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The Eendrachtskapel is the oldest Roman Catholic Church in Rotterdam that is still used for Roman Catholic worship. It was built in 1871 and was used until the 1980s as the Chapel of the Most Holy Sacrament, where the Eucharistic Bread, the Body of Christ, was exposed in the monstrance day and night. This Perpetual Adoration was provided by the "Sisters of Perpetual Adoration". This sister congregation has its mother house in Brussels. The large rose windows also feature the symbol for the Host Miracle of Brussels. From this chapel, the adjacent monastery, novitiate and Episcopal Retreat House "Thabor", much charity work has been done within the city of Rotterdam. For example, the "Huize Antonius" on the Nieuwe Binnenweg in Rotterdam (formerly called the Antoniusgesticht) was founded from this chapel. The now internationally known and operating Memisa (Medical Mission Action) also started in this chapel. Its office was located in the old novitiate, which was later replaced by a new building. The novitiate and the monastery had their own chapel, as did the Retreat House. Next to it was the Sacrament Chapel. Of all these buildings and chapels, the former Sacrament Chapel, now called the Eendrachtskapel, is the only one left. When the Rotterdam Cathedral on the Westzeedijk was demolished in 1968, the chapel was elevated to parish church. It was given the patron saints of the cathedral and the Diocese: HH Laurentius and Ignatius (of Loyola). The statue "Maria van de Wijnhaven" also came from the cathedral to the Eendrachtskapel. Originally, the statue stood above the high altar of the Roman Catholic Church of the Wijnhaven, which was demolished in 1926. In order to preserve and honour the Eucharistic character of the Chapel, following the example of the Perpetual Adoration, which was discontinued with the departure of the sisters in the 1980s, the Blessed Sacrament of Christ's Body is displayed in the Monstrance. The Holy Eucharist, the Mass, is then celebrated. In this way, the Eendrachtskapel has retained its function as a chapel of silence to this day. An oasis of peace and prayer in the hectic and business centre of the world city of Rotterdam. The maintenance of the chapel requires constant attention. A selection of the work carried out in 2016-2017:

Characteristic, beautiful small church in Russian Orthodox style. Replaced the previous church on Persijnstraat .

The church replaces the old seventeenth-century Walloon church at the northwest end of the Hoogstraat, from which the virtually original Bätz-Witte organ from around 1865 was taken over. The new Walloon church was originally situated on a remnant of the original western city wall, which was filled in during the Second World War. The interior is equipped with wrought iron/bronze light fixtures, ceiling lamps, hymn boards and electric heaters designed by WH Gispen.