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SUMMARY:Orchestral Festal Eucharist – Pentecost Sunday
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DESCRIPTION:We hope you can join us at this joyous celebration of Pentecos
 t – a major feast of the Church’s year which brings to the end the sea
 son of Easter.\n\nPentecost 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.\n\nRefreshments will be served af
 ter the service.\n\nMUSIC\nThe musical setting is Joseph Haydn’s Missa S
 ancti Bernardi von Offida or Heiligmesse which will be performed by our pr
 ofessional St Bride’s Choir and we are delighted to welcome the St Bride
 ’s Orchestra for this special service.\n\nIn 1795\, Haydn ended his seco
 nd visit to London with his finances secure following a season of hugely s
 uccessful concerts. His reputation had preceded him and he was already a v
 ery popular composer – his music dominating the London concert scene.\n\
 nHaydn’s time in London was also some of the happiest of his life. He re
 turned to Vienna and the employment – albeit now part-time – of the Es
 terházy court of Nikolaus II in what is now called Eisenstadt. Here he wr
 ote six masses for the family.\n\nThe Missa Sancti Bernardi von Offida in 
 B-flat major was written in 1796 and first performed at the Feast of the H
 oly Name of Mary on 11th September that year.\n\nIt was written in honour 
 of Bernard of Offida\, a Capuchin friar\, who devoted his life to helping 
 the poor and who was later beatified.\n\nADMISSION\nThis service is open t
 o all\, ticketless and free to attend.\n\nSUPPORT ST BRIDE'S\nThere will b
 e a retiring collection at the end of the service to support the work\, mi
 nistry and music-making of St Bride’s and help maintain our magnificent 
 Wren church.\n\nSt Bride’s is wholly reliant on and deeply grateful for 
 the generous support of our visitors and congregation.\nDonations can be m
 ade by cash or contactless at church or via JustGiving. https://www.justgi
 ving.com/stbrideschurchfleetstreet\n\nDo please Gift Aid your donation if 
 you are eligible which generates an extra 25p in every £1 donated.\n\nADD
 ITIONAL INFORMATION\nDirections to St Bride’s Church and information abo
 ut accessibility are available on our Visit Us page. https://www.stbrides.
 com/visit-us/\n\nPainting: "The Fellowship of the Holy Spirit: a Falmer Pe
 ntecost" by Sue Barnes\, St Laurence Church\, Falmer
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LOCATION:St Bride's Church\, Fleet Street
URL:https://www.stbrides.com/events/pentecost-sunday/
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