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Kawaiahao Church is a historic Congregational church located in Downtown Honolulu on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu. The church plus associated Mission Houses comprise Kawaiahao Church and Mission Houses, a U.S. National Historic Landmark (NHL), so designated in 1962.〔 and 〕〔 In 1966 it and all other NHLs were included in the first issuance of the National Register of Historic Places. At one time the national church of the Hawaiian Kingdom and chapel of the royal family, the church is popularly known as Hawaii's Westminster Abbey. The name comes from the Hawaiian noun phrase ''Ka wai a Hao'' (the water of Hao), because its location was that of a spring and freshwater pool in the care of a High Chiefess Hao.〔W.D. Westervelt, (''Hawaiian Legends of Old Honolulu'' ), Boston: G.H. Ellis Press: 1915, p. 17〕 Today, Kawaiahao continues to use the Hawaiian language for parts of the service. It is one of the oldest standing Christian places of worship in Hawaii, although four thatched churches stood at or near the present site before construction of the stone church. The oldest standing church is Mokuaikaua Church on the Big Island. Denominationally, It is a member of the United Church of Christ. ==History== Kawaiahao Church was commissioned by the regency of Kaahumanu during the reigns of Kamehameha II and Kamehameha III. Designed by Rev. Hiram Bingham in the New England style of the Hawaiian missionaries, it was constructed between 1836 and 1842 of some 14,000 thousand-pound slabs of coral rock quarried from an offshore reef on the southern coast of Oahu. Hawaiian divers with hand tools dived 3 to 6 metres below sea-level to chisel out each coral block, which had then to be transported from the reef and onto shore.〔(About Kawaiahao Church - History )〕 It rivaled the concurrent construction of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace for the Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands. Construction began on that church in 1840 and was substantially completed in 1843, one year after the completion of Kawaiahao Church. The name Kawaiahao was not applied to the site until 1853. Kawaiahao Church was frequented by the chiefs of the Hawaiian Islands as well as the members of the reigning Kamehameha Dynasty and Kalākaua Dynasty. The upper gallery of the church is adorned with 21 portraits of Hawaiian royalty (Alii).〔(The Alii of Hawaii at Kawaiahao Church )〕 King Lunalilo, who preferred to be buried in a church cemetery rather than the Royal Mausoleum, is buried in the courtyard. However, Kawaiahao Church was not the only site of royal worship in the Islands. Kamehameha IV and his wife Emma were devout members of the Church of England and established the Anglican Church of Hawaii—the present-day Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii. They commissioned the construction of the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew, which replaced Kawaiahao Church as the principal centre of royal worship. Kamehameha V, Kalākaua and Liliuokalani (after the Overthrow) preferred to utilize the cathedral. Before her reign, then Princess Liliuokalani had been choir director at Kawaiahao Church. File:Fourth grass church at Kawaiahao.jpg|The grass church that preceded the stone church seated 4000 people by Francis Allyn Olmsted File:Kawaiahao Church, Honolulu, in 1857.jpg|First known photograph of the church in 1857 by Hugo Stangenwald File:Kawaiahao-Church-sideview.JPG|Side view of church File:Mausoleum of King Lunalilo, on the grounds of Kawaiahao church.jpg|Mausoleum of King Lunalilo File:Honolulu-Kawaiahao-church-front.JPG|Front view of church File:Kawaiaha'o Church, Honolulu.jpg|Interior of church File:Kawaiaha'o church.jpg| Church Plaque 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kawaiahaʻo Church」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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