Feast of the Holy Sovereigns

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The Feast of the Holy Sovereigns is celebrated annually in the Episcopal Church in Hawaii on November 28. The feast celebrates the founders of the Anglican Church of Hawaii, King Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma of Hawaii. [1] The Anglican Church of Hawaii was originally called the Hawaii Reformed Catholic Church.[ citation needed ]

Church of Hawaii former province of the Anglican Communion in Hawaii, and the state Church and national Church of the Kingdom of Hawaii (1862–1893)

The Church of Hawaiʻi, originally called the Hawaiian Reformed Catholic Church, was the state church and national church of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi from 1862 to 1893. It was the ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion in Hawaiʻi.

Kamehameha IV Monarch of the Hawaiian Islands

Kamehameha IV, born Alexander ʻIolani Liholiho reigned as the fourth monarch of Hawaii under the title: Ke Aliʻi o ko Hawaiʻi Pae ʻAina of the Kingdom of Hawaii from January 11, 1855 to November 30, 1863. His full Hawaiian name was Alekanetero ʻIolani Kalanikualiholiho Maka o ʻIouli Kūnuiākea o Kūkāʻilimoku.

Queen Emma of Hawaii Queen consort of King Kamehameha IV from 1856 to his death in 1863

Emma Kalanikaumakaʻamano Kaleleonālani Naʻea Rooke of Hawaiʻi was queen of Hawaii as the wife of King Kamehameha IV from 1856 to his death in 1863. She was later a candidate for the throne but King Kalākaua was elected instead.

The rest of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America observes this as the feast day of Kamehameha and Emma, King and Queen of Hawaii, but does not use the name "Feast of the Holy Sovereigns". [2]

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References

  1. "Diocesan Home | Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii". Archived from the original on 2013-03-05. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
  2. The Book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church. Church Publishing, Incorporated, New York. 1979. p. 29. ISBN   978-0-89869-060-6.