Slow Art: A Slow Look at Simone Martini's Orsini Polyptych

Occurring
for 1 hour
Venue
St Stephen with St John, Rochester Row
Address
Rochester Row Westminster, SW1P 1DS, United Kingdom

Join us this Sunday after Evensong (19:00 GMT, 6th April) for a special Slow Art session led by Marc Woodhead, as we take a deep, meditative look at Simone Martini’s Orsini Polyptych.

In partnership with our friends at Holy Trinity, New York, we will reflect on these exquisite panels, now reunited in the National Gallery’s exhibition “Siena – The Rise of Painting 1300-1350”. As Holy Week approaches, we’ll explore the Passion of Christ through Martini’s intricate details, rich colours, and emotional depth.

🌍 A moment to slow down, connect, and see art in a new way—across time and continents.

🎨 Learn more about the Orsini Polyptych here: Web Gallery of Art

St Stephen with St John, Rochester Row

Welcome to St Stephen with St John, Rochester Row, Westminster. We are a flourishing parish church in the heart of London. At St Stephen's you will find not only a beautiful building with an interesting history, but a friendly and very mixed community of people, most of whom live locally, who come together week by week to worship God.

In a part of the world where, very reasonably, many churches have ‘specialist’ ministries of one sort or another, we like to think of ourselves as a non-specialist church – a local parish church, with a style of worship that is dignified but relaxed, and brings together people of widely different backgrounds.

We are a church where children and their families have a valued place, and to which a good number of single people belong. We have people who have long experience as members of the church and others for whom this is still a new experience. We hope we are a church whose convictions are strong, and that knows the importance of living with questions. We want to be a church where we can come to worship God, in order that we can be better equipped to live our lives faithfully in our daily occupations in the wider world.

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Slow Art: A Slow Look at Simone Martini's Orsini Polyptych

Occurring
for 1 hour
Venue
St Stephen with St John, Rochester Row
Address
Rochester Row Westminster, SW1P 1DS, United Kingdom

Join us this Sunday after Evensong (19:00 GMT, 6th April) for a special Slow Art session led by Marc Woodhead, as we take a deep, meditative look at Simone Martini’s Orsini Polyptych.

In partnership with our friends at Holy Trinity, New York, we will reflect on these exquisite panels, now reunited in the National Gallery’s exhibition “Siena – The Rise of Painting 1300-1350”. As Holy Week approaches, we’ll explore the Passion of Christ through Martini’s intricate details, rich colours, and emotional depth.

🌍 A moment to slow down, connect, and see art in a new way—across time and continents.

🎨 Learn more about the Orsini Polyptych here: Web Gallery of Art

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Our parish of St Stephen Rochester Row is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults from harm. We follow the House of Bishops guidance and policies and have our own Parish Safeguarding Officer (PSO). Our Diocese of London’s safeguarding pages contain vital links and information including contacts for the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor who advises our PSO. If you are concerned that a child or adult has been harmed or may be at risk of harm please contact the PSO, Jason Richards, at [email protected] or the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor at [email protected] or 020 7932 1224. If you have immediate concerns about the safety of someone, please contact the police and your local authority’s children or adult social care services.

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