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Little Trinity Anglican Church (officially Trinity East) is a
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of the
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. It is located at 425 King Street East in the Corktown neighbourhood, just east of
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,
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, Canada. An
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plaque at the site notes that the 1844 church is the oldest surviving church in the city.


History

The cornerstone for the
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church was laid on July 20, 1843, and the first services were held in February 1844, making it the oldest surviving church building in Toronto. It was the second Anglican church in the city, after St. James' Cathedral. The church is so named to distinguish it from the later Church of the Holy Trinity. The architect was 25-year-old
Henry Bowyer Lane Henry Bowyer Joseph Lane (1817–1878) was an English architect who worked in Toronto from . Lane was born to Henry Bower Lane, a Royal Artillery Captain (OF-2), Captain and Elizabeth Lacey in 1817 and moved to Devon, England, Devon, England a ...
, who had recently immigrated from England. The structure is red brick with accents of tan brick and stone. Local craftsmen donated many of the bricks and their labor to construct the church. The square bell tower has contrasting octagonal buttresses at each of its four corners. The congregation was established in eastern Toronto on July 12, 1842, for working-class families unable to pay the high pew prices at St. James', and so they built a church for all people. Little Trinity has always been a church whose life is rooted in the word of God, the Holy Bible – it is an
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church. For about 100 years, from the 1890s, the motto of the church was "holding forth the word of life" (Phillipians 2:14). In 1889, the church was enlarged to provide 600 seats for the congregation. Part of the addition was destroyed by fire in early 1961. After 14-months of reconstruction, the congregation returned in March 1962. During this renovation, the floor of the nave was raised to allow for construction of an activity hall on the lower level. Little Trinity has sent dozens of church members overseas to serve the development and spiritual needs of nations around the world. In 2014, a new office space was opened at 403 King Street East, in a revitalized heritage building. The present multi-generational congregation is made up of members of many backgrounds from across the Toronto region. There is a Sunday School programme and a youth programme. Each week, worship services are held on Sunday morning and Sunday evening.


Gallery

File:Little Trinity Anglican Church.jpg, Front of the church File:Little Trinity.jpg, The bell tower File:Little Trinity Rectory Toronto Ontario Canada.jpg, The
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See also

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List of oldest buildings and structures in Toronto This is a list of the oldest buildings and structures in Toronto, that were constructed before 1920. The history of Toronto, history of Toronto dates back to Indigenous settlements in the region approximately 12,000 years ago. However, the oldes ...
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List of Anglican churches in Toronto There are about a hundred Anglican Church (building), churches in the city of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Toronto is in the Anglican Diocese of Toronto, which includes the city of Toronto and much of south central Ontario. The eastern part ...


References

* McHugh, Patricia. ''Toronto Architecture.'' Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1989.


External links

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