{"id":907,"date":"2016-05-02T15:22:03","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T15:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/?p=907"},"modified":"2025-11-15T11:32:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T11:32:55","slug":"cathedral-church-of-st-luke-portland-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/cathedral-church-of-st-luke-portland-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"Cathedral Church of Saint Luke, Portland, Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='ggpkg_container_0_907' style='width:100%; height:300px; position: relative;'>\nLoading&#8230;\n<\/div>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015_07_31_St_Lukes_Cathedral_Main_Sancturary_Portland_Maine\/pano2vr_player.js'><\/script>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015_07_31_St_Lukes_Cathedral_Main_Sancturary_Portland_Maine\/skin.js'><\/script>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\nwindow.addEventListener('load',function() {\nif  (typeof _2015_07_31_St_Lukes_Cathedral_Main_Sancturary_Portland_Maine_pano2vrPlayer != 'undefined') {\n\tpano_0_907=new _2015_07_31_St_Lukes_Cathedral_Main_Sancturary_Portland_Maine_pano2vrPlayer('ggpkg_container_0_907');\n} else {\n\tpano_0_907=new pano2vrPlayer('ggpkg_container_0_907');\n}\nif  (typeof _2015_07_31_St_Lukes_Cathedral_Main_Sancturary_Portland_Maine_pano2vrSkin != 'undefined') {\n\tskin_0_907=new _2015_07_31_St_Lukes_Cathedral_Main_Sancturary_Portland_Maine_pano2vrSkin(pano_0_907, 'https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015_07_31_St_Lukes_Cathedral_Main_Sancturary_Portland_Maine\/');\n} else {\n\tskin_0_907=new pano2vrSkin(pano_0_907, 'https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015_07_31_St_Lukes_Cathedral_Main_Sancturary_Portland_Maine\/');\n}\npano_0_907.readConfigUrlAsync('https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015_07_31_St_Lukes_Cathedral_Main_Sancturary_Portland_Maine\/pano.xml');\nvar contentOverflow = document.getElementById('content') ? document.getElementById('content').style.overflow : '';\npano_0_907.addListener('fullscreenenter', function() {\n\tif (document.getElementById('content')) {\n\t\tdocument.getElementById('content').style.overflow = 'visible';\n\t}\n});\npano_0_907.addListener('fullscreenexit', function() {\n\tif (document.getElementById('content')) {\n\t\tdocument.getElementById('content').style.overflow = contentOverflow;\n\t}\n});\n\n});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px; line-height: 16px;\"><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015_07_31_St_Lukes_Cathedral_Main_Sancturary_Portland_Maine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to view the 360-degree panoramic image fullscreen on your iPhone or iPad.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Formed in 1851, the <a href=\"http:\/\/stlukesportland.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cathedral Church of Saint Luke<\/a> was chosen to be the cathedral church for the Episcopal Diocese of Maine in 1866. Its current structure, built in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gothic_Revival_architecture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gothic Revival<\/a> style, was designed by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_C._Haight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charles Coolidge Haight<\/a> and completed in 1868. The sanctuary, with its quintessential Gothic Revival elements such as vaulted ceilings and high pointed arches throughout, reflects the philosophical thought associated with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anglo-Catholicism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anglo-Catholicism<\/a>. The parish is particularly fond of the following sanctuary components: the Wright Memorial Rose Window Array (1898) installed above the altar and attributed to the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Powell_and_Sons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Whitefriars Glass Company<\/a>; the Incarnation <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reredos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reredos<\/a> &amp; High Altar Assembly (1925), designed by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ralph_Adams_Cram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ralph Adams Cram<\/a> and sculpted by Ernest G. Pellegrini; and the Cathedral\u2019s organ which was designed by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ernest_M._Skinner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ernest M. Skinner<\/a> and installed in 1925. 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