The other church on the mount

Updated On: 19 December, 2019 07:01 AM IST | Mumbai | Dalreen Ramos

Walk into a Bandra church originally built for British Protestants that readies to celebrate 175 years next month

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The church features an attached cemetery

"Yeh church hai kya?" the rickshaw driver asks as we stop on Mount Mary Road, right before the grand old Basilica. To our right is St Stephen's Church. A glance at the structure won't tell you that it's close to 175 years old. The driver's question doesn't come as a surprise to presbyter-in-charge, Reverend Thomas Jacob. "Because it is a little church that is tucked away, many even in Bandra do not know it exists," he informs when I meet him. Having joined the parish in 2015, Jacob is cheery when he talks about how well-maintained its benches are and that the stained glass still gleams gloriously by the altar. There's also a plaque bearing the name of Rev Pitt Eykyn, chaplain of Parel, who died while conducting service in 1812. The text of his last sermon read, "He that endureth to the end shall be saved."

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