It is traditionally held that Manire baptised Pictish converts in a pool of the Dee east of the modern village of Crathie.

Victoria's decision to worship at Crathie Kirk initially caused a scandal, particularly when it was discovered that she had received communion there.

[2][3] The British royal family attended the Sunday service here after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, on the morning of 31 August 1997.

[1] The church, built in the fashionable Gothic revival style by Elgin architect A. Marshall Mackenzie, was completed in 1895.

Marshall Mackenzie then went on to build St Ninian's Chapel, Braemar, for Queen Victoria's grandson-in-law, the 1st Duke of Fife.