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SUMMARY:Oak Apple Service
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DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a special service of Holy Communion at 11.0
 0 AM on 25th of May 2025 to mark the anniversary of the Restoration in 166
 0 and to honour the memory of Richard Penderel\, ‘The Kings Deliverer’
 \, who is buried and memorialised in St Giles Churchyard.\n\nAfter defeat 
 at The Battle of Worcester in May of 1651\, Penderel helped King Charles I
 I to evade capture by hiding him in the boughs of the Royal Oak in Boscobe
 l Woods in Shropshire. After the Restoration in 1660 the anniversary of th
 e King's escape and deliverance\, the ‘Royal Miracle’ as it was termed
 \, was made the focus of a ‘perpetual commemoration’ by Act of Parliam
 ent. \n\nDuring Holy Communion a sermon will be given on the theme of Chur
 ch and Crown and following the service Richard Penderel’s tomb and memor
 ial stone will be garlanded with Oak leaves.
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LOCATION:St Giles in the Fields (in the West End of London)
URL:https://www.stgilesonline.org/post/oak-apple-service-sunday-25th-may-2
 025-at-11am
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