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Sung Holy Communion

Join us this Rogation Sunday for Sung Holy Communion from 11am-12pm, followed by the Beating of the Parish Bounds – an ancient tradition involving walking the boundaries of the parish, praying and giving thanks to God for the glorious part of the City of London which we serve.

Choral Evensong - Tuesday, 14 April/28 April : 5:30pm

Refreshments will be served after the service.

As part of the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music

Please join us after Holy Communion for our Annual Meeting when we review the year past and look forward to the year ahead. All are welcome.

Sunday 24th May 2026 – 11am-1pm – Sung Holy Communion with Baptism on Whit Sunday & Quarter Peal to commemorate Princess Elizabeth’s release from the Tower of London and visit to All Hallows Staining.

Whit Sunday (also known as Whitsun or Pentecost) celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit to the disciples after Jesus’ resurrection. Join us for Sung Holy Communion and Baptism. After the service, the University of London Society of Change Ringers will ring a special Quarter Peal in commemoration of Princess Elizabeth’s visit to give thanks to the bellringers at All Hallows Staining (now part of our parish) following her release from the Tower of London in May 1554.

Professor Brycchan Carey joins us to talk about the life of William Turner - known as ‘the Father of English Botany’, who is buried here at St Olave Hart Street.

Special Guest Speaker: Guy De la Bédoyère – The Confessions of Samuel Pepys

All are welcome to attend this service at which we will be joined by members of The Samuel Pepys Club. Following the service, this year’s address will be given by Guy De la Bédoyère, who will talk about his book 'The Confessions of Samuel Pepys' which focuses on Pepys's controversial private life for a contemporary readership, by charting his varied and complex relationships with women. The service is free to attend but please register at this link.

Professor Kate Loveman explores how Samuel Pepys’s Diary has been received through the ages, since its first publication 200 years ago.

Compline by Candlelight at St Olave Hart Street (5.30pm-5.50pm) - free to attend - followed by St Olave Lecture (6.00pm-7.15pm) : The Strange History of Samuel Pepys’s Diary by Professor Kate Lovweman. Tickets £5 which includes a glass of wine.

Please join us in what Samuel Pepys called his "own church" for Compline by Candlelight followed by our next St Olave Lecture. Professor Kate Loveman joins us to talk about her award winning book exploring how Samuel Pepys’s Diary has been received through the ages, since its first publication 200 years ago.

"During the 1660s, Samuel Pepys kept a secret diary full of intimate details and political scandal. Had the contents been revealed, they could have destroyed his marriage, ended his career, and seen him arrested. This engaging book explores the creation of the most famous journal in the English language, how it came to be published in 1825, and the many remarkable roles it has played in British culture since then. Kate Loveman – one of the few people who can read Pepys's shorthand – unlocks the riddles of the diary, investigating why he chose to preserve such private matters for later generations. She also casts fresh light on the women and sexual relationships in Pepys's life and on Black Britons living in or near his household. Exploring the many inventive uses to which the diary has been put, Loveman shows how Pepys's history became part of the history of the nation."

We welcome staff from businesses in the parish to a special summer reception after Choral Evensong.

We welcome visitors for guided tours during the London Festival of Architecture in the month which marks 75 years since the post-war restoration of the church began. The Festival Theme for 2026 is ‘Belonging’. Our tours will reveal some of the stories of those who have called this place their ‘own church’ since its foundation in 1050.

Sunday 21st June 2026 – 11.00am-12.15pm – Sung Holy Communion to Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Laying of the Restoration Stone

We welcome representatives from the Norwegian Embassy, the Diocese of London, the Norwegian Church in Rotherhithe Nidarosdomens Guttekor – the boys choir of Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway, for this special service of Holy Communion marking the 75th Anniversary of the Laying of the Restoration Stone and the process of rebuilding our beautiful church after damage during the blitz.

We welcome members of the Prayer Book Society to our last Choral Evensong of the term. Samuel Pepys Prayer Book will be on display.

We celebrate our patronal festival giving thanks for St Olaf with a special service with eight part professional choir followed by a parish party in the churchyard with jazz music.

Our lunchtime service will take place in the crypt chapel as we gather on the eve of the feast our patron saint, Olaf.

Traditional candlelit service of music and readings, followed by mulled wine & mince pies

Saturday 19th September 2026 – 12.30pm-5.30pm – Open House London – Church Tours, Tower Tours and Bellringing Demonstration

We open for tours of the church and belltower (timed and limited numbers) and our wonderful bellringers will offer ringing demonstrations. All welcome.

Sunday 20th September 2026 – 12.30pm-5.30pm – Open House London – Church Tours, Tower Tours and Bellringing Demonstration

We open for tours of the church and belltower (timed and limited numbers) and our wonderful bellringers will offer ringing demonstrations. All welcome.

Carolling around our parish pubs in the footsteps of one of our most famous parishioners, Samuel Pepys. Starting at The Ship, Hart Street

The young and young at heart are invited to build and light Christingles, symbolising Christ the light of the world.

Traditional carols and festive music sung by our talented choir. Mulled wine & mince pies to follow.

A midnight service of Holy Communion sung by our choir, celebrating the coming of the Christ child.

Celebrate with joy the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord, with sublime music from our professional choir.