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St. John's Episcopal Church is the oldest standing church in Butte, Montana. ==History and design== The original St. John's Episcopal Church has been merged with St. Mary's Episcopal Fellowship, which was founded June 1, 2010 with the help of then-Rector The Rev. Dr. John Toles. On Oct 1, 2011, The Bishop re-consecrated the building and created The Episcopal Church of St. Mary & St. John. Consequently, neither St. Mary's Episcopal Fellowship nor St. John's Episcopal Church continues to exist individually. Now combined, the congregation of The Episcopal Church of St. Mary & St. John has grown larger and stronger while worshipping in this historic building. The Episcopal Church of St. Mary & St. John is a member of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The Episcopal Church of St. Mary & St. John is also a part of the St. Joan of Arc Regional Ministry, which includes St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Anaconda, St. James Episcopal Church in Deer Lodge, and St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Philipsburg, all of whom are also members of the worldwide Anglican communion. The original building, St. John's Episcopal Church, is the oldest standing church in Butte, and one of the oldest in Montana. Faced in Butte granite, St. John's predates St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church by one year. The church is closely connected to Copper King W.A. Clark, whose mansion is just a block north. The parish hall and basement gymnasium (now a class room and an office) were added in 1917. For three years after a 1918 fire gutted the interior, services were held in the parish hall, and not until 1931 was the stained-glass window behind the altar restored. That window was executed by Pompeo Bertini, stained-glass artist for the Cathedral of Milan, Italy, and is dedicated to Clark’s daughter Jessie, who died three weeks before her third birthday in 1878. The restoration of the window was paid for by Clark’s son William A., Jr., and Jessie’s twin sister, Catherine. Additional expansions have included enlarging the chancel and adding the chapel in 1936. Most of the stained glass in the side windows was manufactured by J&R Lamb Studios, of New York and New Jersey, and includes mining and patriotic motifs in addition to traditional religious imagery. The church is home to an 800 pipe pipe organ. Today the crenellated towers and magnificent stained glass window of St. John's provide an example of the Norman style of the Episcopal Church in the United States. 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. John's Episcopal Church (Butte, Montana)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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