The Anglican Church in St Petersburg
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Serving Europe's 4th largest city with weekly Anglican worship since 1723
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Our sister church in Moscow, St Andrew's, is today marking the 140th anniversary of the 1st service in its new [current] building with a Victorian-themed tea party from 2pm (and historic "tower tours" from 1pm), with combined tickets costing 1500 ₽
See: t.me/standrewsmoscow
See: t.me/standrewsmoscow
September 22, 2024 at 6:51 AM
Our sister church in Moscow, St Andrew's, is today marking the 140th anniversary of the 1st service in its new [current] building with a Victorian-themed tea party from 2pm (and historic "tower tours" from 1pm), with combined tickets costing 1500 ₽
See: t.me/standrewsmoscow
See: t.me/standrewsmoscow
Today is The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity
If you are in St Petersburg, please join us for our regular 4pm Sunday service in the ground-floor chapel of the Petrikirche, 22-24 Nevsky Prospekt
See: achurchnearyou.com/church/8482/
If you are in St Petersburg, please join us for our regular 4pm Sunday service in the ground-floor chapel of the Petrikirche, 22-24 Nevsky Prospekt
See: achurchnearyou.com/church/8482/
September 22, 2024 at 6:02 AM
Today is The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity
If you are in St Petersburg, please join us for our regular 4pm Sunday service in the ground-floor chapel of the Petrikirche, 22-24 Nevsky Prospekt
See: achurchnearyou.com/church/8482/
If you are in St Petersburg, please join us for our regular 4pm Sunday service in the ground-floor chapel of the Petrikirche, 22-24 Nevsky Prospekt
See: achurchnearyou.com/church/8482/
A number of churches are dedicated to the Apostle Matthew including St Matthew's Church, Westminster
Consecrated in 1851, it was designed by local architect Sir George Gilbert Scott as part of a programme of church building in what was a run-down area of slums
Photos: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0
Consecrated in 1851, it was designed by local architect Sir George Gilbert Scott as part of a programme of church building in what was a run-down area of slums
Photos: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0
September 21, 2024 at 6:19 AM
A number of churches are dedicated to the Apostle Matthew including St Matthew's Church, Westminster
Consecrated in 1851, it was designed by local architect Sir George Gilbert Scott as part of a programme of church building in what was a run-down area of slums
Photos: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0
Consecrated in 1851, it was designed by local architect Sir George Gilbert Scott as part of a programme of church building in what was a run-down area of slums
Photos: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0
Today the Church of England celebrates Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
📷 Window (Heaton, Butler & Bayne, 1870s) in the old English Church of St Mary & All Saints at 56 English Embankment, St Petersburg; Matthew is here depicted holding a money-box, in reference to his former life as a tax collector
📷 Window (Heaton, Butler & Bayne, 1870s) in the old English Church of St Mary & All Saints at 56 English Embankment, St Petersburg; Matthew is here depicted holding a money-box, in reference to his former life as a tax collector
September 21, 2024 at 5:58 AM
Today the Church of England celebrates Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
📷 Window (Heaton, Butler & Bayne, 1870s) in the old English Church of St Mary & All Saints at 56 English Embankment, St Petersburg; Matthew is here depicted holding a money-box, in reference to his former life as a tax collector
📷 Window (Heaton, Butler & Bayne, 1870s) in the old English Church of St Mary & All Saints at 56 English Embankment, St Petersburg; Matthew is here depicted holding a money-box, in reference to his former life as a tax collector
Today the Church of England celebrates John Coleridge Patteson, First Anglican Bishop of Melanesia, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1871
Image: Carte-de-visite (1860s-70s), © National Portrait Gallery, London (CC BY-NC-ND)
Image: Carte-de-visite (1860s-70s), © National Portrait Gallery, London (CC BY-NC-ND)
September 20, 2024 at 4:39 AM
Today the Church of England celebrates John Coleridge Patteson, First Anglican Bishop of Melanesia, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1871
Image: Carte-de-visite (1860s-70s), © National Portrait Gallery, London (CC BY-NC-ND)
Image: Carte-de-visite (1860s-70s), © National Portrait Gallery, London (CC BY-NC-ND)
Today the Church of England commemorates Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690
Image: Window in the Chapter House of Canterbury Cathedral. Photo by Lawrence OP, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, via flickr
Image: Window in the Chapter House of Canterbury Cathedral. Photo by Lawrence OP, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, via flickr
September 19, 2024 at 5:38 AM
Today the Church of England commemorates Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690
Image: Window in the Chapter House of Canterbury Cathedral. Photo by Lawrence OP, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, via flickr
Image: Window in the Chapter House of Canterbury Cathedral. Photo by Lawrence OP, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, via flickr
#OTD: Hildegard of Bingen dies; as does Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss theologian & Zwingli's successor in Zurich, from where he helped spread the Reform Movement throughout Europe, esp. influencing the Puritans; & Trimountain, named after the highest local hill, is renamed Boston (from "Botolph's town")
September 17, 2024 at 12:28 PM
#OTD: Hildegard of Bingen dies; as does Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss theologian & Zwingli's successor in Zurich, from where he helped spread the Reform Movement throughout Europe, esp. influencing the Puritans; & Trimountain, named after the highest local hill, is renamed Boston (from "Botolph's town")
Today the Church of England celebrates Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179
Image: Hildegard window (1950) in the Pfarr- und Wallfahrtskirche Sankt Nikolaus, Koblenz. Photo by Thomas Hummel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Image: Hildegard window (1950) in the Pfarr- und Wallfahrtskirche Sankt Nikolaus, Koblenz. Photo by Thomas Hummel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
September 17, 2024 at 4:57 AM
Today the Church of England celebrates Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179
Image: Hildegard window (1950) in the Pfarr- und Wallfahrtskirche Sankt Nikolaus, Koblenz. Photo by Thomas Hummel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Image: Hildegard window (1950) in the Pfarr- und Wallfahrtskirche Sankt Nikolaus, Koblenz. Photo by Thomas Hummel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
#OTD: The 3rd Council of Constantinople, convened by Byzantine Emperor Constantine IV to try to settle differences between the Eastern & Western Church, closes; Tomás de Torquemada, Castilian Dominican friar, royal confessor & 1st Grand Inquisitor, dies; as does Anne Bradstreet, Puritan poet
September 16, 2024 at 11:54 AM
#OTD: The 3rd Council of Constantinople, convened by Byzantine Emperor Constantine IV to try to settle differences between the Eastern & Western Church, closes; Tomás de Torquemada, Castilian Dominican friar, royal confessor & 1st Grand Inquisitor, dies; as does Anne Bradstreet, Puritan poet
The Church of England also commemorates Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest, Tractarian, 1882
Image: Dr Pusey in a detail of the East window (Ninian Comper, c.1935–9) of the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament at Pusey House, Oxford. Photo via facebook.com/puseyhouseoxford
Image: Dr Pusey in a detail of the East window (Ninian Comper, c.1935–9) of the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament at Pusey House, Oxford. Photo via facebook.com/puseyhouseoxford
September 16, 2024 at 6:32 AM
The Church of England also commemorates Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest, Tractarian, 1882
Image: Dr Pusey in a detail of the East window (Ninian Comper, c.1935–9) of the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament at Pusey House, Oxford. Photo via facebook.com/puseyhouseoxford
Image: Dr Pusey in a detail of the East window (Ninian Comper, c.1935–9) of the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament at Pusey House, Oxford. Photo via facebook.com/puseyhouseoxford
Today the Church of England celebrates Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts, c.432
Image: Detail of the St Ninian window (D. Marion Grant, 1954) in Glasgow Cathedral. Photo by Lawrence OP, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, via flickr
Image: Detail of the St Ninian window (D. Marion Grant, 1954) in Glasgow Cathedral. Photo by Lawrence OP, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, via flickr
September 16, 2024 at 5:59 AM
Today the Church of England celebrates Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts, c.432
Image: Detail of the St Ninian window (D. Marion Grant, 1954) in Glasgow Cathedral. Photo by Lawrence OP, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, via flickr
Image: Detail of the St Ninian window (D. Marion Grant, 1954) in Glasgow Cathedral. Photo by Lawrence OP, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, via flickr
Died #OnThisDay in 1510: Catherine of Genoa, Mystic & Nurse, who is commemorated in the Episcopal calendar
Images: Catherine of Genoa depicted in The Mother of Sorrows window (Harry Clarke, 1926), now in the National Gallery of Ireland (NGI). 📷 Sailko, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia & NGI, CC BY 4.0
Images: Catherine of Genoa depicted in The Mother of Sorrows window (Harry Clarke, 1926), now in the National Gallery of Ireland (NGI). 📷 Sailko, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia & NGI, CC BY 4.0
September 15, 2024 at 6:14 AM
Died #OnThisDay in 1510: Catherine of Genoa, Mystic & Nurse, who is commemorated in the Episcopal calendar
Images: Catherine of Genoa depicted in The Mother of Sorrows window (Harry Clarke, 1926), now in the National Gallery of Ireland (NGI). 📷 Sailko, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia & NGI, CC BY 4.0
Images: Catherine of Genoa depicted in The Mother of Sorrows window (Harry Clarke, 1926), now in the National Gallery of Ireland (NGI). 📷 Sailko, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia & NGI, CC BY 4.0
Today is The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
If you are in St Petersburg, please join us for our regular 4pm Sunday service in the ground-floor chapel of the Petrikirche, 22-24 Nevsky Prospekt
See: achurchnearyou.com/church/8482/
If you are in St Petersburg, please join us for our regular 4pm Sunday service in the ground-floor chapel of the Petrikirche, 22-24 Nevsky Prospekt
See: achurchnearyou.com/church/8482/
September 15, 2024 at 6:01 AM
Today is The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
If you are in St Petersburg, please join us for our regular 4pm Sunday service in the ground-floor chapel of the Petrikirche, 22-24 Nevsky Prospekt
See: achurchnearyou.com/church/8482/
If you are in St Petersburg, please join us for our regular 4pm Sunday service in the ground-floor chapel of the Petrikirche, 22-24 Nevsky Prospekt
See: achurchnearyou.com/church/8482/
From Religion News Service's latest Photos of the Week
Russian Orthodox believers carrying icons take part in a procession along Nevsky Prospekt to mark the 300th anniversary of Alexander Nevsky Monastery in St Petersburg, on 12/09 (see ALT)
📷AP/Dmitri Lovetsky
Russian Orthodox believers carrying icons take part in a procession along Nevsky Prospekt to mark the 300th anniversary of Alexander Nevsky Monastery in St Petersburg, on 12/09 (see ALT)
📷AP/Dmitri Lovetsky
September 14, 2024 at 6:56 AM
From Religion News Service's latest Photos of the Week
Russian Orthodox believers carrying icons take part in a procession along Nevsky Prospekt to mark the 300th anniversary of Alexander Nevsky Monastery in St Petersburg, on 12/09 (see ALT)
📷AP/Dmitri Lovetsky
Russian Orthodox believers carrying icons take part in a procession along Nevsky Prospekt to mark the 300th anniversary of Alexander Nevsky Monastery in St Petersburg, on 12/09 (see ALT)
📷AP/Dmitri Lovetsky
Died #OnThisDay in 258: Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr
Image: Window in St Cyprian's Clarence Gate. Photo by Lawrence OP (CC BY-NC 2.0), via Flickr
Image: Window in St Cyprian's Clarence Gate. Photo by Lawrence OP (CC BY-NC 2.0), via Flickr
September 14, 2024 at 6:15 AM
Died #OnThisDay in 258: Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr
Image: Window in St Cyprian's Clarence Gate. Photo by Lawrence OP (CC BY-NC 2.0), via Flickr
Image: Window in St Cyprian's Clarence Gate. Photo by Lawrence OP (CC BY-NC 2.0), via Flickr
Today the Church of England celebrates Holy Cross Day
It marks the dedication #OTD in 335AD of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, built by order of Emperor Constantine on the site where the True Cross had been unearthed on an earlier pilgrimage of his mother, Helena
It marks the dedication #OTD in 335AD of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, built by order of Emperor Constantine on the site where the True Cross had been unearthed on an earlier pilgrimage of his mother, Helena
September 14, 2024 at 5:57 AM
Today the Church of England celebrates Holy Cross Day
It marks the dedication #OTD in 335AD of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, built by order of Emperor Constantine on the site where the True Cross had been unearthed on an earlier pilgrimage of his mother, Helena
It marks the dedication #OTD in 335AD of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, built by order of Emperor Constantine on the site where the True Cross had been unearthed on an earlier pilgrimage of his mother, Helena
Today the Church of England celebrates John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher of the Faith, 407
Image: Window in Mansfield College Chapel, Oxford. Photo by Lawrence OP, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, via Flickr
Image: Window in Mansfield College Chapel, Oxford. Photo by Lawrence OP, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, via Flickr
September 13, 2024 at 5:02 AM
Today the Church of England celebrates John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher of the Faith, 407
Image: Window in Mansfield College Chapel, Oxford. Photo by Lawrence OP, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, via Flickr
Image: Window in Mansfield College Chapel, Oxford. Photo by Lawrence OP, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, via Flickr
Today the Episcopal Church commemorates John Henry Hobart, Bishop of New York, 1830
Rector of Trinity Wall Street, 3rd Bishop of New York (1816-30) and founder of General Theological Seminary, he helped promote the extension of the Episcopal Church in Central & Western New York
Rector of Trinity Wall Street, 3rd Bishop of New York (1816-30) and founder of General Theological Seminary, he helped promote the extension of the Episcopal Church in Central & Western New York
September 12, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Today the Episcopal Church commemorates John Henry Hobart, Bishop of New York, 1830
Rector of Trinity Wall Street, 3rd Bishop of New York (1816-30) and founder of General Theological Seminary, he helped promote the extension of the Episcopal Church in Central & Western New York
Rector of Trinity Wall Street, 3rd Bishop of New York (1816-30) and founder of General Theological Seminary, he helped promote the extension of the Episcopal Church in Central & Western New York
9/11 - The Bell of Hope in St Paul's Churchyard, part of the Parish of Trinity Wall Street, was rung at 8.46 EDT to mark the time the first plane flew into the World Trade Center
The bell was a gift from the city of London to the people of New York on the first anniversary of 9/11
The bell was a gift from the city of London to the people of New York on the first anniversary of 9/11
September 11, 2024 at 6:22 PM
9/11 - The Bell of Hope in St Paul's Churchyard, part of the Parish of Trinity Wall Street, was rung at 8.46 EDT to mark the time the first plane flew into the World Trade Center
The bell was a gift from the city of London to the people of New York on the first anniversary of 9/11
The bell was a gift from the city of London to the people of New York on the first anniversary of 9/11
For any Anglican clergy with multi-benefice experience (and some French) that are looking for a new challenge, Intercontinental Church Society currently has a vacancy for Aquitaine chaplain, overseeing 13 congregations in Bordeaux, the Dordogne and Lot-et-Garonne/Gers (an area ≈ the size of Wales)
September 11, 2024 at 9:44 AM
For any Anglican clergy with multi-benefice experience (and some French) that are looking for a new challenge, Intercontinental Church Society currently has a vacancy for Aquitaine chaplain, overseeing 13 congregations in Bordeaux, the Dordogne and Lot-et-Garonne/Gers (an area ≈ the size of Wales)
Today the Episcopal Church commemorates Alexander Crummell, Priest, Missionary & Educator, 1898
For more on his life and pioneering work, in New York City & Washington, D.C., at Cambridge where he studied at Queen's College, and in Liberia, see: tinyurl.com/2aay394f
For more on his life and pioneering work, in New York City & Washington, D.C., at Cambridge where he studied at Queen's College, and in Liberia, see: tinyurl.com/2aay394f
September 10, 2024 at 5:08 AM
Today the Episcopal Church commemorates Alexander Crummell, Priest, Missionary & Educator, 1898
For more on his life and pioneering work, in New York City & Washington, D.C., at Cambridge where he studied at Queen's College, and in Liberia, see: tinyurl.com/2aay394f
For more on his life and pioneering work, in New York City & Washington, D.C., at Cambridge where he studied at Queen's College, and in Liberia, see: tinyurl.com/2aay394f
Today the Church of England commemorates Charles Fuge Lowder, Priest and Founder of the Society of the Holy Cross (SSC), 1880
SSC is a Congregation of priests in the Anglican Communion who live and minister under a common Rule of Life: bit.ly/3EQp4Ud
Photo by SA Walker, © National Portrait Gallery
SSC is a Congregation of priests in the Anglican Communion who live and minister under a common Rule of Life: bit.ly/3EQp4Ud
Photo by SA Walker, © National Portrait Gallery
September 9, 2024 at 6:09 AM
Today the Church of England commemorates Charles Fuge Lowder, Priest and Founder of the Society of the Holy Cross (SSC), 1880
SSC is a Congregation of priests in the Anglican Communion who live and minister under a common Rule of Life: bit.ly/3EQp4Ud
Photo by SA Walker, © National Portrait Gallery
SSC is a Congregation of priests in the Anglican Communion who live and minister under a common Rule of Life: bit.ly/3EQp4Ud
Photo by SA Walker, © National Portrait Gallery