Christ Church Cathedral - Lexington, KY
N 38° 02.930 W 084° 29.809
16S E 719643 N 4214191
Christ Church was organized in 1796, only four years after Kentucky became a state, with the first services being held on the present site. The cathedral is the bishop's seat for the Diocese of Lexington, with 8,900 Episcopalians.
Waymark Code: WM4HKM
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 08/26/2008
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The cathedral is the bishop's seat for the Diocese of Lexington, with 8,900 Episcopalians, stretching from Middlesboro to Ashland to Covington.
Christ Church Cathedral serves a unique downtown ministry in the heart of Lexington near historic Gratz Park. We are a parish of prayer and action, eager to minister to those in our community and our parish.
Our mission is to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ as we pray, worship, proclaim the Gospel and promote justice, peace and love.
This we do in a variety of ways: through prayer, study and fellowship; through outreach to our community by means of our C.R.O.S.S. Ministries programs which include work with those who are challenged in areas of learning, housing, food, healing and more; through active youth, young adult, single adult and family ministries, and an internationally acclaimed music program in the Anglican tradition.
Christ Church was organized in 1796, only four years after Kentucky became a state, with the first services being held on the present site. The present building was erected in 1848 and was designed by Major Thomas Lewinski, a leading architect in central Kentucky, and built by John McMurtry. Their work in Gothic Revival style is well-known in the region and survives today in the form of a number of local churches and great houses. Christ Church became the cathedral for the Diocese of Lexington, when that diocese was formed in 1895. In the 1930's, the seat of the bishop was moved to Cathedral Domain in Lee County.
Now in its third century, after a lapse of 56 years, Christ Church is once again the Cathedral for the Diocese of Lexington. This historic church continues its tradition of outreach and service to the central Kentucky area in civic endeavors such as the establishment of the Hope Center, HIV/AIDS Care Team, Christ Community Cupboard, Christ Church Apartments, and as a center for arts and education.