Hong Kong Island

The Diocese of Hong Kong Island is one of the threee Dioceses of the Province of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui. The Province also includes the Missionary Area of Macau.

There are sixteen Anglican churches in the Diocese.

The Archbishop is The Most Revd Paul Kwong.

You can find out about all four Dioceses / Areas of the Province through http://www1.hkskh.org/

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St John's Cathedral, Hong Kong

St John's Cathedral is in the Central District of Hong Kong Island, it has recently celebrated its 160th anniversary. As well as St John's Cathedral the Dean and his clergy team run three "daughter churches" at Stanley, Pokfulam and Discovery Bay. Emmanuel Church in Pokfulam now meets in the Bethanie Chapel built by the Missions Etrangees de Parisl (the French Mission) in 1875 (below). The Discovery Bay Church meets in the hall of the HKSKH Wei Lun Primary School.

Services at the Cathedral may be in English, Mandarin Chinese or Cantonese. There is also a Sunday afternoon group for Filipino workers. During the main Sunday service the Cathedral has Sunday School classes. On the second Sunday of each month, Discoverers (the Sunday School for secondary school aged pupils) helps to lead the service with young people acting as Sidesmen (Ushers), reading the lessons, leading intercessions, taking the collection and presenting the Offertory.

Shield of the Diocese of Hong Kong Island

The Cathedral has a famous choir, and many of the young people who join it later become professional musicians. The choir sings at the Eucharist every Sunday, at choral mattins once a month and on special occasions such as Christmas and Easter, weddings and memorial services.

The Cathedral Community support the Mission for Migrant Workers which was formed over 30 years ago in Hong Kong as an ecumenical institution serving migrant workers in distress. They also particularly support domestic workers who can be badly exploited. The Cathedral runs a full time counselling service.

You can find out more about the Cathedral on their website http://www.stjohnscathedral.org.hk/home.html

Tau Fong Shan Chapel

The Tau Fong Shan Christian Centre and Chapel is also known as the "Christ Temple". Originally the Norwegian Mission bought the whole mountain on which it is built and gave it its name, "Tau Fong Shan", which means "Mountain of the Logos Wind (Spirit of the Word)", As the missionaries were particularly working with local Chinese Buddhists, including Buddhist monks, they built the chapel in the style of a Buddhist Temple, with a lot of red and gold decoration. Services include some Buddhist style features such as the ceremonial ringing of the great bell, and chanting the Beatitudes in a Buddhist style.

The Christian Centre's website is at http://www.tfscc.org/allframeng.htm

There has also been a Lutheran Theological Seminary in this area since 1948 and the new buildings next to the chapel were opened in 1992. Over 400 international students study at the seminary, coming not only from Mainland China, but also countries such as Vietnam, Korea, India and Malaysia.

The Gospel Panels (below) from the Chapel tell the story of Jesus in typical Chinese style. The ones below show: the feeding of the Five Thiusand; Jesus the Good Shepherd; Jesus praying in the Garden of Gethsemane before his arrest; the risen Jesus appears to the disciples on the Sea of Galilee.

Churches of Hong Kong and Macau

Morrison Chapel, Macau

St James' Church, Hong Kong

Sao Paulo, Macau (ruins)

St Dominic's Church, Macau

As Macau was in Portugese hands until the end of last century, many churches, such as the two on the right, were built in a typical Portugese style.

Church Schools in Hong Kong

The Diocese of Hong Kong Island runs 11 Church Kindergartens, 20 Church Primary Schools and 10 Church Secondary Schools. You can find the contact details of these schools and links to individual school websites at http://www1.hkskh.org/ the photograps below include St Stephen's, St Mark's, St Paul's and St James' schools.