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St. George's Cathedral in Kingston, Ontario is the cathedral church of the Anglican Diocese of Ontario. ==History== Successor to the first St. George's parish church, a wooden building of 1792 located across from what is now Kingston Market Square, the present church building was constructed from 1825–1828. William Coverdale (architect) enlarged it in 1838–40 with the addition of a rebuilt steeple and the doric portico 1842.〔http://www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1625 William Coverdale (architect)〕 It was elevated to cathedral status in 1862. In 1891–94 the transepts, choir and dome were built but shortly thereafter in 1899 the interior was badly damaged by fire. S. George Curry (architect) and Joseph Power performed a complete restoration in 1899-1900.〔http://www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1634 S. George Curry (architect)〕 For many years Royal Military College of Canada cadets and other military groups have marched into St. George's for worship on special occasions. 'Copper Sunday', an annual church parade from RMC to St. George's, in which cadets took up a collection of copper coins, was established in 1882 or earlier. In 1918, the Royal Military College's Great War Memorial Flag was presented to the Rector of St. George's Cathedral, The Very Rev. Dean Starr, honorary Chaplain to the College, by the then Commandant, Brig. General C. N. Perreau, C.M.G.. The 18 feet by 24 feet Flag hung on the North Gallery of the Cathedral, until the summer of 1934, when it was removed to the College Museum for preservation. 932 Maple leaves represent those graduates who served, and 147 crimson leaves represent those who paid the supreme sacrifice in the Great War.〔Royal Military College of Canada - Review Yearbook (Kingston, Ontario Canada) - Class of 1935 page 33〕 In a 1942 church parade ceremony, General Hertzberg asked permission of the churchwarden, RMC Professor W.R.P. Bridger to lay up the RMC colours in the cathedral. After the congregation were addressed by the Lord Bishop of Ontario, the cadet battalion marched back to the college.〔Preston `Canada`s RMC: A History of the Royal Military College` (University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1969)〕 Image:King's Colour of Royal Military College of Canada.jpg|King's Colour of Royal Military College of Canada (in Saint-George's Cathedral) Image:Royal_Military_College_of_Canada_Colours.jpg|Royal Military College of Canada Colours (in Saint-George's Cathedral) Image:Stained Glass window depicting St George in St George`s Cathedral (Kingston) donated by alumni of the Royal Military College of Canada.gif|Stained Glass window depicting Saint George in St George`s Cathedral in Royal Military College of Canada gallery A virtual tour the Royal Military College of Canada gallery at the Cathedral Church of St. George features stained glass windows of several soldier saints including St. George. The most recent windows—the St. Cecilia window and the St. Margaret window—also in the RMC gallery, were installed in 2002 and 2003 respectively.〔http://www.virtualkingston.ca/fullscreens/stgeorges/stgeorges_south.html Virtual tour of St. George's Cathedral〕 A memorial tablet was erected in 1902 to the memory of three officers, graduates of the Royal Military College of Canada, who died while serving in Africa: Huntly Brodie Mackay, Captain Royal Engineers; William Henry Robinson, Captain Royal Engineers; and William Grant Stairs, Captain the Welsh Regiment.〔Richard Preston 'Canada's RMC: A History of the Royal Military College', University of Toronto Press, 1969〕 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「St. George's Cathedral (Kingston, Ontario)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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