Church of the Resurrection (Manhattan)

Church of the Resurrection
South (front) facade, 2008
Basic information
Geographic coordinates	40°46′20″N 73°57′42″W / 40.77222°N 73.96167°W / 40.77222; -73.96167
Affiliation	Anglo-Catholic
Leadership	The Rev. Barry E.B. Swain
Website	Church of the Resurrection (Episcopal Diocese of New York)
Architectural description
Architect(s)	James Renwick Jr.
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
Direction of façade	South
Completed	1869
Specifications
Materials	stone

The Church of the Resurrection, located at 119 East 74th Street, New York City, is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of New York in the Episcopal Church. The church is Anglo-Catholic in doctrine and style, and has an extensive music program. The services are in traditional language and reflect the Anglican and Western Catholic traditions of liturgy and music. The parish is unusual in the Episcopal Diocese of New York for its traditionalist stance on the ordination of women. [1]. According to the parish's literature, it comprises "people of all ages, races, national origins, sexual orientations, economic backgrounds, and social classes." [2] It is also the only parish in the Episcopal Diocese of New York that refuses to allow women acolytes and does not acknowledge the Right Reverend Catherine Roskam.

History

The Church of the Resurrection was founded in 1868 as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre by a group of Episcopalians. An armory for the 7th New York Militia was built nearby, and its chaplain, the Rev. James O. Tuttle-Smith, became the first Rector. The building was completed in 1869, and was designed by James Renwick Jr., who had earlier built Grace Church in Manhattan, and went on to design the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., and St. Patrick's Cathedral.

Due to problems and lack of funds, his designs were not completely executed. The Great Rood of 1940 was carved by the Dutch sculptor Joep Nicholas. Since 1920, the Church of the Resurrection has been Anglo-Catholic in worship and doctrine.

Resurrection Episcopal Day School

Resurrection Episcopal Day School is an independent, non-profit Montessori early childhood development school for children 3 years through 6 years of age. Housed in the parish building of the Church of the Resurrection, the school is a short distance from Central Park on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. It provides the following programs:

1. The Montessori Program
2. The Arts
3. Creative Movement and Physical Development
4. Afternoon Enrichment Program
5. Afternoon School Activities
6. Summer Camp

Music Programs

Resurrection's musicians offer settings of the Mass, motets, and other music every Sunday and on many feasts, often with a chamber orchestra. The Choir is composed of professional singers, who appear on Sundays and major feast-days throughout the season. The hymns sung are drawn from the 1940 Hymnal, the New English Hymnal, and many other sources. Several small orchestras and early music groups present concerts at Resurrection.

Worship Services

Solemn Mass is celebrated on Sunday mornings according to the English Missal, with full ceremonial, choir, hymns, and a choral Mass setting. During the summer months a Sung Mass is offered instead of the regular Solemn Mass. It includes hymns and a setting of the Ordinary of the Mass for congregational singing. Low Mass is offered at 8:30 am on Sundays and daily through the week at regularly scheduled times.

Evening Prayer is the Episcopal Church’s daily service of prayer for the evening. At the Church of the Resurrection, it is said fifteen minutes before early evening Low Masses on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Other services vary with the monthly schedule, but include Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, the Rosary, and Stations of the Cross during Lent.

See also

Anglicanism portal

• Guild of All Souls

References

External links

• The Church of the Resurrection Website
• Resurrection Episcopal Day School
• Pascha Nostrum The parish magazine.