St Mary's Church also known as St. Mary's Anglican Church, the Anglican Church in Hong Kong Island East development ministry's first missionary church, founded in 1911, is located in Causeway Bay, Tai Hang Road Near Eastern Hospital Road and 2A Tung Lo Wan Road junction, the current Anglican parish church of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. St. Mary's Church is the only Hong Kong Island blend with Chinese characteristics and Renaissance architectural style of the church, was listed as a historical building in Hong Kong.

St. Mary's Church now has become one of Hong Kong's two existing Chinese Renaissance-style church (the other seat is Ma Tau Wai, Kowloon St. thirty-one Church). Its architectural features are Western Wall: China palace modeled on the design front exterior wall, in front of dozens of large stone steps, while the interior of the building is the use of traditional Western church design.

history

Early 20th century Anglican parish established in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong and Guangdong, "Yan's perched hospital" (The Eyre Diocesan Refuge for Destitute Woman), receiving helpless women, so that they obtain a place to live, and to teach literacy and survival skills. At that time Gerard Lander Bishop (Bishop Gerard Health Lander) donated the use of the Church of England in 1930 in Hong Kong Thanksgiving dedication of 960 yuan, the purchase of land in Causeway Bay, one, and then to 3550 yuan to build a small chapel, mainly for women Yan's perched hospital gathering purposes, cause there is St. Mary's Church of naming.

The original St. Mary's Church in their communities rather desolate area, and the Hong Kong population has moved eastward trend, coupled with the neighboring small industrial area, the increasing believer, to 1920 has reached 600 church members of the public. Since the site is insufficient Hall, 1930 Du Peiyi Bishop (Bishop Charles Ridley Duppuy) initiated church building plans and to purchase more than 6,000 feet governments. 1933 Bishop Hall (Bishop Ronald Owen Hall) became the seventh bishop, appointed the following year as pastor Lee Kau Yan, director of St. Mary's Church, work to promote the church building. As the Chinese localization of the Church pushed for the church in the 1930s, so the church building design is the use of classical Chinese architecture-based system, budget construction costs 60,000 yuan, on September 12, 1936 the construction of the ground-breaking, next year December 23 by the He Minghua , Mok Sau two sessions Governor presided over the opening ceremony, on December 20, 1940 held thirtieth anniversary and Dedication ceremony.

In 1940 the Hong Kong government slashed the lot in front of the church, and the other up the back of the lot, it is also need to increase the church building. After the war Fuyuan, on March 25, 1949 consecration ceremony was held. 1953 Green Xiang Zhang, director of the post priest, pastor initiative to set up kindergartens and the construction of the dormitory. The following year his successor Huang Pu Linmu division, first set up primary schools, school building was completed in February 1959; in 1963, organizing school, next year will come to completion, and the education ministry to cooperate, but has also moved to Mok Hing Yiu College, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon Hoi Lai Estate.

Scenic Area Address: Tai Hang Road 2a Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

Car lines: take the Ring Road, 11, 26 air-conditioned bus.