St Andrew's Church

St. Andre's church is a church under the West Kowloon Diocese of the Hong Kong Anglican Church. St. Andre's church is the oldest Christian English Church in Kowloon. Originally a church for foreigners, it has become an international church. 90% of the worshippers take Hong Kong as their home.

In the years before the construction of St. Andrea's church, there was a small wooden hall for worshippers in Kowloon, until the foundation of the new church was laid in 1904. Designed by Alfred Bryer, the architect of Messrs Leigh & orange, St. Andre's hall started construction in November 1904 and was completed in 1906. It was consecrated and opened on October 6 of that year.

St Andrew's Church

St Andre's hall is located at 138 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It belongs to a church under the West Kowloon Diocese of the Hong Kong Episcopal Church, the oldest Christian English Church in Kowloon. Originally a church for foreigners living in Hong Kong, it has become a local church in Hong Kong. 90% of the worshippers are Hong Kong people.

In 1897, the Anglican Church proposed to set up a church in the Kowloon Peninsula to serve the community at that time. In 1899, Bishop Joseph of Victoria visited the area in person and foresaw the growing needs of the Kowloon area in the future. It was not until 1904 that Sir Paul Chater donated HK $35000 to build churches near Robinson Road (now Nathan Road) and Austin Road.

In 1997, St. Andre's hall was repaired in stages, mainly for the external walls and painted glass windows, at a cost of HK $2.5 million. In the same year, St. Andrea's hall was listed as a class II historical building, and now it is proposed to be a class I historical building. In 2006, St. Andrea hall was awarded the UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Conservation Award.

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St. Andrew's church, located at 138 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, is a church and English pastoral area under the West Kowloon Diocese of the Hong Kong Anglican Church.

Today, St. Andrea's church has been built in wood for a long time. In December 1904, the stone St. Andrea's church was built, and Sir Paul Chater donated 35000 Hong Kong dollars to build it. The building was completed in 1905 and was consecrated in October 1906. In 1909, the adjacent Parsonage was completed, and the workers' residence was completed the following year. An additional auditorium was built in 1913, but it was rebuilt into a 7-storey building in 1977.

Adjacent to the Former Kowloon English school, St Andre's hall was once a meeting place for the British living in Kowloon. During the Japanese occupation, the chief priest was imprisoned, the Church of St. Andrea was converted to a Shinto shrine in Japan, and the parsonage house became the residence of the shrine leader and Japanese intelligence officers. After the war, the Anglican Church was restored to St. Andrea's church. In 1979, the Christ center beside the church was completed. At the same time, the parsonage was converted to official use. At present, St Andre's hall is a secondary historical building in Hong Kong.

Apart from English worship, St Andrea's hall also offers Mandarin worship. Filipino worship has been offered in the past, but it has been cancelled.

St. Andrea's church is the lower Church in the Anglican Church.

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St. Andrea hall presented the "outstanding award of Asia Pacific Cultural Heritage Protection Award" by UNESCO in 2006.

Architecture

Church: built in 1905, it is a Latin cross shaped red brick Gothic building with a wooden and tile roof, a bell tower and stained glass on both sides.

The former vicarage (< iold vicarage < / I): built in 1909, it is the same red brick Gothic building as the church. Now it has been used as a youth center and conference room.

Stone gate: located at the exit of Nathan Road, established in 1956.

Christ Center: completed in 1979, the original site is the auditorium built in 1913.

Air raid shelter entrance: there is an air raid shelter entrance on the hillside of the parking lot behind the church, but it has been sealed off by cement.

Former worker's residence: there are two abandoned small buildings on the hillside behind the Christian Center, which are similar to the style of church and former clergyman's residence. They were completed in 1910 and used as workers' residence at that time.

Worship time / special events

Four English Worship classes are offered every Sunday: 8:30 am, 9:30 am, 11:30 PM and 5:00 pm, and one Mandarin Worship class: 11:30 am.

Festival worship in 2019:

Thursday, April 18 - the last dinner and the ceremony of washing feet

Friday, April 19 - Good Friday worship

Tuesday, December 24 - Christmas Eve worship

Wednesday, December 25 - Christmas Day worship of the Savior

Address: 138 Nathan Road, Hong Kong

Longitude: 114.17253911045

Latitude: 22.302110857322