St. George's Cathedral, London

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"St George's Cathedral, London" is an Antiochian church, previously called Christ Church.

Christ Church, St Pancras is was consecrated in 1837, and established itself as firmly within the Oxford Movement. Although it is sometimes described as being at 1a Redhill Street, it is more usually described as being on Albany Street in St Pancras (now Camden). The steeple is unusually small in comparison with the main body of the church. There is almost no decoration on the outside. It was frequented by Christina Rossetti who lived in Albany Street for a couple of years. Her brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti produced two copies of a stained-glass window called "Sermon on the Mount". One copy is in Christ Church/ St George's. In 1974 The Albany Consort, were founded there. They perform early music. On 26th January 1950 it was the location of the funeral service of George Orwell, as it was quite close to Middlesex Hospital where he died, and BBC Broadcasting House, where he worked. A school grew up nearby, Christ Church, Primary School, Redhill Street. In 1989 it ceased to a place of Anglican worship and became St George's Cathedral. a new roof was built in the year 2000. It is one of only two churches known to be frequented by the antiochian church in London. the other is St Botolph in the City.