As the church of the local, regional, national and international media, St Bride's has hosted a great many services commemorating and celebrating the lives of journalists, reporters, broadcasters, cameramen, editors and proprietors. But we also have a permanent memorial to all those who have died, gone missing or been kidnapped whilst striving to bring us the news. Our Journalists' Altar, in the north-east chapel of St Bride's, is a constant focal point for those across the globe who have put themselves in grave danger so that we can be informed of events and regimes that could otherwise go unscrutinised.
We also host thanksigivng services for those from local companies, the wider world of communication, and those with no specific attachment to St Bride's other than a love of its architecture, music and ambience.
On Wednesday 5th June, a service of thanksgiving for the life of Marius Gray was held at St Bride's
On Thursday 23rd May a service of thanksgiving for the life of Tim Aspell, foreign correspondent, was held at St Bride's.
On Thursday 2nd May a service of thanksgiving for the life of William Letwin was held at St Bride's.
On Thursday 18th April, a service of thanksgiving and celebration for the life of Peter Geofroy Holt Tory, journalist, was held at St Bride's
On Monday 8th April a service of thanksgiving for the life of Christopher Robbins, journalist and writer, was held at St Bride's
On Tuesday 26th March a service of thanksgiving celebrating the lives of Terry Lloyd, Frédéric Nérac, Hussein Osman & Gaby Rado was held by ITN at St Bride's
On 20th March a service of thanksgiving for the life of journalist, Padraic Fallon was held at St Bride's Church
On Tuesday 12th February a service of thanksgiving to celebrate the life of journalist, Robert Larry Klinger, was held
On Wednesday 6th February a service of thanksgiving for the life of Tim Rix, publisher, was held at St Bride's
On Thursday 24th January a service of thanksgiving for the life of Bob Edwards, newspaper editor, was held at St Bride's
On 5th December a funeral service was held at St Bride's Church for Noel Botham, journalist, writer & landlord.
On Wednesday 28th November a service of thanksgiving for the life of Derek Jameson, journalist and editor, was held at St Bride's
On Friday 16th November a service of thanksgiving for the life of Colin McIntyre, founding editor of Ceefax, was held.
On Tuesday 6th November a service of thanksgiving for the life of Seamus Potter, veteran Fleet Street journalist, was held
On Monday 22nd October a service to commemorate those who have died in the conflicts of the 21st Century while bringing us the news was held at St Bride's
On Thursday 18th October, 2012, a service of thanksgiving for the life of Horst Faas, the award winning war photographer was held at St Bride's
On Thursday 20th September a service of thanksgiving for the life of Cassandra Jardine, the Daily Telegraph's award winning feature writer, was held at St Bride's
On Thursday 13th September, 2012, at 11:30am a service of thanksgiving for the life of Dennis Signy OBE, football journalist was held
On Wednesday 27th June, 2012, a service of thanksgiving for the life of David Walter, journalist and political commentator, was held
On Tuesday 8th May, 2012, at 11:30am a service of thanksgiving for the life of James Whitaker, royal reporter, was held at St Bride's Church, Fleet Street.
On Friday 24th February a funeral service was held at St Bride's Church for journalist, Jim Anderson.
On Thursday 26th January, 2012, at 12:00 noon a service of thanksgiving for the life of Nick Smith, sub-editor, was held at St Bride's Church, Fleet Street.
On Tuesday 24th January, 2012, a service of thanksgiving for the life of Geoff Thompson, sports writer and editor, was held at St Bride's Church.
On 1st December 2011 a service of thanksgiving for the life of journalist Peter Paterson was held at St Bride's Church
On 10th November 2011 a service of thanksgiving for the life of Christopher Woodbridge was held at St Bride's Church, Fleet Street.
A service to commemorate journalists, cameramen and support staff who have lost their lives while bringing us the news
On 28th September 2011 a service of thanksgiving for the life of Esme Mary Gabriel, Dowager Countess of Cromer, was held at St Bride's Church, Fleet Street.
On Wednesday 14th September 2011 at 11:30am a service of thanksgiving for the life of Brian Chappell was held at St Bride's Church.
On Thursday 8th September 2011 at 11:30am a service of thanksgiving for the life of Anton Lazarus Hammerl was held at St Bride's
On Wednesday 29th June 2011 at 11:30am a service of thanksgiving for the life of Phil Cozens was held at St Bride's Church.
On Thursday 9th June 2011 at 11:30am a service of thanksgiving for the life of Mark Hanson was held at St Bride's Church.
On Wednesday 25th May 2011 a service of thanksgiving was held at St Bride's Church for the life of "Mr Cinema", Peter Howard-Williams.
On Wednesday 18th May 2011 at 11:30am a service of thanksgiving was held at St Bride's Church for the life of Robin Richard Allen, journalist & writer.
On Thursday 31st March 2011 at 3:30pm a service of thanksgiving was held at St Bride's for the life of Reg Frary.
On Wednesday 2nd February 2011 at 3:30pm a service was held at St Bride's in celebration and thanksgiving for the life of Roy Addison
On Wednesday 16th February 2011 at 11:30am a service of thanksgiving for the life of John Mellon was held at St Bride's.
On Thursday 20th January at 11:30am a service of thanksgiving and celebration for the life of advertising executive, Tony Douglas was held.
St Bride's hosted a service of thanksgiving for the life of Robert Sandall, writer, rock journalist, broadcaster and wine expert on 17th November.
On November 12th 2010 a service was held at St Bride's in the presence of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall to commemorate those who have died across the world during the first ten years of the 21st Century.
On Friday 29th October at 3pm a celebration of the life of Sir Michael Angus, former Chairman of Unilever and President of the CBI was held at St Bride's Church.
A Service of Thanksgiving for the life of James Kinlay was held at St Bride's on Thursday 21st October at 11:30am.
A Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Neil Mainland, highly respected PR man and former journalist, was held at St Bride's in September.
A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of Alan Ruddock, reporter and editor, at St Bride's on Thursday, 16th September, 2010.
A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of Harry Carpenter, the "voice of boxing", was held at St Bride's on Tuesday, 25th May, 2010.
A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of Alan Watkins, journalist at The Independent, was held at St Bride' s on Monday, 24th May, 2010.
The funeral of Trevor Turner, former Churchwarden of St Bride's, was held on Thursday, 20th May 2010.
A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of Sir Denis Marshall, former President of the Law Society, was held at St Bride' s on 12th May 2010.
On 25th February St Bride's hosted a service of thanksgiving for the life of Peter Guy, typographer & book designer
A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of Bill Bateson, former Sports Editor of The News Of The World, was held at St Bride's.
A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of Mark Campbell, retail fund manager, was held at St Bride' s on 2nd February 2010.
A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of Ian Blythe, Market Researcher and Past-Master, Worshipful Company of Marketors, was held at St Bride' s on 20th November 2009.
A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of Keiron Root, editor of What Investment magazine, was held at St Bride' s on 4th November 2009.
On 7th October St Bride's held a service of thanksgiving for the life and work of Anna Politkovskaya, Russian journalist, author and human rights activist
On 24th April 2009 at noon a funeral service was held for Sir Clement Freud at St Bride's Church.
Proportionally the war in Iraq has been more deadly for journalists than for coalition forces.
It was perhaps entirely appropriate that the Memorial Service for journalist Gaby Rado should be the subject of a unique live webcast
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St Bride's is proud of its Sunday School which has just celebrated its 25th Anniversary
The interior of St Bride's was completely destroyed in the war
Weddings, blessings & renewal of vows are a regular part of St Bride's ministry
Lighting of Advent candles after the Nativity play
The Journalists' Altar commemorating those who strive to bring us the news
"The Crucifixion" by Glyn Jones, part of the reredos donated by the American friends of St Bride's
St Bridgit of Kildare was born in 453 AD
Photo Credit:
Roxanna Maynard
An edible offertory from the annual Guild of Agricultural Journalists' Thanksgiving Service
St Bride's has the privilege to host many memorial services
The eagle lectern survived the Great Fire & the wartime destruction of the church
Photo Credit:
Roxanna Maynard
