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We offer daily services and a cultural programme of talks, events and concerts. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate
From Sun 6 to 27 April
Breastplate will be displayed behind the altar of the Side Chapel and lit from below so that it glows from within, thereby revealing its feather-filled fragility and the talismanic contents of its pockets.
St James’s hosts inclusive services and a cultural programme. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
St James’s is a place to explore, reflect, pray, and support all who are in need. We are a Church of England parish in the Anglican Communion.
We host a year-round creative programme encompassing music, visual art and spoken word.
We offer hospitality to people going through homelessness and speak out on issues of injustice, especially concerning refugees, asylum, racial justice, and LGBTQ+ issues.
St James’s strives to advocate for earth justice and to develop deeper connections with nature.
We aspire to be a home where everyone can belong. We’re known locally and globally for our unique history and beauty, as well as faith in action, creativity and the arts, and a commitment to social and environmental justice.
We strive to be a Eucharist-centred, diverse and inclusive Christian community promoting life in abundance, wellbeing and dignity for all.
St James’s Piccadilly has been at the heart of its community since 1684. We invite you to play your part in securing this historic place for generations to come.
The work of St James’s, it costs us £5,000 per day to enable us to keep our doors open to all who need us.
A reimagined St James’s realised. A redesigned garden, courtyard and new building capacity—all fully accessible— will provide beautiful spaces for all as well as improving our environmental performance.
Whether shooting a blockbuster TV series or creating a unique corporate event, every hire at St James’s helps our works within the community.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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Maundy Thursday 17 April 6.30pm – 10pm
This service includes the opportunity to have your feet washed, following the example of Jesus and the disciples at the Last Supper
This service includes the opportunity to have your feet washed, following the example of Jesus and the disciples at the Last Supper. During the service, a procession moves out of the church into the garden to echo the gospel accounts of Jesus’s journey from the Last Supper to the Garden of Gethsemane. Back in the church, silent meditation until 10pm will be held around a symbolic Garden of Gethsemane. Please come and go quietly as you wish during this time.
The altar is stripped at the end of the Maundy Thursday service, candles are put out at 10pm, and no flame appears in services until the Easter fire on Easter Day. The aumbry or tabernacle (the cabinet in the wall in the side chapel where consecrated wafers are held) is emptied and all altar cloths are removed as a sign of grief and lament, at the events surrounding the death of Jesus of Nazareth and also at the continuing oppression, violence and torture in the world today.
