Wonani kulemba kwambula kuona kwa Tchalitchi la St. Michael na All Angels, Blantyre

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[[File:St_Michael_and_All_Angels_Church.JPG|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St_Michael_and_All_Angels_Church.JPG|thumb|Kumwera kwa tchalitchi la St. Michael and All Angels]]
'''St. Michael na All Angels Church''' ni tchalitchi ilo likazengeka mu 1888 mpaka 1891 mu njerwa ku [[Blantyre]] Mission ku Blantyre, [[Malaŵi|Malawi]]. Likusangika pa malo ghakwambilira gha mishoni ya ku Scotland, kufupi na Chileka Rd, ndipo lili mu tchalitchi la Central Africa, Presbyterian's Blantyre Synod.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Presbyterian Church in Canada |url=http://www.presbyterian.ca/showcase/45 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706201722/http://www.presbyterian.ca/showcase/45# |archive-date=2011-07-06 |accessdate=2010-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=CityInfo Guide, Blantyre, Malawi |url=http://www.citinfomalawi.com/south.html |accessdate=2010-01-22}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>Kwambira mu 1991, gulu ili ndakukolerana na Hiland Presbyterian Church mu Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mu 1885, Mulara H. E. O'Neil wakamanya kuti Blantyre ni mtunda wa maora ghaŵiri na maminiti 20 na masekondi 13.56 kumafumiro gha dazi kwa Greenwich, ndipo wakawona mwezi mu nyengo zakukwana 365. Tchalitchi ili likuyowoyeka kuti

: ''tchalitchi lakwamba la Cikristu ilo likazengeka pakati pa Zambezi na Nile.'' – Mliska. Alexander Hetherwick C.B.E., D.D., F.R.G.S.

== Kuzengeka ==
Tchalitchi ili likazengeka na Rev. David Clement Scott, uyo wakasambirako yayi vya kuzenga.<ref name="Rennie">{{cite web |author=Douglas Rennie |year=2007 |title=Blantyre Mission Church |url=http://www.federalsaints.net/backissues/FSNL29.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723125252/http://www.federalsaints.net/backissues/FSNL29.pdf# |archive-date=2011-07-23 |access-date=2010-01-22 |publisher=The Federal Saints |page=12}}</ref><ref name="Hetherwick0">{{cite book|title=The building of Blantyre Church, Nyasaland, 1888–1891: being the story of a great achievement|author=((Rev. Alexander Hetherwick C.B.E., D.D., F.R.G.S.))|publisher=Blantyre Synod Bookshop|year=1962|chapter=Preface|url=http://www.federalsaints.net/backissues/FSNL24.pdf|access-date=2010-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723125518/http://www.federalsaints.net/backissues/FSNL24.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-23|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ŵanalume awo ŵakagwiranga nchito iyi ŵakaŵa kuti ŵandaciteko nchito iyi. Malibwe ghose agho ŵakagwiliskiranga nchito ghakapangikanga pa malo agha kufuma ku dongo la ku malo agha na kughawotcha mu ng'anjo zakugwiliskira nchito nkhuni. Ŵanthu ŵanyake ŵakuti ŵakagwiliskira nchito njerwa zakupambanapambana zakukwana 81.<ref name="Hetherwick1">{{cite book|title=The building of Blantyre Church, Nyasaland, 1888–1891: being the story of a great achievement|author=((Rev. Alexander Hetherwick C.B.E., D.D., F.R.G.S.))|publisher=Blantyre Synod Bookshop|year=1962|chapter=I. Preparation|url=http://www.federalsaints.net/backissues/FSNL25.pdf|access-date=2010-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723125018/http://www.federalsaints.net/backissues/FSNL25.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-23|url-status=dead}}</ref> Viŵiya ivyo ŵanthu ŵanandi ŵakuzenga ni vya mathabwa ghakukwana masentimita 12 pa 6 pa 3, ndipo ŵakuviŵika pa malo ghakupatulika.

Pambere ŵandambe kuzenga, Scott wakalembapo chilichose yayi. M'malo mwake, ŵakayezgekanga na njerwa zakomira. Utali wake uli pafupifupi mamita 106, usani wake mamita 30 kufuma ku chiliŵa kuya ku chiliŵa, ndipo msinkhu wake mamita 37 kufika pa mtenje. Scott wakalongosora umo wakacitira:

: ''Chikaŵa mphinjika ya Cilatini iyo yikaŵa na vithuzithuzi vifupi chomene. Gulu la ŵimboni lafupi, ilo likupambana mita 12, na cipata cakupambanapambana ca mita 8. Cilato cikaŵa cakuti tiŵe na malo ghawemi ghakusoperapo gha Presbyterian.''<ref name="Hetherwick2">{{cite book|title=The building of Blantyre Church, Nyasaland, 1888–1891: being the story of a great achievement|author=((Rev. Alexander Hetherwick C.B.E., D.D., F.R.G.S.))|publisher=Blantyre Synod Bookshop|year=1962|chapter=II. The Building|url=http://www.federalsaints.net/backissues/FSNL26.pdf|access-date=2010-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723125100/http://www.federalsaints.net/backissues/FSNL26.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-23|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Vinthu vinyake ivyo vikapangika ni vyakujinthira, vyakujinthira, na vyakujinthira. Makuni ghaŵiri agha ghakupambana. Mu ng'anjo ya kumwera kwa tawuni iyi muli chikopi icho chili na makwelero. Mu nyumba iyi muli vipinda 6 vya Byzantine.<ref name="Hetherwick3">{{cite book|title=The building of Blantyre Church, Nyasaland, 1888–1891: being the story of a great achievement|author=((Rev. Alexander Hetherwick C.B.E., D.D., F.R.G.S.))|publisher=Blantyre Synod Bookshop|year=1962|chapter=II. The Interior|url=http://www.federalsaints.net/backissues/FSNL27.pdf|access-date=2010-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723125201/http://www.federalsaints.net/backissues/FSNL27.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-23|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Kusintha na kunozga ==
Mu 1907, ŵakaŵikamo chiŵinda mu North transept, ndipo mu 1912 ŵakaŵikamo magesi. Chiŵiya ichi chikasinthika mu 1954. Mu ma 1970, tchalitchi ili likazengekaso, kweni likuwoneka makora yayi kufuma apo likazengekera. Ŵakasanga mphanji yikuru ndipo ŵakayinozga na mabokosi.<ref name="Hetherwick5">{{cite book|title=The building of Blantyre Church, Nyasaland, 1888–1891: being the story of a great achievement|author=((Rev. Alexander Hetherwick C.B.E., D.D., F.R.G.S.))|publisher=Blantyre Synod Bookshop|year=1962|chapter=Addendum|url=http://www.federalsaints.net/backissues/FSNL29.pdf|access-date=2010-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723125252/http://www.federalsaints.net/backissues/FSNL29.pdf#|archive-date=2011-07-23|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Malo ghapafupi ==
Ku chigaŵa cha kumpoto kwa tchalitchi ili kuli windo la wachi, ilo lili pa mtunda wa mamita 30, ndipo lili kuzingilizgika na nyumba zinyake izo kale zikaŵa na sukulu, chipatala, makina ghakusindikizgira mabuku, na shopu ya kuzenga vinthu. Pa malo agha pakaŵa nyumba yamasono yakugwilira nchito zinandi na Henry Henderson Institute, yakucemeka kucindika mishonale wa ku Scotland, Henry Henderson (1843-91).<ref>{{cite web |author=Victor Kaonga |title=NDAGHA: Monday, November 16, 2009 |url=http://ndagha.blogspot.com/ |accessdate=2010-01-22}}</ref>

== Vithuzi ==
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File:St_Michael_and_All_Angels_Church,_Blantyre,_Malawi_Back.jpg|East end with semi-circular apse
File:St_Michael_and_All_Angels_Church,_Blantyre,_Malawi_Stained_Glass.JPG|Stained glass in the apse as seen through door in facade
File:St_Michael_and_All_Angels_Church,_Blantyre,_Malawi_Side_Detail_2.JPG|North side detail
File:St_Michael_and_All_Angels_Church,_Blantyre,_Malawi_Clock_Tower.JPG|Clock tower
File:St_Michael_and_All_Angels_Church,_Blantyre,_Malawi_Brick_Detail.JPG|Brick detail
File:St_Michael_and_All_Angels_Church,_Blantyre,_Malawi_Brick_Detail_2.JPG|Brick detail
File:St_Michael_and_All_Angels_Church,_Blantyre,_Malawi_Brick_Detail_3.JPG|Brick detail
File:St_Michael_and_All_Angels_Church,_Blantyre,_Malawi_Brick_Detail_4.JPG|Brick detail
File:St_Michael_and_All_Angels_Church,_Blantyre,_Malawi_Plaque_1.JPG|Plaque on clock tower
File:St_Michael_and_All_Angels_Church,_Blantyre,_Malawi_Plaque_2.JPG|Plaque on clock tower
File:St_Michael_and_All_Angels_Church,_Blantyre,_Malawi_Plaque_3.JPG|Plaque on clock tower
File:St_Michael_and_All_Angels_Church,_Blantyre,_Malawi_Plaque_4.JPG|Plaque on front
</gallery>

== Ukaboni ==
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== Vigaŵa vya kuwaro ==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070531164722/http://www.blantyresynod.org/ Church of Central Africa Presbyterian’s Blantyre Synod]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140712042518/http://dacb.org/stories/malawi/scott-davidc.html Dictionary of African Christian Biography: David Clement Scott]