St Mary’s Cathedral, Harare, Nave
Total immersion font at St Mary’s Cathedral, Harare. I cannot find any information about its date. At first blush it may seem incongruous with the strongly Anglo-Catholic tradition of the Cathedral, but Zimbabwe is a country where adult conversions to Christianity were frequent into living memory.
The Cathedral of St Mary and All Saints, Harare is an Anglican cathedral in Zimbabwe. The Anglican cathedral, located at the intersection of Nelson Mandela Avenue and Sam Nujoma Street, was begun in 1913 to plans by British architect Herbert Baker; he also designed the cathedrals at Cape Town and Johannesburg.
A quiet space in the commercial heart of Zimbabwe’s capital, the Cathedral is often used by workers and shoppers for private prayer.
Construction began under Frederic Beaven, bishop of Mashonaland, and the sanctuary and choir were completed in 1914. The sandstone structure was only finished in 1961. The cathedral features a bell tower with 10 bells which were cast in London. There are four chapels, dedicated to St George, St Mary, St Cecelia and the martyr Bernard Mizeki.
In 2012 a special service marked the return of the building to the Church of the Province of Central Africa after victory in a long running legal battle with excommunicated former bishop Nolbert Kunonga who had broken away from the CPCA in 2007 to form his own church. Kunonga and his supporters seized cars, churches, orphanages and other properties belonging to the CPCA. Eventually Zimbabwe's Supreme Court ruled that all the properties should be returned to the Anglican Diocese of Harare.
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St Mary’s Cathedral, Harare, Nave
Total immersion font at St Mary’s Cathedral, Harare. I cannot find any information about its date. At first blush it may seem incongruous with the strongly Anglo-Catholic tradition of the Cathedral, but Zimbabwe is a country where adult conversions to Christianity were frequent into living memory.
The Cathedral of St Mary and All Saints, Harare is an Anglican cathedral in Zimbabwe. The Anglican cathedral, located at the intersection of Nelson Mandela Avenue and Sam Nujoma Street, was begun in 1913 to plans by British architect Herbert Baker; he also designed the cathedrals at Cape Town and Johannesburg.
A quiet space in the commercial heart of Zimbabwe’s capital, the Cathedral is often used by workers and shoppers for private prayer.
Construction began under Frederic Beaven, bishop of Mashonaland, and the sanctuary and choir were completed in 1914. The sandstone structure was only finished in 1961. The cathedral features a bell tower with 10 bells which were cast in London. There are four chapels, dedicated to St George, St Mary, St Cecelia and the martyr Bernard Mizeki.
In 2012 a special service marked the return of the building to the Church of the Province of Central Africa after victory in a long running legal battle with excommunicated former bishop Nolbert Kunonga who had broken away from the CPCA in 2007 to form his own church. Kunonga and his supporters seized cars, churches, orphanages and other properties belonging to the CPCA. Eventually Zimbabwe's Supreme Court ruled that all the properties should be returned to the Anglican Diocese of Harare.
This article incorporates text from the English Wikipedia