Crown of Thorns' Church

Crown of Thorns' Church

Denomination	Anglican Communion
Churchmanship	Anglicanism
Website	http://www.skhthorns.org/
Administration
Diocese	Western Kowloon
Province	Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Jonathan Chee

Lam Woo Memorial Secondary School

Crown of Thorns' Church (Chinese: 荊冕堂), located at 67 Texaco Road, is an Anglican church in Hong Kong. It forms a parish in the Diocese of Western Kowloon under Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui. The vicar of the parish is Jonathan Chee, who is also the current General Secretary of the Diocese of Western Kowloon.

Crown of Thorns

Main article: Crown of Thorns

In Christianity, the Crown of Thorns, one of the instruments of the Passion, was the woven chaplet of thorn branches worn by Jesus before his crucifixion. It is mentioned in the Gospels of Matthew (27:29), Mark (15:17), and John (19:2, 5) and is often alluded to by the early Christian Fathers, such as Clement of Alexandria, Origen, and others.

John the Evangelist describes it thus (KJV, ch. 19):

“

Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. And the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!

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History

The Church was found in 1965.^[1] The first vicar was Peter Kwong, the former Archbishop of Hong Kong.^[1]

Educational institutions served by the Church

SKH Lam Woo Memorial Secondary School
SKH Chu Oi Primary School
SKH Chu Yan Primary School
SKH Ho Chak Wan Primary School
SKH Tsing Yi Chu Yan Primary School
SKH Tsing Yi Estate Ho Chak Wan Primary School
SKH Yan Laap Memorial Primary School
SKH Yan Laap Primary School

References

1 2 40th anniversary magazine

External links

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SKH Crown of Thorns' Church

Coordinates: 22°22′5.17″N 114°7′21.52″E / 22.3681028°N 114.1226444°E / 22.3681028; 114.1226444

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