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A quiet place

Epiphany

Lent

The book we are following in our Lent meetings (see Parish Diary) is the Archbishop of Canterbury's book Love Unknown by Ruth Burrows.

A Lenten journey to discover how God is revealed through our personal lives, experiences of weakness and failure, through history and the natural world, through the Scriptures, and in the face of Jesus.

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The east window was designed by Nicholson Studios and follows the pattern of the medieval window. The saints depicted commemorate those after whom churches in the benefice were named: St Giles (Cripplegate) with St Bartholomew (Moor Lane), St Alphage (London Wall) with St Luke (Old Street) a separate parish when the window was designed] with St Mary (Charterhouse) and St Paul (Clerkenwell)

Other saints are St John the Evangelist - perhaps because of the knights of St John, Whitecross Street and their histrorical connection with the parish, St George of England, and St Anselm - Archbishop of Canterbury when the stone of first church on this site was laid, Lancelot Andrewes - Scholar and Anglican divine. Vicar of the parish 1588 - 1604. The instruments of the Cross feature

St Giles for you

We are the Church in the Barbican and we welcome everyone, whether to a carol service, a concert, or simply to come and sit here quietly in the course of the working day. The church is open on Sundays for services and Mondays - Fridays 11am - 4pm.

"St Giles' is one of only a few places in this country which can boast two complete and well-equipped organs in the same building - unlike some Continental countries, especially France, where it's much more common." Radio Times Jan 2010.

The novelist A.N. Wilson writes: "The Barbican is now an immense plate-glass fantasy, enormous gleaming towers soaring upward to the sky. But, doggedly, in the middle of it all, St Giles Cripplegate, bombed and repaired, stands as the last imaginable little memorial."

Directions.
If you are arriving by public transport or on foot it is simpler if you keep at street level and access the Barbican Estate at the corner of Wood Street and Fore Street. Come round the corner past Wood Street Wine Bar and the church is in front of you. Instruct taxi drivers to drop you at the corner of Wood Street and Fore Street. If you are coming from the Barbican Centre you need to cross the bridge over the lake and take the lift or steps down from the walkway level. The map shows the route on foot using the walkway from St Paul's. There are two coach parking spaces outside Roman house, Fore Street

There are two coach parking spaces outside Roman house, Fore Street

Other maps to help you find us

January readings

Parish Diary

A new private prayer session on the last Thursday of the month, next on 15th December details

See the Events page for social events.

A diary of the Latvian pilgrimage with photographs.

Historic associations. Frank Major conducts informal tours of the Church, usually on Tuesday afternoons between 2 and 5 p.m.

Weddings With changes in the rules, more people with an association with St Giles are now able to marry there - see photos of the couples

The bells are rung by the Ancient Society of College Youths.

St. Giles Church and St. Luke's Church Hall are available for hire. Please contact the Parish Administrator

We relate closely to Wesley's Chapel, St Joseph's Bunhill Fields and St Anne's Lutheran Church, Gresham Street, London EC2V 7BX

We now have a small archive of pictures, including two paintings, under records and memories