Morning Prayer

Concert: Music of Our Time

JAM returns to St Bride’s Church to open its 2026 concert season.

Morning Prayer

Concert: Music of Our Time

JAM returns to St Bride’s Church to open its 2026 concert season.

Morning Prayer

Mervyn Hogg – organ

Music by Jean Langlais, Jeanne Demessieux, Johann Sebastian Bach and Johann Adam Reincken at our free lunchtime recital

Space for Silence

Space and time for quiet reflection, contemplation and prayer.

Blessing of Palms, Procession & Choral Eucharist – Palm Sunday

The crowds hail Jesus as their Messiah laying palms as he enters Jerusalem in this, the first of our services retelling the dramatic events of Holy Week & Easter.
 
Setting: Mass in G – Francis Poulenc Canticle: Benedictus in B flat – Charles Villiers Stanford Anthem: Hosanna to the Son of David – Thomas Weelkes Organ Voluntary: Con moto maestoso, Sonata No 3, Op 65 – Felix Mendelssohn

Choral Evensong – Palm Sunday

Responses: Philip Moore Psalm: 80 Canticles: Evening Service in E – Sydney Watson Anthem: Ride on, ride in majesty – Grayston Ives Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride's Organ Voluntary: Les Rameaux – Jean Langlais

Morning Prayer

Celtic Calm

Thirty minutes of quiet reflection and silent prayer in the Celtic tradition downstairs in main crypt chapel.

Space for Silence

Space and time for quiet reflection, contemplation and prayer.

Morning Prayer

No Lunchtime Recital

Please note: there will be no lunchtime recital in church today.

Space for Silence

Space and time for quiet reflection, contemplation and prayer.

Morning Prayer

Midweek Said Communion

A said celebration of the Eucharist in the Crypt Chapel.

Space for Silence

Space and time for quiet reflection, contemplation and prayer.

Blessing of Palms, Procession & Choral Eucharist – Palm Sunday

The crowds hail Jesus as their Messiah laying palms as he enters Jerusalem in this, the first of our services retelling the dramatic events of Holy Week & Easter.
 
Setting: Mass in G – Francis Poulenc Canticle: Benedictus in B flat – Charles Villiers Stanford Anthem: Hosanna to the Son of David – Thomas Weelkes Organ Voluntary: Con moto maestoso, Sonata No 3, Op 65 – Felix Mendelssohn

Maundy Thursday: Choral Eucharist & Stripping of the Altars

This moving service is full of symbolism and sets the scene for the events to come on Good Friday.
 
Communion Setting: Mass for five voices – William Byrd Anthem: Tantum ergo – Anton Bruckner

Good Friday: i) Stabat Mater – Pergolesi

A performance of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater by members of St Bride's Choir & Orchestra begins our Three Hours' Devotion for Good Friday.

Good Friday: ii) An hour at the foot of the Cross

An hour of reflection on St Mark's Passiontide narrative, prayer, and silence, alongside some wonderful Passiontide hymns and instrumental music.

Good Friday: iii) God so loved the world – the Crucifixion in choral music and poetry

An hour of choral music and poetry for Passiontide concludes our Three Hour Devotion for Good Friday.

Dawn Choral Eucharist & Egg-Rolling – Easter Day

Our Dawn Service on Easter Sunday followed by egg-rolling in Fleet Street is one of the most evocative events in our yearly calendar enjoyed both by our congregation and visiting tourists.

Festal Choral Eucharist – Easter Day

Join us to celebrate the great festival of Easter and hear Mascagni's triumphant Easter Hymn.

Memorial: Bill Hagerty

Thanksgiving memorial service for the life of journalist and editor, Bill Hagerty, at St Bride's, the Journalists' Church.

Concert: Music of Our Time

JAM returns to St Bride’s Church to open its 2026 concert season.

Mervyn Hogg – organ

Music by Jean Langlais, Jeanne Demessieux, Johann Sebastian Bach and Johann Adam Reincken at our free lunchtime recital

No Lunchtime Recital

Please note: there will be no lunchtime recital in church today.

No Lunchtime Recital

Please note: there will be no lunchtime recital in church today.

No Lunchtime Recital

Please note: there will be no lunchtime recital in church today.

Giacomo Tora – piano

Music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Liszt and Claude Debussy at our free lunchtime recital.

Jack Wood – piano

Music by Arno Babadjanian, Federico Mompou, Leo Ornstein, Jack Wood and Johnny Mandel at our free lunchtime recital.

Márcio da Rosa – tenor
Isabel Calado – piano

Works from the Cancioneiro de Música Popular Portuguesa (Songbook of Portuguese Popular Music) at our free lunchtime recital.

Angie Okano – cello

Music by Gaspar Cassadó and Max Reger at our free lunchtime recital.

Stephen King – organ

Music by Felix Mendelssohn, Herbert Howells and John Gardner at our free lunchtime recital.

Claire Angel Bonner
– 19th century guitar

Music by Fernando Sor (1778-1839) at our free lunchtime recital.

Political Journalism in an Unstable World

Discussion between leading political editors on the challenges and opportunities in political reporting in our turbulent world.