January 6, 1842 |
Organizing meeting held |
January 23, 1842 |
First service held |
August 14, 1843 |
Cornerstone laid |
May 1844 |
Parish status achieved |
June 3, 1852 |
Church building consecrated |
1857 |
Transepts, chancel, and tower added |
December 1858 |
Epiphany Church Home to help the sick and the poor opened |
March 6, 1862 |
President Lincoln attended the funeral of General Frederick Lander here |
July-December 1862 |
Church used as a hospital for Union troops |
February 1877 |
First issue of the Parish Guide |
March 1880 |
Epiphany Chapel in SW Washington opened |
April 1884 |
Lenthall Home for Widows opened |
January 8, 1885 |
Rector William Paret consecrated Bishop of Maryland here |
November 17, 1891 |
Bishop Phillips Brooks preached to overflow congregation at opening session of Church Congress |
Spring 1893 |
Epiphany’s choir becomes first mixed vested choir in the city |
1893 |
Endowment Fund began |
May 1895 |
Maryland Diocesan Convention meeting here created new Diocese of Washington |
Palm Sunday 1896 |
Bishop Satterlee confirms 50 candidates here as his first official act |
1897 |
Episcopal Eye, Ear, & Throat Hospital (later named Washington Hospital Center) began, largely funded by Epiphany |
1898 |
General Convention of the ECUSA met here |
1901 |
Memorial Services held for President McKinley and Queen Victoria |
January 26, 1905 |
John J. Pershing and Helen Warren married here |
1911 |
Parish House dedicated |
September 29, 1923 |
Rector James Freeman consecrated Bishop of Washington here |
March 4, 1925 |
Epiphany’s bells rang for the inauguration of President Coolidge (and for every president since) |
1942 |
President Roosevelt attended Christmas service |
1942-45 |
Armed Forces Canteen and Wartime Prayer Center |
February 11, 1945 |
Phillips Chapel dedicated |
1959 |
Beatrice Aitchison became first woman elected to the vestry |
1967-68 |
Renovation of church included air conditioning and extension of sanctuary area into nave |
March 3, 1968 |
Epiphany’s fifth (and current) organ dedicated |
1976 |
Blessing of Metro Center Metro Station |
1976, 90, 92 |
Diocesan Episcopal elections held here |
1987 |
Concert of Remembrance for those who died of AIDS |
1991 |
Parishioner Pamela Chinnis becomes the third person from Epiphany and first woman to become President of the House of Deputies |
1994 |
Stand for Children service |
1995 |
Welcome Table outreach ministry began |
January 6, 2002 |
160th Anniversary celebration began |
