COFO ALOHA FOOD OUTREACH AT THE TOWERS OF KUHIO PARK TERRACE – PACIFIC PEACE CENTER WITH L-R XAL, HELEN, JASMINE, BRANDON 11.24.25
HAUOLI AKAKA
Hoa Kūkā Moʻomeheu (Cultural Consultant)
Ho‘okahua Cultural Vibrancy Group
Ke Kula ʻo Kamehameha 11.26.25
The chapel at Mauna ʻAla is the converted former main mausoleum building of the Royal Mausoleum State Monument in Honolulu, Hawaii, which now serves as a house of prayer and is used for events like celebrating the birthdays of Hawaiian royalty. The building was originally constructed in the 1800s for the burial of kings and queens, and was later converted to a chapel in 1918, with renovations completed in 1922 under the direction of Queen Liliʻuokalani and Princess Kahanu.
The primary architectural influence for the chapel is Gothic Revival, a European stylistic tradition.
The chapel was originally constructed in 1865 during the time of Queen Emma following the death of Kamehameha IV, as a mausoleum for Hawaiʻi’s aliʻi (royalty) by the architect Theodore C. Heuck. In 1922 the mausoleum building was converted into a chapel, under the patronage of the Queen Liliuokalani & Princess Kahanu the widow of Prince Kūhiō.
