St Paul’s Anglican Church Christmas Fete

Saint Paul is the oldest daughter church of Saint Mary’s Collegiate church in Gqeberha. In the 18th of October 1854 the foundation stone for the Old Saint Paul’s in North End was laid by Bishop John Armstrong, bishop of Grahamstown at that time. The Bishop of Cape Town and the bishop of Grahamstown pledged £450 on the condition that the congregation would raise a further £250. Reverend Edwin Giles was appointed as the rector. At the age of 30, he arrived in Port Elizabeth to a congregation that had no church building yet built; no Rectory and he also was not assured of a stipend but had to depend on the offerings of the congregation.