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St George's Interdenominational Chapel, Heathrow Airport, is a place of worship situated in London Heathrow Airport near London, in England. The chapel was designed by Tony Meadows Architects and named after St George. Next to the chapel is a prayer room and a counselling room. The Heathrow Chaplaincy Team contains Christian Chaplains from Anglican, Catholic, and Free Church denominations, and representatives from Muslim, Jewish, and other faiths. ==History and design== The Chapel of St George was dedicated on 11 October 1968 as an Ecumenical Christian Chapel in the heart of London Heathrow Airport. Before that date the chaplaincy work had been pioneered by clergy drawn from local parishes. The site, in the geographical centre of the airport at the time, was provided by the then British Airports Authority (BAA), and funded largely by the three main Christian traditions—the Church of England (Anglican), Roman Catholic, and Free Churches. The challenge for the designer, Jack Forrest, of Sir Frederick Gibberd and Partners, was to produce an Ecumenical Chapel which would accommodate the Christian traditions, while also creating, in the middle of an airport, a haven of peace and quiet. The design which is seen now is that of a 'vaulted crypt', recreating the atmosphere and style of a crypt in the early Christian church. Its underground setting guarantees a unique atmosphere of peace and prayer which visitors have appreciated since 1968. The three apses were originally intended for each of the contributing denominations, but in 1972 the main altar was rededicated by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, and the Moderator of the Free Church Federal Council for shared ecumenical use. The other apses now accommodate the Blessed Sacrament (the tabernacle has two separate compartments for Anglican and Roman Catholic traditions), and baptismal font. The chapel is licensed for worship in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 and has the registration number 75203. On 1 May 1979 it was licensed for solemnising marriages according to the terms of the Marriage Act 1949. 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 Interdenominational Chapel, Heathrow Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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