A short prayerful service to help prepare for your day.

Find a meditative and reflective start to the working day at St Bride’s each weekday morning at 8:15 am by joining our service of morning prayer downstairs in the main crypt chapel.

This is a modern language service that lasts about 15 minutes, and includes prayers, silence, and the Bible readings set for the day.

At this service we offer the prayers left by visitors on our prayer board.

We also remember journalists who have died recently, and those who are in danger, held hostage, or who are in any kind of need, as part of our ministry to journalism.

An oasis of peace in the heart of the busy city for a moment of mindfulness and reflection each weekday at 4:00 pm.

Each weekday at the end of the day, from 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm, the main body of the church becomes an oasis of peace in the heart of the busy city.

The church is candlelit, and anyone is welcome to call in for a time of quiet and stillness, whether for five minutes or the full hour.

The city can be a frantic and stressful environment for those who work or live in London, or are visiting the capital. We provide a welcome and much needed sanctuary and an opportunity for mindfulness, reflection and prayer.

Space for Silence runs throughout the year, but occasionally events in church mean that we may have to suspend it on a particular day. Please check the What's On calendar on our website to confirm.

Our Sunday morning Choral Eucharist (a sung service of Holy Communion) takes place every week at 11:00 am. The worship includes congregational hymns and a thought-provoking address and is enhanced by the wide-ranging choral repertoire sung by our outstanding choir. The service uses a modern language version of Common Worship.

A list of music for each service can be found via the calendar in the What's On section of our website https://www.stbrides.com/whats-on/

We welcome children to the service. During term time, our Sunday Club (Sunday School) provides a safe and stimulating environment for our younger members. https://www.stbrides.com/worship-music/worship/children/

Refreshments are served at the back of church after the service and everyone is warmly invited to join in. This opportunity for fellowship and conversation is an important part of the shared life of our diverse and widespread congregation and a wonderful way to meet visitors and make new friends.

At a number of significant occasions throughout the year, we are delighted to welcome the St Bride’s Orchestra to accompany the choir.

Choral Evensong is a beautiful, prayerful and reflective service for the early evening.

Our 5:30 pm service each Sunday is a traditional language Book of Common Prayer 1662 Evensong with readings from the King James Bible version.

The service is enhanced by music of the highest standard performed byour renowned professional St Bride's Choir and Organist.

A list of music for each service can be found via the calendar in the What's On section of our website https://www.stbrides.com/whats-on/

Every Wednesday lunchtime between 1:15pm and 1:45pm, we celebrate the Eucharist downstairs in the main crypt chapel of St Bride’s for all working and visiting in and around Fleet Street, in the City of London.

This is a modern language, said service of Holy Communion with Bible readings, prayers and a short address, which all are welcome to attend.

We hope you can join us at this joyous celebration of Pentecost – a major feast of the Church’s year which brings to the end the season of Easter.

Pentecost Sunday, also known as Whit Sunday, marks the coming of the Holy Spirit. It has its roots in the Jewish Feast of Weeks and marks the fiftieth day after Easter.

Refreshments will be served after the service.

MUSIC
The musical setting is Joseph Haydn’s Missa Sancti Bernardi von Offida or Heiligmesse which will be performed by our professional St Bride’s Choir and we are delighted to welcome the St Bride’s Orchestra for this special service.

In 1795, Haydn ended his second visit to London with his finances secure following a season of hugely successful concerts. His reputation had preceded him and he was already a very popular composer – his music dominating the London concert scene.

Haydn’s time in London was also some of the happiest of his life. He returned to Vienna and the employment – albeit now part-time – of the Esterházy court of Nikolaus II in what is now called Eisenstadt. Here he wrote six masses for the family.

The Missa Sancti Bernardi von Offida in B-flat major was written in 1796 and first performed at the Feast of the Holy Name of Mary on 11th September that year.

It was written in honour of Bernard of Offida, a Capuchin friar, who devoted his life to helping the poor and who was later beatified.

ADMISSION
This service is open to all, ticketless and free to attend.

SUPPORT ST BRIDE'S
There will be a retiring collection at the end of the service to support the work, ministry and music-making of St Bride’s and help maintain our magnificent Wren church.

St Bride’s is wholly reliant on and deeply grateful for the generous support of our visitors and congregation.
Donations can be made by cash or contactless at church or via JustGiving. https://www.justgiving.com/stbrideschurchfleetstreet

Do please Gift Aid your donation if you are eligible which generates an extra 25p in every £1 donated.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Directions to St Bride’s Church and information about accessibility are available on our Visit Us page. https://www.stbrides.com/visit-us/

Painting: "The Fellowship of the Holy Spirit: a Falmer Pentecost" by Sue Barnes, St Laurence Church, Falmer

All are warmly invited to attend a special service celebrating marriage at 5:30pm on Sunday 6th July in St Bride’s Church, which has sanctified marriages for 1500 years.

We aim to welcome back as many of our past wedding couples as possible – whether they were married here recently, or have celebrated dozens of anniversaries – for a special service followed by a celebratory drink in the churchyard.

The service will include hymns, readings and a number of the most-popular musical choices that our wedding couples make (see below) performed by St Bride’s Choir & Orchestra.

There will also be a congregational prayer as an Act of Renewal, celebrating the blessings marriage has brought us and asking for forgiveness for the times when we have fallen short of our vows.

This is also an opportunity to remember and reflect for those whose spouses have died or whose marriages have not stood the test of time.

MUSIC
We are delighted to announce that St Bride’s Orchestra will be in attendance to accompany our wonderful St Bride’s Choir whose forces will be boosted by members of the EC4 Music Chamber Choir.

On the playlist are some of the most-loved wedding pieces such as Wagner’s Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin, Parry’s I was glad and Walton’s Set me as a seal upon your heart.

The orchestra will also serenade us with Handel’s Arrival of the Queen of Sheba and Mendelssohn’s Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

A real musical treat is in store.

ADMISSION
This service is open to all, ticketless and free to attend. A crèche room will be available for any who wish to bring small children.

It would help us immensely with our planning if you could kindly let the office know if you are able to come – please email: [email protected] or phone 020 7427 0133.

SUPPORT ST BRIDE'S
St Bride’s is wholly reliant on and deeply grateful for the generous support of our visitors and congregation.
We have been holding weddings at St Bride’s for 1500 years and hope to do so for the next 1500 and we need you to play a part in helping us achieve that.

There will be a retiring collection at the end of the service to support the work, ministry and music-making of St Bride’s and help maintain our magnificent Wren church.

Donations can be made by cash or contactless at church or via JustGiving. https://www.justgiving.com/stbrideschurchfleetstreet

Do please Gift Aid your donation if you are eligible which generates an extra 25p in every £1 donated.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
A crèche room will be available for any who wish to bring small children.

Directions to St Bride’s Church and information about accessibility are available on our Visit Us page. https://www.stbrides.com/visit-us/

Photo by kind permission of the bride, groom and Hollie Carlin Photography