Some blame the pioneering ordination of women in the Episcopal Church 50 years ago for the church's decline. But it actually made it better.

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Called the Philadelphia 11, the women were from around the country — many did not know one another — and congregated in Philadelphia to receive the laying of hands by four bishops, whose calling to ...

Finally, at 1:15 p.m., Philadelphia jazz vocalist and performer Ruth Naomi Floyd performed “Echoes: Shattered Flesh and Breathless Souls” at the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral.

Bishop Curry became the first person of color to lead the U.S.-based Episcopal church in 2015. "Jesse Jackson used to say you can't be what you don't see," Curry said.

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PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, Oct 4, 1865. The Twenty-eighth General Convention or the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States, began its session in this city at 10 o'clock this morning, ...

It's a long-standing tradition of the church, the first black Episcopal Church in the nation, founded in 1792, and the oldest African American Church in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, Pa -- Reverend Carol Cavaness made history as the first female pastor of Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. "Wow. This is what this feels like. I'm living history ...

Then at 12:55 p.m., a group will walk from the Annenberg Center to Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral on 19 South 38 th Street while bells ring.. At 1 p.m., bell ringing will take place at dozens of ...