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. 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."
The hanging text of Mark Maxwell's art work is the first lines of
Milton's Paradise Lost, 'Of man's first disobedience'
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Romeo & Juliet - 25 July, 8pm Shakespeare's classic tale of tragic love, presented in a fresh and powerful new production. Oxford University Dramatic Society's annual tour to Japan kicks off with a gala performance in St Giles, before touring to Stratford, Oxford and Tokyo. £12.50 / £8.50 (concessions) / £6 under 18s. Family discount available on phone bookings only Box Office: 01865 305 305 Online ticketing at www.ticketsoxford.co.uk |
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Maps to help you find us in Fore Street, Barbican, London EC2Y 8DA, and a map of the boundaries of the Parish
- There are several projects within the Church for which we need to raise funds. We encourage the use of GiftAid and with the introduction of a voluntary parish rate, as exists in most city parishes, we seek links with business, to serve their people, and to find out what we can do for you. Our accounts are available.
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Historic associations. Frank Major conducts informal tours of the Church, usually on Tuesday afternoons between 2 and 5 p.m.
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Organ music and the organ school
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The RCO St. Giles Summer Course for Organists will feature a full programme
of educational and performance events for 75 students in 20 City churches
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Bells rung by the Ancient Society of College Youths.
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St. Giles Church and St. Luke's Church Hall are available for hire. Please contact the Parish Administrator
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We relate closely to Wesley's Chapel, St Joseph's Bunhill Fields and St Anne's Lutheran Church, Gresham Street, London EC2V 7BX
- Milton's anniversary falls this year and the programme of events is now substantial.
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We now have a small archive of pictures, including two paintings, under records and memories
We look forward to hearing from you
During the summer there will be installations by artist Mark Maxwell
An ecumenical pilgrimage to Rome to commemorate the 2000th anniversary of the birth of St Paul , 21-26th Janurary 2009, is being organised by St Joseph's Catholic Church, Bunhill Row. We, Wesley's Chapel and St Anne's Lutheran Church are invited to participate. For further information contact Katharine or Fr Peter Newby, St Mary Moorfields, London EC2M, 7LS. Cost £549
The Most Rev and Rt Hon Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, will preach the Milton Sermon at Evensong on Wednesday 17 September at St Giles Cripplegate; sacred music by Milton's father John Milton (1563 - 1647) will be sung by the choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge. Reception afterwards by the kind invitation of the Worshipful Companies of Barbers' and Salters'. Tickets are required for the service and reception
A Labyrinth for St Giles
Full details
A labyrinth is planned for the front
of St. Giles. A few years ago there was a temporary one; now
this will be permanent, a copy of the one at Chartres Cathedral and
we need to raise £150,000. An individual brick will cost £100.
Labyrinths belong to the world of the symbolic, and waking the path
lends itself to prayer and meditation. Follow the link to the
brochure for full details of the project
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. 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."
Milton's anniversary falls this year and the programme of events is now substantial.
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The Revd. Katharine Rumens
Email the Rector (020) 7588 3013 Katharine's message |
Diane Corbin, the Parish Administrator,
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