Church of the Epiphany
1393 York Avenue (at East 74th Street)
New York, NY 10021-3407

Celebrating 175 Years of Mission and Ministry!

 

*April 27, 2008: The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church*

preaching and presiding at 11am

 

January 6, 2008:  175th Anniversary Celebration at 11am

Guest Preacher, the Reverend Ned Morris, Rector of Calvary Church, Louisville and former seminarian at the Church of the Epiphany

Observing the actual 175th Anniversary the first service of the group of people who called themselves “the Church of the Epiphany,” we will make a prayerful pilgrimage through our history, climaxing in the prayers for our present and future ministries.

 

January 20, 2008:  Holy Communion from the 1789 Book of Common Prayer

January 27, 2008:  Holy Communion from the 1892 Book of Common Prayer

February 3, 2008:  Morning Prayer and Sermon from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer

As we learn about where we’ve been, we will also worship using the prayers our forebears said. Join us at 11am for each of these special services. 

 

Guest Preachers for 2008 Anniversary Celebration

 

February 10, 2008:  The Very Rev. Ernest E. Hunt, III, Rector Emeritus, preaching at 11am

March 2, 2008:  The Rev. Canon Constance Coles, the first woman ordained a priest at The Church of the Epiphany, preaching at 11am

April 27, 2008: The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, preaching and presiding at 11am

On January 6, 1833, The Rev. Lot Jones founded a church on Stanton Street on the Lower East Side, thus filling a huge void in a densely populated and badly under-served part of Manhattan (not far at all from the Five Points made (in)famous in the current Martin Scorsese film The Gangs of New York). It is believed to have been the first Episcopal Church in the city to have no pew rental: all seats were free to all comers. This is normal today, but was quite progressive in the 1830's. Renting choice pews to those who could afford them provided needed funds for a church, but also separated haves from have-nots on Sunday mornings; an effect Fr. Jones found unacceptable.

Since that time, The Church of the Epiphany has not ceased its ministry to the people of Manhattan. Its congregation and facilities have moved uptown over the years, like so many New York churches, and since 1938 it has been located in the heart of the medical and scientific community of the Upper East Side. Our parish spans three centuries--the Nineteenth, Twentieth, and Twenty-first--and we expect to be here for several more!

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Updated: January 15, 2008