Christmas Closure
Friday 23 December 2016
Following the celebration of the Christmas Eucharist and Blessing of the Crib today, St Botolph's is now closed for the Christmas break. The church will re-open at 7.00am on...
Latest news for 2016
A FULL HOUSE FOR THE PARISH CAROL SERVICE
Thursday 15 December 2016
At lunchtime today the church was packed for the popular annual Parish Carol Service, with favourite Christmas carols supported by the Choir and Band of Coopers' Company and...
Advent at St Botolph's
Tuesday 6 December 2016
We are now in Advent, the season of preparation as we await the coming of Christ at Christmas. Our theme for the season is 'Advent Journeys: Refugees on the Road' - we think of...
Remembrance commemorations
Tuesday 15 November 2016
A good number of City workers and passers-by gathered at the WW1 memorial cross in the Churchyard at the eleventh hour on Armistice Day to commemorate the dead of many...
Special Hall Event
Monday 14 November 2016
Granta Magazine present Ken Follett and Simon Jenkins In conversation On their appreciation of Cathedrals and the role these great buildings play in British secular...
Armistice Day ceremonies, Friday 11 November
Wednesday 9 November 2016
If you work locally or are passing by the church at 'the eleventh hour', you are invited to join us for a short service of remembrance, including the two minutes' silence, at...
Commemoration of All Souls
Friday 21 October 2016
This year the calendar allows us to keep the Commemoration of All Souls, when we remember our departed loved ones, on its proper day. The service on Wednesday 2nd November will...
Berlin Visitors
Monday 10 October 2016
Following visits to St Botolph's by Berlin clergy in 2015, we were delighted to host on Friday 30 September another party of 15 clergy from that city who were on a weekend visit...
GREAT FIRE COMMEMORATION
Monday 12 September 2016
Members of the congregation of St Botolph's were among a large congregation which gathered last Friday 2 September to commemoratethe 350th anniversary of the outbreak of the Great...
St Botolph's 'mentioned in dispatches'
Tuesday 30 August 2016
We were delighted to see, among the congregation at the commemoration of the centenary of the WW1 Cross on 4 August, the Deputy Editor of the Church Times, and he has now written...
OPEN HOUSE WEEKEND
Wednesday 24 August 2016
Along with many of the other churches and other historic buildings in the City, St Botolph's will as usual be taking part in Open House Weekend, which this year takes place on...
SPECIAL SERVICE
Tuesday 23 August 2016
COMMEMORATION OF THE 350TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OUTBREAK OF THE GREAT FIRE On Friday 2 September,*the day of the 350th anniversary of the outbreak of the fire, the Deanery of...
—LEST WE FORGET—
Thursday 4 August 2016
The Centenary of the WW1 Memorial Cross at St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate (the first memorial to the Great War to be erected in London) dedicated by the Lord Mayor and the...
Exhibition explores WW1 memorials in London
Wednesday 3 August 2016
From Wednesday 3 August, to coincide with the Centenary of the WW1 memorial cross in the churchyard, the exhibition ‘Exploring London’s First World War memorials’will be on...
—LEST WE FORGET—
Thursday 30 June 2016
The WW1 memorial cross in St Botolph’s churchyard CENTENARY COMMEMORATION - CHORAL SERVICE AND RE-DEDICATION Thursday 4 August at 1.10pm The memorial cross in St...
ALMA Sunday invitation – 10 July
Thursday 30 June 2016
The Diocese of London celebrates the second Sunday in July each year as ALMA Sunday to mark its ongoing partnership with the Dioceses of Angola and Mozambique - in which St...
Tennis court now open
Thursday 30 June 2016
A brief break in the weather allowed temporary tennis lines to be put down and the new posts and net are ready so we are now able to accept regular weekly or one off casual tennis...
New Art Piece arrives in Churchyard
Thursday 30 June 2016
As part of the City of London Sculpture in the City 2016 exhibition a piece called "Ajar" by Gavin Turk has been erected in the Churchyard please use the link below for more...
St Botolph's Day celebrations
Thursday 16 June 2016
We celebrated our Patron St Botolph in style on Wednesday 15 June with a sumptous Choral Festival Service. Many of the St Botolph's 'family' from far and near were present to hear...
THIS WEEK - WEEK OF PRAYER from Ascension to Pentecost
Monday 9 May 2016
St Botolph\'s is taking part in the fourth annual Week of Prayer organised by the Diocese of London as part of the Capital Vision 2020 initiative. \r\nAs well as our normal...
SHAKESPEARE 400 lecture series continues
Thursday 5 May 2016
We have been delighted to welcome the Museum of London Archaelogy Service to the Hall for a series of lectures in connection with the Shakespeare 400 celebrations. Details of the...
‘SONG in the CITY’ recital series
Thursday 5 May 2016
We are delighted that Song in the City, under the artistic directorship of the talented young accompanist Gavin Roberts, continue to enjoy presenting song recitals in the intimate...
Cry God for Elizabeth, Shakespeare and Saint George!
Monday 25 April 2016
St Botolph's celebrated the Queen's 90th birthday with special readings and prayers during the Communion service on the day itself; and with our neighbours in the Churchyard the...
School visit
Monday 4 April 2016
St Botolph's was delighted last week to host several groups of pupils with special needs from Oak Lodge School in Barnet together with their staff during days out in London...
Happy Easter - and congratulations!
Tuesday 29 March 2016
Congratulations to the two members of our congregation, Teresa Alvarez Diaz and Paul Byrne, who were confirmed during the Easter Vigil at St Paul's Cathedral on Saturday by the...
Hall Lectures
Tuesday 29 March 2016
We are delighted to welcome the Museum of London Archaelogy Service to the Hall for a series of lectures in connection with the Shakespeare 400 celebrations. Details of the...
HOLY WEEK AT ST BOTOLPH'S
Sunday 20 March 2016
Today is Palm Sunday, marking the beginning of Holy Week. At St Botolph's we begin our Holy Week journey tomorrow,with services every lunchtime from Monday to Thursday, and an...
NEW BOOK featuring stained glass at St Botolph's
Thursday 25 February 2016
Caroline Swash has presented the church with a copy of her magnificent new book, The 100 Best Stained Glass Sites in London which includes an entry about St Botolph's and its...
Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings Spring Lecture series
Thursday 25 February 2016
SPAB returns to the Hall for a further series of lectures, this time on the theme 'Handcrafted House: making beautiful places'. The three evenings (25 February, 3 and 17 March)...
Lent 2o16
Wednesday 10 February 2016
Today is Ash Wednesday, and our Lenten journey begins. As well as our journey in Scripture, music and liturgy through this penitential season to the trials of Holy Week...
Lent Study Course 2016
Wednesday 10 February 2016
The parish study schedule for Lent 2016 begins on Tuesday 16th February (and continues on every Tuesday evening until 15 March). Members of the congregation and friends are...
Lent Collections
Wednesday 10 February 2016
The PCC has decided that collections and alms in Lent will once again go towards the support of the Priest Missioner at St Francis at the Engine Room, our partner church in...
Song in the City recitals - Spring Season
Wednesday 10 February 2016
We are delighted to be continuing our collaboration with ‘SONG in the CITY’ (patrons: Sarah Walker CBE & Iain Burnside), an inventive series of concerts that brings to the...
Christmastide draws to a close with the Feast of Candlemas
Saturday 30 January 2016
The Church keeps more than 12 days of Christmas - the celebrations of Christ's Nativity officially continue until the commemoration of his Presentation in the Temple (also called...
Grateful thanks for Advent generosity
Saturday 30 January 2016
All the collections taken up and alms given during Advent have now been counted, and the Gift Aid calculated where applicable, and we are delighted to be able to announce a grand...
Netball Court Reopens
Thursday 7 January 2016
We are pleased to announce that the Netball court is now reopen following resurfacing. Please see below for details on how to make a weekly block or casual one off booking.
Epiphany at St Botolph's
Tuesday 5 January 2016
On Wednesday 6 January we continue our Christmastide celebrations with the Feast of the Epiphany, which commemorates the visit of the Three Kings to the Christ Child, and thus...
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