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	Cathedral of Saint John the Divine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in the City and Diocese of New York is the Mother Church of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and the seat of its Bishop.
		An unbroken piece of property of 11.5 acres (47,000 m²), on which the Leake and Watts Orphan Asylum had stood, was purchased for the cathedral in 1887, and after an open competition a design by the New York firm of George Lewis Heins and John LaFarge in a Byzantine-Romanesque style was accepted the next year.
		The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cathedral_of_Saint_John_the_Divine (693 words)

	Saint John the Divine, Cathedral of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The Episcopal cathedral was begun in 1892 in the Byzantine-Romanesque style after designs by G. Heins and C. Grant La Farge.
		In 1911, plans for the cathedral were altered and a French Gothic style was adopted according to the design of Ralph Adams Cram.
		The north wing of the cathedral was damaged by fire in 2001.
	www.bartleby.com /65/st/StJohnDi.html (230 words)

	Encyclopedia: Cathedral of Saint John the Divine
		A cathedral is a Christian church building, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy (such as the Roman Catholic Church or the Lutheran or Anglican churches), which serves as the central church of a diocese.
		Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Washington, D.C. The beheading of the glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist, John.
		The Cathedral Church of Saint John Functions both as church and cathedral in the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cathedral-of-Saint-John-the-Divine (1494 words)

	Jonathan Ambrosino: The Organ at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York City
		Saint Thomas was entirely transformed from 1966 into the early 1970s by Gilbert Adams at the instigation of William Self.
		The Saint John’s organ was a showcase of Skinner’s tonal and technical innovation.
		The Cathedral organ is one of those rare instruments that is at once a brilliant example of its style and creator, an enduring example of the art of organbuilding, and has an unmistakable signature sound.
	homepage.mac.com /glarehead/ambrosino/paper-stjohndivine.html (1566 words)

	Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, USA (International) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine is the largest Gothic cathedral in the world - larger than Chartres and Notre Dame together - longer than two football fields - the Statue of Liberty could fit beneath its central crossing.
		Grounded in the authority of the Anglican church, the Cathedral is the mother church of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and the seat of its bishop.
		In this new era, marking the transition between the Modern age and the coming century, The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine is a focal point for the hopes, dreams and opportunities of a renewed city that is only now being born.
	www.iisd.org /50comm/commdb/desc/d40.htm (428 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saint John (Canada)
		After the death of Fathers Simon and Moireau, the missions on the St. John passed into the hands of the Jesuits, among whom were Fathers Aubery, Loyard, Danielou, Loverga, Audren, and Germain.
		The first resident priest of St. John was Rev. Joseph Morrisset; he was succeeded by Rev. Patrick McMahon, and in 1828 Rev. John Carroll, the last priest prior to the establishment of a diocese in the Maritime Provinces, was sent from Quebec.
		John Sweeny had emigrated with his parents in 1828; his classical studies were made at St. Andrew's College, near Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, after which he went to Quebec for theology.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13355a.htm (1212 words)

	New York Architecture Images- Cathedral of Saint John the Divine
		By DAVID W. The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine is expected to be declared a landmark on Tuesday.
		Besides generating revenue, which cathedral leaders would not estimate, development must be "congruent with the cathedral's mission and vision" and "compatible with the cathedral's historic architectural qualities," the trustees have said.
		Cathedral officials have historically opposed landmark status for the cathedral and its grounds, arguing that such a designation would hinder their efforts to complete the long unfinished structure.
	www.nyc-architecture.com /HAR/HAR002.htm (5053 words)

	History Company - The Gabriel Broach
		New York's Cathedral of Saint John the Divine is the largest Gothic Cathedral in the World, whose vast interiors and exteriors teem with a thriving cultural, artistic, and spiritual convergence of people who continue to build and breathe life into its walls.
		Situated on the edge of Harlem, the Cathedral, affectionately called "Big John" by New Yorkers, is the physical embodiment of a long-standing commitment to the local and larger community.
		Saint John's Gabriel 2½” Brooch, cast in 18-carat gold-plated pewter, is an exact replica of that trumpeting figure.
	www.lightlink.com /history/us/products/027.html (316 words)

	Saint John the Divine, Cathedral of on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The nave was built (1916-43), and in 1941 the entire length of the cathedral was opened for the first time.
		The heretic saint: Guglielma of Bohemia, Milan, and Brunate (1).
		The double bind of the Protestant reformation: the birth of fundamentalism and the necessity of pluralism.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/StJ1ohnD1i.asp (410 words)

	Cathedral of Saint John the Divine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Cathedral of Saint John the Divine was a product of the Episcopalian Diocese's aspirations for the revival of urban life through the construction of a new institutional "Acropolis" atop Morningside Heights.
		It endows the Cathedral with a sense of authenticity although it is a modern structure.
		In keeping with the Cathedral's contemporary role as a social institution, the work took the form of a community development project.
	www.nyu.edu /classes/finearts/nyc/morningside/cathedral.html (367 words)

	Cathedral of St. John the Divine in The NYC Insider: an Insider's Guide to New York City
		Tour guides for this cathedral proudly note that the Cathedral is the largest cathedral in the world and that the Statue of Liberty would fit comfortably under its central dome.
		Its nave (the main aisle in the Cathedral) was dedicated in 1941, one week before Pearl Harbor was bombed, and after that, no construction took place until 1979, when the cathedral began training local youth to help with the stone work.
		John the Divine is immense -- so no matter how hard your tour guide tries, he or she will simply not be able to explain every aspect of the cathedral.
	www.theinsider.com /nyc/attractions/2cathed.htm (1153 words)

	AllRefer.com - Saint John the Divine, Cathedral of, United States (U.S. Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
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		Saint John the Divine, Cathedral of, U.S. Physical Geography
		Saint John the Divine, Cathedral of, New York City, the world's largest Gothic cathedral.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/StJohnDi.html (317 words)

	Nave - TheBestLinks.com - Abbey, Church, Gothic, Latin, ...
		Nave, Abbey, Church, Gothic, Latin, Seville, Cathedral of Saint John the Divine...
		In Romanesque and Gothic Christian abbey, cathedral and church architecture, the nave (Medieval Latin navis, "ship," probably from the keel shape of its vaulting) is the central and principal part of a church, extending from the entry narthex to the chancel (http://wiktionary.org/wiki/Chancel) and flanked by lower aisles outside the nave area (plan, right).
		Highest vaulted nave: Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, 38 meter (124 feet) (Beauvais is 46 meter (150 feet) high in the choir.)
	www.thebestlinks.com /Nave.html (424 words)

	Babylon Burning
		The cathedral is home to many priceless artifacts, according to Farrah, including a collection known as the Barberini Tapestries, which date to the 17th and 18th centuries.
		Cathedral organist Dorothy Papadakos said the organ was the city’s fourth largest and dates to 1910.
		The saints are lusting and striving after the material possessions of the world and they seek the acclaim and praise of the world.
	www.etpv.org /2001/baburn.html (2570 words)

	NYCity Churches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The John Street Methodist Episcopal Church (62 Methodist Episcopal churches) occupies the site of the first of this denomination in America, and is known as the cradle of American Methodism.
		All Souls', at Fourth Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street, is the oldest of the Unitarian churches, Divine Paternity, at Central Park West and Seventy-sixth Street, holds a similar position among the Universalist churches.
		There are 114 parishes of the Roman Catholic faith, the Cathedral of Saint Patrick, at Fifth Avenue and Fiftieth Street, being one of the finest church buildings of the city.
	www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com /Worship/ChurchesNYC.html (524 words)

	Saint John Hospital - Establishment of the US Priory
		The Priory was formally established at a ceremony of dedication on May 11th, 1996, held in the National Cathedral, Washington, DC.
		The annual investiture is usually held on the second Saturday in November, in recent years alternating annually between the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York and another location in the United States.
		Investitures have been held at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and may take place in the National Cathedral in Washington, DC, or in such other locations as may be determined in the future.
	www.saintjohn.org /usapriory/us_foundation.htm (460 words)

	Saint John the Divine, Cathedral of
		City of Angels: Rafael Moneo's new cathedral for Los Angeles affirms and reinterprets the Catholic balancing act between the physical and the divine.
		Interfaith Committee of Remembrance to Celebrate Armenia and Honor Victims of the Armenian Genocide in Milestone Anniversary Commemorations on November 5th Concert at the Cathedral of St. John the...
		Splendor and peril: the cathedral of Paris, 1290-1350.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0843086.html (408 words)

	Whole Earth: The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine - Interfaith Center of New York head Rev James Parks Morton - Brief ...
		If there are one place and one person that have nurtured the blending of faith-work and environmental concern, they are the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City and the Very Rev. James Parks Morton, who served as Dean for twenty-four years.
		Its sermons have forged a new liturgy of sacred ecology.
		Cathedral projects range from the first west side recycling center to gardens to involving high school students in water quality assessment.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0GER/is_n91/ai_20115989 (722 words)

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		Light was associated with divinity in medieval theology, and the Gothic cathedral provided a framework for hundreds of stained glass windows containing imagery from the Old and New Testament or the lives of the saints.
		The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine was begun according to a design based on Byzantine and Romanesque architecture by the firm of Heins and LaFarge.
		Work continues on the cathedral today, notably on the portal, whose sculpture is Gothic in style and symbolism but with the addition of imagery reflecting the church's urban New York setting.
	www.nyu.edu /classes/finearts/smith/ptg_sculp_nyc/med2/med2.html (269 words)

	Anglican Theological Review: Time to Hope: Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York Museo de San Francisco, Santiago ...
		As a symbol of solidarity in memory of 9/11 and in the spirit of Christ, these treasures Riled the ambulatory and five side chapels of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, drawing crowds of people from around the country to view works never shown in the United States and rarely seen even in Spain.
		The cathedrals, parish churches, convents, and monasteries of this artistically and historically rich region are the Foundations resources.
		In the late afternoon at the Cathedral, as the choir practiced and the last of the day's light filtered through the windows, the works had a spiritual quiet no museum could ever match.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3818/is_200401/ai_n9347158 (1588 words)

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		Located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan (112th and Amsterdam), the cathedral is an impressive building and operation in an area already loaded with the vaunted Columbia University campus and affiliated activities.
		For many years, the cathedral has been busy with community outreach, trying to engage the community in its activities while also drawing scores of others to the cathedral for its many special events.
		The cathedral also offers a "vertical tour" on the first and third Saturday of the month, at noon at 2 p.m., which consists of a climb of 124 up its spiral stone staircases to the top of the cathedral and a stunning view of the city.
	www.epinions.com /trvl-review-C3F-17FF00DA-39D77C1E-prod3 (663 words)

	Cathedral of St. John Divine
		James A. Kowalski is a Connecticut native who served for nine years as rector of one of the largest Episcopal parishes in the United States before his election as ninth dean of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine.
		After a one-year Rockefeller Trial Year Fellowship at Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he enrolled briefly in New York University School of Law, returning to Episcopal Divinity School in 1976 and graduating in 1978 with a Master of Divinity degree.
		In 2002 the Dean was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree by Berkeley Divinity School at Yale.
	www.stjohndivine.org /deans_bio.html (617 words)

	Theosophical Society in America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum (1867—1941) was the son of Danish immigrants.
		In 1907, he received a commission to create statuary for the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City, including statues of the twelve apostles.
		Abraham Lincoln was a favorite subject of Gutzon’s, being treated by a marble head of Lincoln in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington and a bronze statue of the Seated Lincoln, for the 1911 dedication of which Teddy Roosevelt came to Newark, New Jersey.
	www.theosophical.org /theosophy/questmagazine/mayjune2000/mountrushmore (1374 words)

	John Walsted Icons
		John Walsted, an Episcopal priest living in Staten Island, NY, is known the world over for his fourteenth-century style icons.
		John's icons have been installed in the Archbishop of Canterbury's palace, the residence of the Metropolitan of Moscow, the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City, and dozens of other locations world-wide.
		John's students and take a look at some of their work.
	www.walstedicons.com (110 words)

	Alessandra Belloni
		The Easter opera, “Stabat Mater: Donna de Paradiso,” was presented April 6-9, 1995, at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, where the company is in residence, receiving wide audience and critical acclaim.
		Composer JOHN LA BARBERA has created this very successful production in the form of a Medieval Passion Play, based on the treasured Lauda (“Praise”) poems written in the 13th-century by one of Italy’s most important Medieval poets, Franciscan monk Jacopone da Todi (1228-1306).
		They will be joined by a company of 15 musicians, actors, dancers and singers, including four principal singers from the choir of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, directed by Bruce Fifer.
	www.alessandrabelloni.com /stabat.php (436 words)

	Statement by the President of the United Nations General Assembly - 19 September 2004
		It is a great pleasure for me to take the floor in front of the church dignitaries in order to share my views about the role of the UN in the promotion of peace in the world.
		First of all, I would like to thank the St John the Divine church for the kind invitation extended to me as President of the 59th session of the General Assembly to attend service this morning.
		I am particularly grateful to St John the Divine cathedral for carrying out this established tradition which shows a faithful commitment to peace within and between nations.
	www.un.org /ga/president/59/speeches/Saint_John.htm (626 words)

	Grace Church \| MUSIC AT GRACE
		It is the oldest resident Boy Choir in continuous service in New York City, and its school served as a model for the Choir Schools at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine on Morningside Heights and at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue.
		The Saint Cecilia Choir has taken its place along side The Choir of Men and Boys and The Adult Choir in the musical leadership of the worship of Grace Church.
		Prior to that appointment he served as Associate Organist at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York, Director of Music and Organist at both The Cathedral Church of Saint John and Congregation Beth Emeth, in Wilmington, Delaware.
	www.gracechurchnyc.org /music_choirs.htm (1310 words)

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