Philip's Church, Copenhagen
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| deanery = Amagerbro
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| bishop = Peter Skov-Jakobsen
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| pastor = Bo Heikendorf Petersen
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Philip's Church (Danish: Filips Kirke) is a Church of Denmark parish church on Amager in Copenhagen, Denmark.
History
File:Nordenskirker Filips(05).jpg
File:Nordenskirker Filips(04).jpg
The first Philip's Church was a wooden structure built in connection with the establishment of Philip's Parish which was disjoined from the Parish of Sundby on 19 October 1907. It was replaced by the current church which was completed in 1924 to a design by Danish architect Rasmus Vilhelm Rasmussen Rue (1863-1944). The congregation house (menighedshuset), which is attached to the church, was added in 1928.{{cite web|url=http://www.filipskirke.dk/sognehist.php|title=Sognets start|language=da|publisher=Filips Kirke|access-date=2013-09-16|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822025432/http://filipskirke.dk/sognehist.php|archive-date=2013-08-22}}
Architecture
The church is built in a traditional style inspired by Danish village churches.
Interior
The altarpiece is a painting in a gilt carved frame by Danish artist Erik Jensen (1883-1974). The pulpit has gospel reliefs by M. Sørensen. Above the west entrance is a tympanon relief designed by Johan Rudolf Carl Nielsen (1863-1952). The inscription quoting the words of Philip the Apostle to Nathanael in John 1:45: "Come and see".{{cite web|url= https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisKunstner.do?kunstnerId=4380&wsektion=alle|title = Jensen, Erik, 1883-1974, maler|website= Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon
|access-date=January 1, 2020}}
Cultural references
In the fifth episode of the DR television series Huset på Christianshavn, Der bydes til bryllup (1970), Karla (Kirsten Walter) and Egon (Willy Rathnov) are married in the church.{{cite web|url=https://danskefilm.dk/lokation.php?id=1636|title=Filips Kirke|language=da|website=danskefilm.dk|access-date=16 March 2017}}
References
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External links
{{commons category|Filips Kirke}}
- {{Official|http://www.filipskirke.dk/ }}
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Category:Churches completed in 1924
Category:Churches in the Diocese of Copenhagen
Category:Lutheran churches in Copenhagen