Emmanuel Episcopal Church (Boston)

The Emmanuel Episcopal Church is a historic church building in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. Designed by the architect Alexander Rice Esty and built in 1860 building is part of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, and was the first building on Newbury Street (now No. 15) was built in the then-new Back Bay area. The founder of the church was Frederic Dan Huntington.

Building

The American artist Frederic Crowninshield -designed in 1899, the central window in the chancel of the church, showing a scene from the book pilgrimage to the blessed eternity of John Bunyan, in which the piety, an allegorical figure from the first part of the book, the way to the land of Immanuel has.

Leslie Lindsey Memorial Chapel

The 1924 consecrated Leslie Lindsey Memorial Chapel is considered as an architectural gem. Much of the furnishings, including the altar, the stained glass windows, the lectern as well as most of the statues were designed by the architect originating from Scotland Ninian Comper in the Gothic Revival style. The chapel is dedicated to the spouses and Leslie Lindsay Stewart Manson, who had closed in 1915 in the church of their marriage and only ten days later at the torpedo attack by the German submarine SM U 20 on the RMS Lusitania were killed.

Community work

At the beginning of the 20th century the town was with her has become known as Immanuel Movement charity program very successful and contributed to the creation of a variety of self -help groups for mental disorders to which they included the alcohol disease. The members of the Emmanuel Music Group regularly wear before Bach cantatas, which are matched to the church year.

In a cross-community co-operation with the Jewish community Boston Jewish Spirit, among others, joint worship services and sermons for the other community are designed.