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St. John's Cathedral (聖約翰座堂) is a cathedral, in Central, Hong Kong|Central, Hong Kong. Built in 1847, St. John's is a cathedral of the Anglican Communion. It is dedicated to St. John the Evangelist. During World War II the Japanese occupiers turned the cathedral into a Shinto shrine, but it reverted to its original role as a cathedral after the war. Today it is the seat of the Archbishop and Primate (religion)|Primate of The Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui (香港聖公會) (Hong Kong's Anglican (Episcopal) Church). The cathedral is a Declared monuments of Hong Kong|declared monument of Hong Kong; today it houses three beautiful stained glass windows, as well as a collection of British military colours, standards and guidons. The cathedral's weekly services are conducted mainly in English language|English and Cantonese language|Cantonese. Distinguished organists of the cathedral include David Cooper, Paul Griffiths and C F Sangster. The cathedral is famous for being sited on the only piece of land in Hong Kong whose ownership is freehold, all other non government occupied land in Hong Kong usually being on a primary leasehold of 999, 99 or 75 years from the government.
Location-Garden Road (Hong Kong Island) Transport-The address of the cathedral is Garden Road Hong Kong. Visitors can get to Garden Road by Taking bus no. 12A from the Central Bus Terminal to Garden Road or take the MTR to the Central Station. Exit from Exit K then walk through Hong Kong Bank, across Queen???s Road and up steps to Battery Path. Opening Period-7:00am to 6:00pm Daily Entrance Fee-free What they offer to people-you could book for a time to have Funerals, Wedding Ceremonies, Getting a baby Christened and here is a timetable of when other services will happen. Regular Service Times in English unless noted otherwise Sundays 8:00am Said Eucharist A said service with no hymns 9:00am Sung Eucharist A sung service with the Cathedral Choir with Sunday School and creche 10:30am Holy Eucharist or Morning Prayer (in Mandarin) 11:30am Morning Prayer A sung service. Choral Mattins is on the 1st Sunday of every month with the Cathedral Choir 12:30pm Holy Communion (1928) A said service in traditional English with no hymns or sermon 2:00pm Sung Eucharist (in Pilipino) 6:30pm Evening Worship A sung service with hymns Choral Evensong on the 2nd Sunday of every month, sung by the Evensong Choir. Taize style night prayer on the 3rd and 5th Sundays of the month. Weekdays Monday-Tuesday 7:15am Said Eucharist (8:00am on Public Holidays) Wednesday 9:30am Said Eucharist (not on Public Holidays) 6:15pm Said Eucharist Thursday 8:30am Said Eucharist (in Cantonese) - (not on Public Holidays) 1:15pm Said Eucharist Friday 8:00am Said Eucharist Saturday 8:00am Said Eucharist 5:30pm Cantonese Service Evening Prayer or Holy Eucharist- (not on Public Holidays)
Category:Declared monuments of Hong Kong Category:Sheng Kung Hui Category:Central, Hong Kong Category:Churches in Hong Kong Category:Cathedrals in Hong Kong zh:聖約翰座堂 This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "St. John's Cathedral, Hong Kong".
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