St John's Kirk
St John's Kirk
- Address
- St John St
- Website
- Hours
- 10am-4pm Mon-Sat, 10am-1pm Sun May-Sep
Lonely Planet review for St John's Kirk
Daunting St John's Kirk, founded in 1126, is surrounded by cobbled streets and is still the centrepiece of the town. In 1559 John Knox preached a powerful sermon here that helped begin the Reformation, inciting a frenzied destruction of Scone abbey and other religious sites. Perth used to be known as St John's Town after this church; the football team here is still called St Johnstone.
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