St. George's Anglican Church is a heritage church in Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The church is on Stanley Street on the corner of De la Gauchetière Street, although it also faces Peel Street and is opposite Place du Canada.

The church is named for Saint George, the patron saint of England. St. George's Anglican Church was designated as a National Historic Site of Canada in 1990.

The original St. George's Church opened on June 30, 1843, and was on Notre-Dame Street (then Saint Joseph Street) and Saint David's Lane, just outside the city of Montreal's walls.It was the second Anglican congregation in Montreal and was built to accommodate the overflow of parishioners from Christ Church Cathedral. An organ built by Samuel Russell Warren was installed later that year.

The congregation of St. George's continued to grow as the city expanded to the west. A plot of land at the corner of Peel Street and De la Gauchetière Street was chosen as the site of the current church. This piece of land had been a Jewish cemetery from 1775 to 1854.St. George's was designed by Montreal architect William Tutin Thomas, constructed in 1869, and opened its doors on October 9, 1870. The only furnishing retained from the old church was the pulpit. The old church would serve as a factory for organ-maker Samuel Russell Warren.

The parishioners of St. Jude Church (corner of Coursol Street and Vinet Street in Little Burgundy) and Church of the Advent (corner De Maisonneuve Boulevard and Wood Avenue in Westmount) joined those of St.

George's following their churches' closures.The church serves as an example of English Gothic Revival architecture, and was very heavily inspired by 13th-century religious architecture in medieval England.A few of these features include the use of pointed arches and pinnacles.

The bell tower was completed in 1894 and designed by Montreal architect Alexander Francis Dunlop.

The exterior was constructed in carved sandstone with stained glass windows, and the interior is devoid of any pillars, and features traditional English woodwork inside the chapel. The church is also notable for its ceiling beams, which are among the largest in the world.[3] The exposed double-beam hammer roof is second in the world only to the Westminster Abbey in span. The tapestry originates from Westminster Hall in London, where it was used during the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.The interior features dark wood paneling.

The three-light congregational war memorial window by Charles William Kelsey depicts angels holding shields representing the Navy, Army, and Air Force. Below the Army panel is written "He will swallow up death in victory and the Lord God will wipe away all tears from all faces, Isaiah

25:8." Below the Air Force Panel is written "Out of weakness made strong, waxed valiant in fight,

turned to flight the armies of the aliens, Hebrews II:34". Below the Navy Panel is written "They that go down to the sea in ships, these see the works of the Lord and His wonders of the deep, Psalm 107:23".

 

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http://www.st-georges.org/

圣乔治圣公会教堂

原圣乔治的教会成立于1843年6月30日，位于老城区巴黎圣母院街(Notre-Dame-Street),由于基督教徒的不断增加，城市向西部扩延。 教会选址位于栢勒街（Peel）和构虚提尔街的拐角处一块土地。 这片土地早在1775年至1854年间是犹太墓地。圣乔治的设计是由蒙特利尔建筑师威廉。托马斯完成 ，1869年开建，1870年10月9日第一次瞻礼。建设总计花费了56,000元，唯一的家具是从老教堂保留下来的讲台 。钟楼建成于1896年，是由另一个蒙特利尔建筑师亚历山大·弗朗西斯邓禄普设计的 。它是典型的英国哥特式复兴建筑，它的外部是彩色玻璃窗和雕刻砂岩建造，内部没有任何支柱，是传统的英式木制结构教堂。

靠近地铁橙线博讷站（Bonaventure）,它和加拿大广场（Place du Canada）相邻。