Belfast Cathedral is celebrating 120 years of worship within its walls
This weekend Belfast Cathedral will celebrate 120 years of worship within its walls with two special services - reminiscent of the grand opening service which saw thousands gather inside and outside St Anne’s on that day in 1904.
The service was led by the Rt Rev Dr Wellar, Bishop of Down, Dromore and Connor, and the £3,000 offering is indicative of the value the people of Belfast placed upon theOver a four-year period, the Nave had been built around the old parish church of St Anne - worship continuing in the small church as the walls of the new rose up outside.
Belfast's Protestant cathedral was built between 1899 and 1904. The foundation stone was laid on September 6th 1899. Services continued in the original St Anne’s until the end of 1903, when the church was no longer visible from the street! The only feature of the old St Anne’s to remain in the present-day Cathedral is the Good Samaritan Window.
The Nave was the first part of the building to be constructed. New sections were completed over time: The Crypt 1922-24; West Front 1925-27; Baptistry 1928; Chapel of the Holy Spirit 1932; Apse and Ambulatory 1959; Transepts 1974 and 1981. The final piece, the stainless steel Spire of Hope, was lowered into place in 2007.
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