St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church

At the beginning of the 20th century there was a large exodus of people from the former British West Indian Islands to the USA, some of them settled in Boston and Cambridge. Their religious affiliation was predominantly Anglican. The first meeting began in May 1910 and by 1913 the congregation was organized as a Mission of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. In July 1921, the lot on which the church now stands was purchased and the church building was dedicated and opened for worship on Sunday February 10, 1924.

The founders of St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church appropriately named the church after one of the first African Christian Martyrs, Thasuis Caecilianus Cyprianus. Also, one of the unique features of St. Cyprian's is that it has departed from the traditional practice of using biblical personalities and early Christian Saints in its stained glass windows and has instead substituted them with those whom have made significant contributions to liberation and empowerment of people. For example, Marcus Garvey, James Forten, MLK, Jr., Sojourner Truth, Absalom Jones, Prince Hall, Frederick Douglass, and many more.