Rev. Dr. Paul Phillip Levertoff was a Jewish believer who late in life became an ordained Anglican priest. He became the parish priest of Holy Trinity Church in Shoreditch in 1923. Here is what is thought to be a picture of the sanctuary of Holy Trinity…
It was located on Old Nichols St.
What I’ve found surprising is that this area was previously one of the worst slums in late 1800’s in London.
During this time, the then priest of Holy Trinity, Rev. A.O.M. Jay, used part of the church for a boxing ring!
Christian boxing!
July 4, 2009 at 7:14 am
[...] coverage. Seth and Brian over at Judeoxian also have posted several entries about Paul Levertoff, one of which was the fact that his church was a bonafide boxing [...]