Garrison Church
The old Garrison Church in Military Road was a former Crimean War era hospital, similar to those shipped in prefabricated sections to Florence Nightingale at Scutari and Balaklava. It was built in 1854 and is the oldest surviving garrison building.
In Easter 2007, services transferred to a new church built on the St. Michaels estate in the married quarters. It is situated behind the Community Centre, and was built as part of the ongoing regeneration of Colchester Garrison.
The old Garrison Church building is (as of November 2008) the home of the Parish of St John the Wonderworker, a parish of the Diocese of Great Britain and Ireland in the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR).
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