Did you Know? (Sunday, March 31, 2024)
The date for Easter is not fixed. It moves every year. For this reason the earliest Christians celebrated the Lord’s resurrection on different days. The church has always maintained a […]
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Did you Know? (Sunday, March 24, 2024)
Bishop Aubrey Spencer was succeeded in 1870 by Bishop Reginald Courtenay. Bishop Courtney faced the challenges of disestablishment and disendowment, as all subventions to the Anglican Church in Jamaica were […]
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Did you know? (Sunday, March 17, 2024)
Bishop Aubrey Spencer succeeded Bishop Lipscomb. Spencer served as Bishop from 1843 – 1872. He was the one who renovated St. Catherine Parish Church, turning it into the Anglican Cathedral. […]
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Did you know? (Sunday, March 10, 2024)
Christopher Lipscomb, our Diocese’s first Bishop, raised salaries of clergy, divided the Diocese into three Deaneries, corresponding to the counties of Cornwall, Middlesex and Surrey, run by three senior clergymen, […]
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Did you know? (Sunday, March 3, 2024)
The first (Anglican) church to be established was the church of St Jago de la Vega in Spanish Town and this was built sometime between 1661 and 1664 on the […]
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Did you know? (Sunday, February 25, 2024)
By December 1825, The Jamaican House of Assembly passed “The Clergy Act,” investing the Bishop of our newly created Diocese with ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the Jamaican clergy. A resident Bishop […]
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Did you know? (Sunday, February 18, 2024)
Although the English arrived in Jamaica in 1655, it took them five years to completely defeat the Spaniards, from whom they took the island. In 1660, the English established civil […]
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Did you know? (Sunday, February 11, 2024)
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a solemn period of repentance, fasting, and reflection for Christians leading up to Easter. The origins of Ash Wednesday can be traced back […]
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Did you know? (Sunday, February 4, 2024)
The 2nd of February is always 40 days after Christmas Day. The day is celebrated as the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. The feast also commemorates Jesus’ first […]
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Did you know? (Sunday, January 28, 2024)
The Jewish rabbis counted 613 separate commandments in the Law of Moses, Of those, 365 of them (one for each day of the year) were stated negatively, and 248 positively. […]