St. Stephen and the Incarnation is an
Episcopal
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*Of or relating to a bishop, an overseer in the Christian church
*Episcopate, the see of a bishop – a diocese
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parish in the
Mount Pleasant neighborhood of
Washington, D.C.
)
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It was formed by the merger of St. Stephen's parish and the Church of the Incarnation. It is notable as the site of the second
ordination of female priests in the Episcopal Church and the first public celebration of the Eucharist in the Episcopal Church by a female celebrant.
The church has also played a role in climate change activism. As
Bill McKibben
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noted in his book ''Oil and Honey'', activists used the church as a staging ground for protests related to the
Keystone XL Pipeline
The Keystone Pipeline System is an oil pipeline system in Canada and the United States, commissioned in 2010 and owned by TC Energy and as of 31 March 2020 the Government of Alberta. It runs from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin in Albert ...
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References
Episcopal churches in Washington, D.C.
Churches completed in 1929
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