"0 soft self-wounding Pelican! Whose breast weeps Balm for wounded man." Unmistakeable words from Finzi's great anthem "Lo, the full final sacrifice" – #stbrideschoir #choralevensong on Sunday at 5:30pm. Painting: Crucifixion, Lorenzo & Jacopo Salimbeni, c.1416, St John's, Urbino, Italy
St Bride's Church, Fleet Street
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A magnificent Wren Church open for all 7 days a week to visit, listen, worship or pray. We are a warm & welcoming community, renowned for its world-class choir and music, and as the #Journalists_Church. www.stbrides.com
Today family, friends and colleagues gather here at the #Journalists_Church to celebrate and give thanks for the life of Dominic Prince, freelance journalist and documentary maker. May he rest in peace. www.stbrides.com/events/memor...
Memorial: Dominic Prince – St Bride's Church
Thu 7 May, 11:30am – a service of thanksgiving for the life of journalist Dominic Prince at St Bride's, Fleet Street, the Journalists' Church
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Honoured to hold memorial services giving thanks for the lives of journalists Dominic Prince (7th), Rachel Cooke (14th) and Tom Tickell (21st) this May at St Bride's, the #Journalists_Church. May they rest in peace. www.stbrides.com/whats-on/#me...
Our #Journalists_Altar stands as a permanent memorial to those who have lost their lives bringing us the news. We hold in our prayers all correspondents and their teams currently working in conflict zones. #PressFreedom #journalists_church
Easter Sunday joy ahead and time for a bit of fun! 🌅 #Eggrolling on Fleet Street after the 6am #DawnService (BYO hard‑boiled egg – chocolate prize for the furthest roll!) www.stbrides.com/events/easte... 🐣 Kids’ activities & egg hunt after 11am Choral Eucharist www.stbrides.com/events/easte...
This evening we observe #MaundyThursday at a moving service commemorating the Last Supper and Jesus's new commandment that we love one another. It is the opening narrative in the story of Christ's final hours which concludes on #GoodFriday at our #ThreeHourDevotion www.stbrides.com/events/maund...
Maundy Thursday: Choral Eucharist & Stripping of the Altars – St Bride's Church
Thu 2nd April, 6pm – Maundy Thursday Choral Eucharist, a service full of symbolism, setting the scene for the events of Good Friday
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Join us on #GoodFriday, 12–3pm, for the Three Hour Devotion: a reflective journey through Christ’s Passion. 12noon – Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater 1pm – readings, music & reflection on St Mark's Passion narrative 2pm – Passiontide choral music & poetry #stbrideschoir (Come and go quietly at any time)
On #MaundyThursday we remember the Last Supper and Jesus's commandment that we love one another. Thursday 2 Apr, 6pm #ChoralEucharist #HolyWeek www.stbrides.com/events/maund...
Maundy Thursday: Choral Eucharist & Stripping of the Altars – St Bride's Church
Thu 2nd April, 6pm – Maundy Thursday Choral Eucharist, a service full of symbolism, setting the scene for the events of Good Friday
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Today is #PalmSunday when we begin our journey toward the cross, reflecting on Christ's sacrifice and love. Join us this morning at 11am for the first of our #HolyWeek services, marking the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem with #ChoralEvensong at 5:30pm. www.stbrides.com/events/palm-...
Blessing of Palms, Procession & Choral Eucharist – Palm Sunday – St Bride's Church
Palm Sunday Service: 29th March, 11am – blessing of palms, procession and choral Eucharist at the first of our special service for Holy Week.
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The 650 year old Guild of St Bride is thriving, gaining seven new members on Sunday! www.stbrides.com/celebrating-...
Celebrating a thriving Guild community – St Bride's Church
Seven new members join the Guild of St Bride in this 650th anniversary year
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“Deep peace of the running wave to you, deep peace of the flowing air to you.” – The Peace Blessing, Carmina Gadelica Celtic Calm – Mondays at 1:15pm Thirty minutes of quiet reflection and silent prayer in the Celtic tradition. #stbrigid www.stbrides.com/worship-musi...
Have you seen our amazing, fully-updated timeline exhibit in the Crypt museum yet? The Queen has! It’s a wonderful way to engage with the long, rich history of St Bride’s. Come and visit! Free to enter. www.stbrides.com/step-into-th...
Step into the story: Queen Camilla opens our new Crypt timeline – St Bride's Church
Queen Camilla opens the new forty-foot history timeline downstairs in the Crypt museum of the free-to-visit St Bride's Church, Fleet Street.
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We remember Paul Conroy on our #Journalists_Altar – photojournalist, film-maker, friend to many and to St Bride's. A candle burns in his memory. May he rest in peace.
As a parting gift, #QueenCamilla received a very special and particular bottle of beer from the Rector when she visited St Bride's last month... www.stbrides.com/ale-to-the-q...
Ale to the Queen! Her Majesty leaves St Bride’s with blessed brew – St Bride's Church
Queen Camilla receives bottle of Harvey St Bride's Christmas Ale, bottled to commemorate our matron saint's 1500th anniversary.
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After attending the Guild of St Bride 650th Anniversary Service, Queen Camilla visited the Crypt museum and opened the newly installed, 40 foot timeline exhibit which is proving to be hugely popular! #QueenCamilla #RoyalFamily
We remember Eddy Shah on our #Journalists_Altar – pioneering newspaper proprietor who brought the first full-colour daily to the newsstands – who died recently. We pray for him, his family, friends and colleagues. May he rest in peace.
It's the first Sunday of Lent this weekend and there's some wonderful music lined up – Purcell's perfect "Hear my prayer", Jongen's great mass, and a classic trio of English composers at #choralevensong.
#AshWednesday Choral Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes – TODAY at 1:15pm. #Lent2026 www.stbrides.com/events/ash-w...
This week the Guild of St Bride celebrated its 650th anniversary with a special service at St Bride's attended by Her Majesty the Queen, who is patron of the Guild. www.stbrides.com/queens-visit...
Queen's visit seals 650 years of the Guild of St Bride – St Bride's Church
This week Her Majesty the Queen attended a special service at St Bride’s Church to mark the 650th anniversary of the Guild of St Bride. As patron of the Guild, the Queen has been a steadfast supporter...
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Festival time this Sunday: feast of our matron saint Brigid of Kildare at Orchestral Eucharist, 11am; Candlemas (Presentation of Christ in the Temple) at #choralevensong, 5:30pm.
Two events celebrating our inspirational matron saint – St Brigid of Kildare: #StBrigidsDay Sun 1 Feb, 11am – Matronal Festival Service with orchestra www.stbrides.com/events/st-br... Mon 2 Feb, 1:15pm – Celtic Calm for the feast of St Brigid www.stbrides.com/events/celti...
St Bride's Matronal Festival: Choral Eucharist with Orchestra – St Bride's Church
Sun 1 Feb, 11am – matronal service celebrating the feast of Brigid of Kildare. Music performed by St Bride's Choir & Orchestra
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Chalking the door for #epiphany! "20 + C + M + B + 26" The year and the initials of the three Kings or Magi – Caspar, Melchior & Balthazar – also standing for the phrase "Christus mansionem benedicat" ("May Christ bless this house").
Wind quintet CATIL give today's free lunchtime recital at 1:15pm. Music by Debussy, August Klughardt and the Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz. www.stbrides.com/events/catil...
CATIL Quintet – flute, oboe, horn, bassoon and clarinet – St Bride's Church
A free lunchtime recital on Tuesday 6th January at 1.15, with music by Grażyna Bacewicz, August Klughardt and Claude Debussy.
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Celebrate the feast of #Epiphany at our two choral services tomorrow, Sun 4 Jan. Fabulous music from #StBridesChoir including The Three Kings by Jonathan Dove – an evocative setting of Dorothy L Sayers' poem.
Celebrate the good news & joy of Christmas at our #ChristmasEve services: 4:30pm Sing Choirs of Angels – carols, readings & poetry → www.stbrides.com/events/sing-... 11:30pm Midnight Mass – a traditional celebration of the first Christmas communion → www.stbrides.com/events/chris...
Today's the day! Fleet Street Carols – for all in our parish and beyond at 12 noon and 5pm. Carols and Christmas hits from @StBrides_Choir and Onyx Brass! www.stbrides.com/events/fleet...
Fleet Street Carols – St Bride's Church
Thursday 18th December, 12noon & 5pm – our community carol service, so popular we hold it twice with St Bride's Choir and brass quintet
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We remember Keith McDowall, journalist @dailymail.co.uk who went on to handle media relations for successive government ministers, who has died at the age of 96. We pray for him, his family and friends. May he rest in peace. #Journalists_Altar #Journalists_Church
Nothing says #Christmas like Carols at St Bride's! Join us for our remaining services – free, open to all, no tickets required. #JoyOfChristmas #StBridesChoir www.stbrides.com/advent
Britten's "A Ceremony of Carols" was premiered by the Fleet Street Choir in December 1942. The connection is kept alive as our own Fleet St voices – #StBridesChoir – perform it every 3rd Sunday in Advent. Sun 14 Dec 5:30pm. Free entry. All welcome. Info → www.stbrides.com/events/britt...
All children welcome as we retell the Christmas story in words and carols at our Away in a Manger Crib Service on Sunday at 2:30pm. Anything can happen and it really doesn't matter! Activities and refreshments for all after. Details → www.stbrides.com/events/crib-...