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Download City Events, February 2015 to January 2016 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ February 2015 Published by FCC in conjunction with the Archdeaconry of London www.cityevents.co.uk Over the west border Regular readers of City Events will remember that in September 2014 we published a list of churches that hold services at the weekend in addition to our customary listing of regular weekday services. It was made clear at the time that this would not occur each month, primarily for reasons of space. However, it has been decided that it will be printed in City Events on an occasional basis and it would seem appropriate to do so in this edition, the first of the year devoted to one month. The list of weekend services will of course continue to be published on our website: www.cityevents.org.uk each month. As we have stressed in the past, every effort is made to ensure accuracy in all of the lists but services are subject to change particularly during and immediately after major festivals and in some cases during the month of August. Thus at those times it would be prudent to check details with the church. Another innovation in that September edition was to include details of services in churches just over the border of the City. In this edition we have added to the ‘over the border’ number by publishing information regarding services held at the Anglican church of St Mary le Strand. This interesting church is situated several hundred metres to the west of the Fleet Street City boundary and because of its island siting in the middle of the road it divides the one-way traffic in the Strand to the south of the Australia House, Bush House and India House complex of buildings. Fortunately it can be easily accessed because of the conveniently situated pedestrian crossing at its west end. It was built between 1714 and 1717 by James Gibbs (1682–1754) and was one of those built under the Fifty New Churches Act of 1711 (only 12 were actually completed), often called the Queen Anne Churches. It is regarded as a particularly fine example of English Baroque. Gibbs had recently returned from Rome, where he trained as an architect, and St Mary le Strand is built in the highly decorated style with which he would have been familiar in that city. He apparently wanted an Italian-style campanile instead of a steeple, but was overruled, so we see today an elegant three-stage steeple reminiscent of some of Wren’s designs, with three diminishing square stages decorated with columns and urns. The walls are also of a very clever design. The lower windows are blind, to exclude outside noise, but above them are seven arched windows, the end ones being small, with triangular pediments. Of the five central windows three are pedimented, the central one round and the end ones triangular. The church is entered through a semicircular porch, the design of which was clearly influenced by Bramante’s Tempietto and Pietro da Cortona’s Santa Maria della Pave (which had inspired Wren’s north and south porticos on St Paul’s Cathedral). The interior has no aisles and the walls are decorated with two tiers of Corinthian pilasters. The apsidal east end is a prominent feature, the chancel being entered through a great arch, framed by pairs of classical columns in two tiers and surmounted by the Hanoverian Royal Arms in a triangular pediment. The paintings in the side walls, by the American artist Mather Brown (1761-1831), a pupil of the Anglo-American artist Benjamin West (1738-1820), were added in 1785. The ornate coffered ceiling of the nave, with square, triangular and diamond panels, is reminiscent of some of the great basilican churches in Rome. Most of the furnishings are original, although the pews were cut down in the 19th century, as they were in most of London’s historic churches. The church has been under threat on several occasions, from road-widening schemes to the bombing of the Second World War, but has survived as a fine example of Baroque church-building in London. Fortunately it still stands as a unique piece of church architecture whilst continuing to have an active pastoral role. There is a very informative website: www.stmarylestrand.org/ and it is particularly interesting to note that the church is the Official Church of the Women’s Royal Naval Service, the Women’s Royal Naval Reserve and the Association of Wrens. It is open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays between 11.00am and 4.00pm. Sung Eucharist is held on Sunday at 11.00am and Thursday at 1.05pm. St Mary le Strand is well worth visiting and we are pleased to include it in our lists of churches. Editor: We are indebted to Tony Tucker, author of 'The Visitor's Guide to the City of London Churches' for the information regarding the history and architecture of St Mary le Strand Friends of the City Churches, Church of St Mary Abchurch, Abchurch Lane, London EC4N 7BA tel. 020 7626 1555 (answerphone) e-mail: contact_us@london-city-churches Why not visit our websites www.cityevents.org.uk for all the latest information, or www.london-city-churches.org.uk for downloadable maps and links to all the churches in the city? REGULAR WEEKEND SERVICES IN CITY CHURCHES SUNDAY - continued Entries in this section and the following section relate to Church of England St Magnus the Martyr services except where indicated otherwise. References to “1st Sunday”, 1100 Solemn High Mass “2nd Sunday” etc are to the 1st, 2nd etc Sunday of the month St Margaret Pattens 1100 Eucharist (St Stephen Charismatic Episcopal Church) St Martin within Ludgate SATURDAY 1100 Service in Mandarin (Elim Full Gospel Chinese Church) St Mary Abchurch Bevis Marks Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue 1500 to approx 1700 Anglican Service (normally Holy Communion) for Russian 0830 onwards Shabbat (Sabbath) Morning Services (Jewish – Spanish and speakers Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) St Mary Aldermary St Joseph Bunhill Row 0930 Morning Prayer (St Thomas Jacobite 1130-1530 1st Saturday – Carmel-in-the-City Spirituality Days (check on 1000 Holy Liturgy followed by Sunday School Syrian Orthodox Church) www.carmelinthecity,org.uk) 1800 Evening Service (Moot Community – all welcome) Compline or St Andrew Holborn Contemplative Service or Taizé Service or Eucharist 1700 Vigil (in English & Slavonic) (Orthodox, Russian Tradition) St Mary at Hill Usually 1st, 3rd & 5th weekends - check on www. dormition.org.uk 1100 Lutheran Choral Eucharist (in English) St Dunstan in the West 1400 Lutheran Holy Eucharist (Swahili) (1st Sunday) 1700 Vespers (Romanian Orthodox) Lutheran Service of the Word (Swahili) (3rd Sunday) 1700 Lutheran Swahili Praise and Healing Service (1st Sunday) SUNDAY St Mary Moorfields 1000 RC Mass All Hallows by the Tower St Michael Cornhill 1100 Sung Eucharist 1100 Choral Eucharist (1662) All Hallows on the Wall St Olave Hart Street 1100 Family Worship (City Gates Church) 1100 Family Holy Communion (1st & 3rd Sundays) Bevis Marks Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue St Peter upon Cornhill 0900 Service (Jewish) (0850 if 1st day of Hebrew religious month) 1430 Service for Mandarin-speaking congregation - St Helen Bishopsgate City Temple “Gospel Home” Chinese congregation 0930 Service for Afrikaans-speaking congregation (Dutch Reformed Church of St Sepulchre without Newgate South African) (in the Lower Hall) 1030 Contemporary Worship (Holy Communion on last Sunday) 1100 Family Service (URC) with “Kid’s Connect” at 1000 to 1100 St Stephen Walbrook Dutch Church, Austin Friars 1100 Service for English-speaking Chinese congregation (Salvation Church) 1100 Choral Service in Dutch (Dutch Reformed Church) St Vedast alias Foster St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1100 Sung Eucharist 0900 Morning Prayer (St Gregorios Indian Orthodox Church) Temple Church 1000 Holy Liturgy 0830 Holy Communion (BCP said) St Andrew Holborn 1115 Choral Mattins (BCP) (Choral Holy Communion (BCP) on last Sunday) 1030 Divine Liturgy (in English & Slavonic) (Orthodox, Russian Tradition) Usually 1st, 3rd & 5th weekends – check on www.dormition.org.uk St Bartholomew the Great 0900 Holy Communion (said) (in the Lady Chapel) REGULAR WEEKEND SERVICES 1100 Solemn Eucharist “JUST OVER THE CITY BORDER” 1830 Choral Evensong (BCP) St Bartholomew the Less 1000 Family Eucharist (Most Sundays – check on www.greatstbarts.com) St Benet Paul’s Wharf SATURDAY 1100 Morning Prayer (Eucharist on 1st Sunday) (in Welsh - translation provided) St Botolph Aldersgate English Martyrs Tower Hill 1100 Morning Worship (London City Presbyterian Church) 1830 RC Mass 1430 Japanese Worship (Japanese Reformed Church) 1830 Evening Worship (London City Presbyterian Church) SUNDAY St Botolph Aldgate 1030 Sung Eucharist Bunhill Fields Meeting House St Botolph Bishopsgate 1100 Quaker meeting for worship 1100 Holy Liturgy (in English) (Antiochian Orthodox Church) 1600 Quaker meeting for worship 1530 Worship (Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus in Great Britain) Christ Church Spitalfields St Bride Fleet Street 0830 Holy Communion (traditional language) (1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays) 1100 Choral Eucharist with Children’s Club 1030 Family Service and Children’s Church 1730 Choral Evensong (with Sermon in Music on 2nd and 4th Sundays) 1700 Informal Evening Worship St Dunstan in the West English Martyrs Tower Hill 0900 Mattins (Romanian Orthodox) 0900 RC Mass 1100 Holy Liturgy 1100 RC Mass St Giles Cripplegate Jewin Welsh Chapel 0800 Holy Communion (1662) (1st Sunday) 1045 Morning Service (in Welsh) (Presbyterian 1000 Parish Eucharist 1500 Afternoon Service (in Welsh) Church of Wales) 1600 Evening Prayer
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