Washington National Cathedral, officially the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the City and Diocese of Washington and an Episcopal church, is designated the national house of prayer of the United States. Concurrently, the cathedral is also the official seat of both the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, USA and the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, motherchurch of the Episcopal Church in the District of Columbia and Maryland counties of Charles, St. Mary's, Prince George's and Montgomery. Located at Massa ...

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The cathedral is both the episcopal See of the Bishop of Washington, currently the Rt. Rev. John Bryson Chane (the sixth Episcopal Bishop of Washington), and the primatial See of the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, currently the Most Rev. Frank Griswold. The current dean of the Washington National Cathedral is the Very Reverend Samuel T. Lloyd III who officially took office on April 23, 2005. Prior to becoming dean, Lloyd was the rector of Trinity Church in Boston, Massachusetts. The current Bishop of Washington, the Right Reverend John Bryson Chane, was formerly th ...

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The worship department, led by the Rev. Carol L. Wade, like the cathedral itself, is rooted in the doctrine and practice of the Episcopal Church, and based in the Book of Common Prayer. Four (five in the summer) services are held each weekday, including the daily Mass. On Monday through Thursday (as well as Sunday), the Cathedral Choirs sing Evensong. The forty minute service is attended by roughly fifty to seventy-five people (more on Sunday). Five services of the Eucharist are also held on Sundays, including the Contemporary Folk Mass held in the Chapel of St. Joseph ...

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Washington National Cathedral's role as the national house of prayer has over the years united Americans in several religious and secular services hosted at the site. During World War II, monthly services “on behalf of a united people in a time of emergency” were held. Washington National Cathedral - Major events. Washington National Cathedral has played host to many major events, showing the cathedral's proud distinction as being "the national house of prayer for all people." Some of the major events ...

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Washington National Cathedral was completed on 29 September 1990 after almost a century of planning and 83 years in construction. Its final design shows a mix of influences from the various Gothic architectural styles of the middle ages, marked, among other things, by pointed arches, flying buttresses, vaulted ceilings, stained-glass windows, stone-carved decorations, and three similar towers, two on the west front and one surmounting t ...

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In 1792 Pierre L'Enfant's Plan of the Federal City set aside land for a "great church for national purposes." The National Portrait Gallery now occupies that site. In 1891, a meeting was held to renew plans for a national cathedral. In 1893 the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the District of Columbia was granted a charter from the United States Congress to establish the cathedral. The commanding site on Mount Saint Alban was chosen. Right Reverend Henry Yates Satterlee, first Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Washington chose Frederick Bodley, England's leading Anglican church architect, as the he ...

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The Great Organ was installed by the Ernest M. Skinner Organ Company, 1938. The Washington National Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys, founded in 1909, is currently one of very few cathedral choirs of men and boys in the United States with an affiliated school, in the English tradition. The 18-22 boys singing treble are ages 8-14 and attend St. Albans School, the Cathedral school for boys, on singing scholarships. In 1997, the Cathedral Choir of Men and Girls was formed, using the same men as the choir of the men and boys. The two choir ...

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The worship department, led by the Rev. Carol L. Wade, like the cathedral itself, is rooted in Episcopalian doctrine and practice. Four (five in the summer) services are held each weekday. On Monday through Thursday (as well as Sunday), the Cathedral Choirs sing Evensong. The forty minute service is attended by roughly fifty to seventy-five people (more on Sunday). Five services of Eucharist are also held on Sundays, including the Contemporary Folk Eucharist held in the Chapel of St. Joseph ...

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The current dean of the Washington National Cathedral is the Very Reverend Samuel T. Lloyd III who officially took office on April 23, 2005. Prior to becoming dean, Lloyd was the rector of Trinity Church in Boston, Massachusetts. The current Bishop of Washington, the Right Reverend John Bryson Chane, was formerly the dean of the St. Paul's Cathedral in San Diego, California. Former Deans of the cathedral are: Alfred Harding (1909–1916) George C. F. Bratenahl (1916–1936) Noble C. Powell (1937� ...

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