GREEK CONNECTION
The Greek Orthodox Church, Kalighat, Kolkata
Shot,narrated & directed by Abhishek Ganguli
May,2023