Oklahoma is full of churches and chapels on every corner, but none of them are as unique as “The World Chapel” in the Holy City in the Wichita Mountains. The chapel was built in 1936 to resemble America’s oldest church, Christ Church in Alexandria, Virginia, where George Washington worshiped. The Holy City began in 1926 as an Easter Passion Play and attracted up to several hundred thousand guests at one time. The Holy City is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a one-of-a-kind destination. Read on to see why there’s no chapel in the world like the one in Oklahoma’s Holy City.
The Holy City encompasses 66 acres of the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. This unique chapel can be rented out as a wedding venue.
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The area looks like Israel during Biblical times.
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A woman by the name of Irene Malcolm dedicated many years of her life to create Biblical murals and paintings on the ceilings and walls of the chapel.
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A stone in the Holy City came directly from the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem, where Christ was crucified.
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The buildings in the Holy City, including the chapel, are made out of local quarried granite.
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This beautiful stained glass window is a nice contrast to the granite.
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The Christ of the Wichitas, an 11-ft. white marble statue, looks out over the chapel and city.
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Have you ever visited this chapel in the Holy City? If so, what did you think about it? Please share your thoughts in the comments section.
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