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It is a landmark historical church, [1] as well as one of the most prominent examples of early Christian architecture in East Africa. [ 2 ] It was built in seven years, the foundation stone being laid on Christmas Day 1873 until the opening on Christmas 1879, [ 3 ] based on a vision of Edward Steere , third Anglican bishop of Zanzibar, who ...
View of the cathedral of Christ Church, Zanzibar.. The Diocese of Zanzibar was founded in 1892, and developed separately from that of Eastern Equatorial Africa. Whilst mainland Tanzania was largely under the influence of evangelical missionary societies, Zanzibar was evangelised by Anglo-catholic missionaries, and represented a far more high church form of Anglicanism.
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The Church of Christ was built in the heart of Stone Town by Bishop Edward Steere at the site of the former slave market. The church was deliberately built to celebrate the end of slavery and the church's altar is built upon the site where the main whipping post of the market used to be. A monument to the slaves, as well as a museum on the ...
The mission's early work in Zanzibar substantially involved caring for and schooling children rescued from slavery, [11] and establishing a settlement - Mbweni, founded 1871 - for these released slaves to live in. [12] On Christmas Day, 1873, the foundation stone of Christ Church was laid in the grounds of the former slave market, closed only ...
[5] Steere spent several periods in Zanzibar, 1864–68, 1872–74, and 1877–82. In 1873 he placed the foundation stone at Christ Church, Zanzibar, in Stone Town, Zanzibar. The cathedral was based on his vision; its concrete roof shaped in a barrel vault was Steere's idea. He also worked with David Livingstone to abolish
[5] [18] Population: 45,284. [19] 1957 – Afro-Shirazi Party headquartered in town. 1961 – June: Unrest. [20] 1964 12 January: Zanzibar Revolution; city becomes capital of People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba. April: Sultanate of Zanzibar becomes part of the new United Republic of Tanzania. City becomes capital of semiautonomous region of ...
The Bishop of Zanzibar is the Diocesan of an island diocese in the Anglican Church of Tanzania. [1] Its current bishop is Michael Hafidh. [ 2 ] The bishop's seat is Christ Church, Zanzibar , the Anglican cathedral in Stone Town , Zanzibar , Tanzania .