| St Andrew's Church | |
| Fullname: | Church of Saint Andrew |
| Coordinates: | 35.7847°N -5.8231°W |
| Country: | Morocco |
| Denomination: | Anglicanism |
| Address: | Tangier |
| Status: | Church |
| Functional Status: | Active |
| Dedication: | Andrew the Apostle |
| Consecrated Date: | 1905 |
| Architectural Type: | Church |
| Style: | Moorish |
| Completed Date: | 1894 |
| Archdeaconry: | Gibraltar |
The Church of Saint Andrew is an Anglican church in Tangier, Morocco. Consecrated in 1905, the church is within the Archdeaconry of Gibraltar. The building is constructed in a Moorish architectural style.
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 worshippers, and a new building was constructed in 1894 which became the Church of Saint Andrew.[1] It was consecrated in 1905.[2] The interior is designed as a fusion of numerous styles, notably Moorish. The belltower, shaped like a minaret, overlooks the adjacent cemetery.[3] Henri Matisse's painting of 1913, Landscape Viewed from a Window, depicts the church.[4]
The church has a number of memorial plaques, including one to commemorate Emily Keene, (1849–1944), Sherifa of 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 Great Escape who was executed on recapture.[5]
Administratively, the church is in the Archdeaconry of Gibraltar.[6]
The churchyard holds the graves of a number of notable people: