Bethesda | |
|---|---|
Former leper colony | |
 Bethesda (1947) | |
  Bethesda Location in Suriname | |
| Coordinates: 5°36′44″N 55°03′51″W / 5.6122°N 55.0641°W | |
| Country |  Suriname |
| District | Para District |
| Resort (municipality) | Oost |
Bethesda was a Moravian leper colony from 1899[1] until 1933.[2] The name refers to the healing of the paralytic at Bethesda by Jesus. The colony was located near Paranam in the Oost resort on the Suriname River.[3] It was originally located on the former sugar plantation 'Great Chatillon',[4] that already served as a leper colony of the Dutch colonial state.[5] The Catholic leper colony 'Saint Gerardus Majella', founded in 1895 as successor of Batavia, was located nearby.[6][7] In 1933 the Bethesda leper colony moved to Livorno, closer to the centre of Paramaribo, where it functioned as New Bethesda until 1964. Initially patient care at Bethesda was in the hands of German deaconesses. After the Second World War their leadership was taken over by the Dutch and the Surinamese.[8]
- ^ "Groot Chatillon, Bethesda, and Saint Gerardus Majella (Surinam)". Leprosy History. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "Repertorium van Nederlandse zendings- en missie-archieven 1800-1960". Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 31 August 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "Where is Bethesda in Suriname?". Geo Targit. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "Plantage Groot Chatillon". Suriname Plantages (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "Batavia en de Coppename rivier". Suriname.nu (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ Joop Vernooij: Lepra en katholieke kerk in Suriname in de 19e eeuw (in Dutch), Academic Journal of Suriname, Vol. 8, 2017, page 762-770
- ^ "Batavia in history". Batavia Suriname. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ Stephen Snelders: Leprosy and Colonialism: Suriname Under Dutch Rule, 1750-1950, Manchester University Press, 2017