Diocese of Edinburgh
@dioceseofedinburgh.bsky.social
The @scottishepiscopal.bsky.social in Edinburgh, Falkirk, the Lothians and the Borders. Part of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
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CALLING A BISHOP
The Diocese of Edinburgh is prayerfully looking for a Bishop to lead and support us as we discern God’s call to us in this place and at this time of change and challenge.
More information may be found at buff.ly/lu4aeAp
Closing date: 31 October 2025 at 12 noon
📷 Peter Backhouse
The Diocese of Edinburgh is prayerfully looking for a Bishop to lead and support us as we discern God’s call to us in this place and at this time of change and challenge.
More information may be found at buff.ly/lu4aeAp
Closing date: 31 October 2025 at 12 noon
📷 Peter Backhouse
October 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
CALLING A BISHOP
The Diocese of Edinburgh is prayerfully looking for a Bishop to lead and support us as we discern God’s call to us in this place and at this time of change and challenge.
More information may be found at buff.ly/lu4aeAp
Closing date: 31 October 2025 at 12 noon
📷 Peter Backhouse
The Diocese of Edinburgh is prayerfully looking for a Bishop to lead and support us as we discern God’s call to us in this place and at this time of change and challenge.
More information may be found at buff.ly/lu4aeAp
Closing date: 31 October 2025 at 12 noon
📷 Peter Backhouse
🎉 There's so much for children and young people going on in our Diocese.
Catch up with the latest update from our Youth & Children team.
Read and subscribe via the link in our bio.
Catch up with the latest update from our Youth & Children team.
Read and subscribe via the link in our bio.
August 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🎉 There's so much for children and young people going on in our Diocese.
Catch up with the latest update from our Youth & Children team.
Read and subscribe via the link in our bio.
Catch up with the latest update from our Youth & Children team.
Read and subscribe via the link in our bio.
🎵 Congratulations to the musicians from our churches who won prizes in the Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts' Young Composers' Competition!
Giles Longstaff from St John's, Princes Street, took first prize, while Christian Wong, from St Peter's, Lutton Place, took third.
📸 I Gibson
Giles Longstaff from St John's, Princes Street, took first prize, while Christian Wong, from St Peter's, Lutton Place, took third.
📸 I Gibson
August 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
🎵 Congratulations to the musicians from our churches who won prizes in the Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts' Young Composers' Competition!
Giles Longstaff from St John's, Princes Street, took first prize, while Christian Wong, from St Peter's, Lutton Place, took third.
📸 I Gibson
Giles Longstaff from St John's, Princes Street, took first prize, while Christian Wong, from St Peter's, Lutton Place, took third.
📸 I Gibson
✅ A new church walking tour!
✅ Ideas for Creationtide!
✅ Interesting courses and resources!
It's all in our latest Adventures in Faith Newsletter! Read and subscribe via the link in our bio!
✅ Ideas for Creationtide!
✅ Interesting courses and resources!
It's all in our latest Adventures in Faith Newsletter! Read and subscribe via the link in our bio!
August 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
✅ A new church walking tour!
✅ Ideas for Creationtide!
✅ Interesting courses and resources!
It's all in our latest Adventures in Faith Newsletter! Read and subscribe via the link in our bio!
✅ Ideas for Creationtide!
✅ Interesting courses and resources!
It's all in our latest Adventures in Faith Newsletter! Read and subscribe via the link in our bio!
🎵 Don't forget to tune in to BBC Radio 3 today at 3pm!
You'll hear the Choir of @stmaryscathedin.bsky.social, singing Choral Evensong live.
Catch up on BBC Sounds, or hear the re-run on Sunday at 3pm. Link in bio.
You'll hear the Choir of @stmaryscathedin.bsky.social, singing Choral Evensong live.
Catch up on BBC Sounds, or hear the re-run on Sunday at 3pm. Link in bio.
August 20, 2025 at 5:00 AM
🎵 Don't forget to tune in to BBC Radio 3 today at 3pm!
You'll hear the Choir of @stmaryscathedin.bsky.social, singing Choral Evensong live.
Catch up on BBC Sounds, or hear the re-run on Sunday at 3pm. Link in bio.
You'll hear the Choir of @stmaryscathedin.bsky.social, singing Choral Evensong live.
Catch up on BBC Sounds, or hear the re-run on Sunday at 3pm. Link in bio.
❓ Why not step inside an Edinburgh church this Festival?
Some take part in the Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts and the Just Festival...
...while some have their own Festival programmes and host events – including @stmaryscathedin.bsky.social
Link in bio to find a church near you.
📸H Harcus
Some take part in the Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts and the Just Festival...
...while some have their own Festival programmes and host events – including @stmaryscathedin.bsky.social
Link in bio to find a church near you.
📸H Harcus
August 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
❓ Why not step inside an Edinburgh church this Festival?
Some take part in the Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts and the Just Festival...
...while some have their own Festival programmes and host events – including @stmaryscathedin.bsky.social
Link in bio to find a church near you.
📸H Harcus
Some take part in the Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts and the Just Festival...
...while some have their own Festival programmes and host events – including @stmaryscathedin.bsky.social
Link in bio to find a church near you.
📸H Harcus
We will soon move to new premises in Edinburgh.
The main Scottish Episcopal Church office will vacate Forbes House while the building's future is addressed due to maintenance and operational issues.
As we are Forbes House tenants, we must seek new premises too.
Link in bio for full announcement.
The main Scottish Episcopal Church office will vacate Forbes House while the building's future is addressed due to maintenance and operational issues.
As we are Forbes House tenants, we must seek new premises too.
Link in bio for full announcement.
July 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
We will soon move to new premises in Edinburgh.
The main Scottish Episcopal Church office will vacate Forbes House while the building's future is addressed due to maintenance and operational issues.
As we are Forbes House tenants, we must seek new premises too.
Link in bio for full announcement.
The main Scottish Episcopal Church office will vacate Forbes House while the building's future is addressed due to maintenance and operational issues.
As we are Forbes House tenants, we must seek new premises too.
Link in bio for full announcement.
🎉 It's out today!
The Edinburgh City Centre Historic Churches Walking Trail is available now via our bio link. Leaflets are at featured churches.
It's an inter-church venture including our friends from the Church of Scotland and Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh!
📸 P Backhouse
The Edinburgh City Centre Historic Churches Walking Trail is available now via our bio link. Leaflets are at featured churches.
It's an inter-church venture including our friends from the Church of Scotland and Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh!
📸 P Backhouse
July 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
🎉 It's out today!
The Edinburgh City Centre Historic Churches Walking Trail is available now via our bio link. Leaflets are at featured churches.
It's an inter-church venture including our friends from the Church of Scotland and Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh!
📸 P Backhouse
The Edinburgh City Centre Historic Churches Walking Trail is available now via our bio link. Leaflets are at featured churches.
It's an inter-church venture including our friends from the Church of Scotland and Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh!
📸 P Backhouse
✅ Pilgrimage ideas
✅ Children's activities
✅ Interesting courses
✅ Events near you
It's all in our latest Adventures in Faith Newsletter! Read and subscribe via the link in bio!
✅ Children's activities
✅ Interesting courses
✅ Events near you
It's all in our latest Adventures in Faith Newsletter! Read and subscribe via the link in bio!
July 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
✅ Pilgrimage ideas
✅ Children's activities
✅ Interesting courses
✅ Events near you
It's all in our latest Adventures in Faith Newsletter! Read and subscribe via the link in bio!
✅ Children's activities
✅ Interesting courses
✅ Events near you
It's all in our latest Adventures in Faith Newsletter! Read and subscribe via the link in bio!
🌳 It's all go at St Andrew's, Kelso!
They recently joined Kelso Churches Together at a town-centre outreach stand, while twenty-four people attended a Bible Study this month.
Part of the garden at St Andrew's is also being extended, while the church has just run a plant sale!
📸 Rev Canon Bob King
They recently joined Kelso Churches Together at a town-centre outreach stand, while twenty-four people attended a Bible Study this month.
Part of the garden at St Andrew's is also being extended, while the church has just run a plant sale!
📸 Rev Canon Bob King
July 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🌳 It's all go at St Andrew's, Kelso!
They recently joined Kelso Churches Together at a town-centre outreach stand, while twenty-four people attended a Bible Study this month.
Part of the garden at St Andrew's is also being extended, while the church has just run a plant sale!
📸 Rev Canon Bob King
They recently joined Kelso Churches Together at a town-centre outreach stand, while twenty-four people attended a Bible Study this month.
Part of the garden at St Andrew's is also being extended, while the church has just run a plant sale!
📸 Rev Canon Bob King
✨ Launching 24th July is the Edinburgh City Centre Churches Trail!
It features the Church of Scotland, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh, and Episcopal Church!
All welcome to the inaugural Trail Walk, leaving St Giles' Cathedral at 10.30am on 24/7.
📷 Enric/Wikimedia Commons
It features the Church of Scotland, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh, and Episcopal Church!
All welcome to the inaugural Trail Walk, leaving St Giles' Cathedral at 10.30am on 24/7.
📷 Enric/Wikimedia Commons
July 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
✨ Launching 24th July is the Edinburgh City Centre Churches Trail!
It features the Church of Scotland, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh, and Episcopal Church!
All welcome to the inaugural Trail Walk, leaving St Giles' Cathedral at 10.30am on 24/7.
📷 Enric/Wikimedia Commons
It features the Church of Scotland, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh, and Episcopal Church!
All welcome to the inaugural Trail Walk, leaving St Giles' Cathedral at 10.30am on 24/7.
📷 Enric/Wikimedia Commons
✨ A week today, the Edinburgh City Centre Historic Churches Walking Trail is being launched!
Here are some of the Church of Scotland, Episcopal and Roman Catholic churches featured!
All welcome to join the inaugural Trail walk, leaving St Giles' Cathedral at 10.30am on Thu 24th July.
📷Anne Martin
Here are some of the Church of Scotland, Episcopal and Roman Catholic churches featured!
All welcome to join the inaugural Trail walk, leaving St Giles' Cathedral at 10.30am on Thu 24th July.
📷Anne Martin
July 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
✨ A week today, the Edinburgh City Centre Historic Churches Walking Trail is being launched!
Here are some of the Church of Scotland, Episcopal and Roman Catholic churches featured!
All welcome to join the inaugural Trail walk, leaving St Giles' Cathedral at 10.30am on Thu 24th July.
📷Anne Martin
Here are some of the Church of Scotland, Episcopal and Roman Catholic churches featured!
All welcome to join the inaugural Trail walk, leaving St Giles' Cathedral at 10.30am on Thu 24th July.
📷Anne Martin
🌍 Over £10,000 was raised across our diocese for Abraham's Children in Crisis in the Bishop of Edinburgh's 2025 Lent Appeal.
Thank you to everyone who donated. Nine new children have since been supported. Read a letter from the charity via the link in our bio.
📸 B Werner/Wikimedia Commons
Thank you to everyone who donated. Nine new children have since been supported. Read a letter from the charity via the link in our bio.
📸 B Werner/Wikimedia Commons
July 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🌍 Over £10,000 was raised across our diocese for Abraham's Children in Crisis in the Bishop of Edinburgh's 2025 Lent Appeal.
Thank you to everyone who donated. Nine new children have since been supported. Read a letter from the charity via the link in our bio.
📸 B Werner/Wikimedia Commons
Thank you to everyone who donated. Nine new children have since been supported. Read a letter from the charity via the link in our bio.
📸 B Werner/Wikimedia Commons
❗ Make sure Thursday 24th July is in your diary!
We'll be launching an exciting inter-denominational project involving some Edinburgh congregations in the Church of Scotland, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh, and @scottishepiscopal.bsky.social!
All will soon be revealed...
We'll be launching an exciting inter-denominational project involving some Edinburgh congregations in the Church of Scotland, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh, and @scottishepiscopal.bsky.social!
All will soon be revealed...
July 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
❗ Make sure Thursday 24th July is in your diary!
We'll be launching an exciting inter-denominational project involving some Edinburgh congregations in the Church of Scotland, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh, and @scottishepiscopal.bsky.social!
All will soon be revealed...
We'll be launching an exciting inter-denominational project involving some Edinburgh congregations in the Church of Scotland, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh, and @scottishepiscopal.bsky.social!
All will soon be revealed...
❓ Which is your local church?
Perhaps it's St Columba's, Bathgate, in West Lothian.
It's a place of prayer, beauty, calm, love and community.
See what's on at stcolumbasbathgate.org.uk
Perhaps it's St Columba's, Bathgate, in West Lothian.
It's a place of prayer, beauty, calm, love and community.
See what's on at stcolumbasbathgate.org.uk
July 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
❓ Which is your local church?
Perhaps it's St Columba's, Bathgate, in West Lothian.
It's a place of prayer, beauty, calm, love and community.
See what's on at stcolumbasbathgate.org.uk
Perhaps it's St Columba's, Bathgate, in West Lothian.
It's a place of prayer, beauty, calm, love and community.
See what's on at stcolumbasbathgate.org.uk
😌 Many churches offer space for prayer, reflection and community during the week.
🙏 That includes St Peter's Church, #Linlithgow – anyone can come to their Said Eucharist on Tuesdays at 10.30am, which lasts 30 mins.
🐶 They always have coffee and cake afterwards. And dogs are welcome too!
🙏 That includes St Peter's Church, #Linlithgow – anyone can come to their Said Eucharist on Tuesdays at 10.30am, which lasts 30 mins.
🐶 They always have coffee and cake afterwards. And dogs are welcome too!
July 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
😌 Many churches offer space for prayer, reflection and community during the week.
🙏 That includes St Peter's Church, #Linlithgow – anyone can come to their Said Eucharist on Tuesdays at 10.30am, which lasts 30 mins.
🐶 They always have coffee and cake afterwards. And dogs are welcome too!
🙏 That includes St Peter's Church, #Linlithgow – anyone can come to their Said Eucharist on Tuesdays at 10.30am, which lasts 30 mins.
🐶 They always have coffee and cake afterwards. And dogs are welcome too!
🖍 Children and young people are at the heart of our diocese.
🙏 See what they've been up to recently in the latest Youth & Children Newsletter from our Mission & Ministry team!
Link in bio...
🙏 See what they've been up to recently in the latest Youth & Children Newsletter from our Mission & Ministry team!
Link in bio...
July 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🖍 Children and young people are at the heart of our diocese.
🙏 See what they've been up to recently in the latest Youth & Children Newsletter from our Mission & Ministry team!
Link in bio...
🙏 See what they've been up to recently in the latest Youth & Children Newsletter from our Mission & Ministry team!
Link in bio...
😌 Looking for space to reflect?
Taizé services – characterised by simple, repeated songs, silence, prayers and contemplative readings – can be perfect.
Visit St Mungo's, West Linton, and St James-the-Less, Penicuik, for their next Taizé service. stmungoswestlinton.org / stjamesthelesspenicuik.org
Taizé services – characterised by simple, repeated songs, silence, prayers and contemplative readings – can be perfect.
Visit St Mungo's, West Linton, and St James-the-Less, Penicuik, for their next Taizé service. stmungoswestlinton.org / stjamesthelesspenicuik.org
July 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
😌 Looking for space to reflect?
Taizé services – characterised by simple, repeated songs, silence, prayers and contemplative readings – can be perfect.
Visit St Mungo's, West Linton, and St James-the-Less, Penicuik, for their next Taizé service. stmungoswestlinton.org / stjamesthelesspenicuik.org
Taizé services – characterised by simple, repeated songs, silence, prayers and contemplative readings – can be perfect.
Visit St Mungo's, West Linton, and St James-the-Less, Penicuik, for their next Taizé service. stmungoswestlinton.org / stjamesthelesspenicuik.org
🎵 There's music all across our diocese!
It can teach us – something explored by the Revd Oliver Brewer-Lennon in a recent podcast (link in bio).
And it can bring us to prayer – whether in church, via live-stream or on Spotify!
📸 Full post/credits on our Instagram
It can teach us – something explored by the Revd Oliver Brewer-Lennon in a recent podcast (link in bio).
And it can bring us to prayer – whether in church, via live-stream or on Spotify!
📸 Full post/credits on our Instagram
July 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🎵 There's music all across our diocese!
It can teach us – something explored by the Revd Oliver Brewer-Lennon in a recent podcast (link in bio).
And it can bring us to prayer – whether in church, via live-stream or on Spotify!
📸 Full post/credits on our Instagram
It can teach us – something explored by the Revd Oliver Brewer-Lennon in a recent podcast (link in bio).
And it can bring us to prayer – whether in church, via live-stream or on Spotify!
📸 Full post/credits on our Instagram
🙏 There are many ways to pray, and anyone can do it, anywhere.
Why not discover a new method with our new 'Ways to Pray: A to Z' page?
Many of them are explored in a dynamic new resource from St James-the-Less, Penicuik, and St Mungo's, West Linton.
Visit the link in our bio.
Why not discover a new method with our new 'Ways to Pray: A to Z' page?
Many of them are explored in a dynamic new resource from St James-the-Less, Penicuik, and St Mungo's, West Linton.
Visit the link in our bio.
June 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🙏 There are many ways to pray, and anyone can do it, anywhere.
Why not discover a new method with our new 'Ways to Pray: A to Z' page?
Many of them are explored in a dynamic new resource from St James-the-Less, Penicuik, and St Mungo's, West Linton.
Visit the link in our bio.
Why not discover a new method with our new 'Ways to Pray: A to Z' page?
Many of them are explored in a dynamic new resource from St James-the-Less, Penicuik, and St Mungo's, West Linton.
Visit the link in our bio.
Incense. Ritual. Music.
It's what you can expect from churches marking Corpus Christi this Thu 19 June.
Experience the richness of this age-old rite at churches like St Michael & All Saints, Edinburgh (7.30pm), and Old St Paul's, Edinburgh (7.30pm).
📸 Blue Sky Photography (1,3), OSP (4)
It's what you can expect from churches marking Corpus Christi this Thu 19 June.
Experience the richness of this age-old rite at churches like St Michael & All Saints, Edinburgh (7.30pm), and Old St Paul's, Edinburgh (7.30pm).
📸 Blue Sky Photography (1,3), OSP (4)
June 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Incense. Ritual. Music.
It's what you can expect from churches marking Corpus Christi this Thu 19 June.
Experience the richness of this age-old rite at churches like St Michael & All Saints, Edinburgh (7.30pm), and Old St Paul's, Edinburgh (7.30pm).
📸 Blue Sky Photography (1,3), OSP (4)
It's what you can expect from churches marking Corpus Christi this Thu 19 June.
Experience the richness of this age-old rite at churches like St Michael & All Saints, Edinburgh (7.30pm), and Old St Paul's, Edinburgh (7.30pm).
📸 Blue Sky Photography (1,3), OSP (4)
✨ Why not visit one of our churches this weekend?
It's Trinity Sunday tomorrow, when we celebrate God whom we believe to be Father, Son and Holy Spirit. So it's the perfect time.
One such church is St David's, Pilton, North Edinburgh. Visit stdavidepiscopal.org.uk for their service times.
It's Trinity Sunday tomorrow, when we celebrate God whom we believe to be Father, Son and Holy Spirit. So it's the perfect time.
One such church is St David's, Pilton, North Edinburgh. Visit stdavidepiscopal.org.uk for their service times.
June 14, 2025 at 11:01 AM
✨ Why not visit one of our churches this weekend?
It's Trinity Sunday tomorrow, when we celebrate God whom we believe to be Father, Son and Holy Spirit. So it's the perfect time.
One such church is St David's, Pilton, North Edinburgh. Visit stdavidepiscopal.org.uk for their service times.
It's Trinity Sunday tomorrow, when we celebrate God whom we believe to be Father, Son and Holy Spirit. So it's the perfect time.
One such church is St David's, Pilton, North Edinburgh. Visit stdavidepiscopal.org.uk for their service times.
🖍 There's lots on at our churches for toddlers and their parents/carers!
🧸 Why not bring your little one to a mid-week toddler group? Details below and via the link in our bio.
💡 Remember that most groups run term time only, so do check churches' own media.
🧸 Why not bring your little one to a mid-week toddler group? Details below and via the link in our bio.
💡 Remember that most groups run term time only, so do check churches' own media.
June 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🖍 There's lots on at our churches for toddlers and their parents/carers!
🧸 Why not bring your little one to a mid-week toddler group? Details below and via the link in our bio.
💡 Remember that most groups run term time only, so do check churches' own media.
🧸 Why not bring your little one to a mid-week toddler group? Details below and via the link in our bio.
💡 Remember that most groups run term time only, so do check churches' own media.
👐 Everyone is welcome in our churches – even the very youngest!
🖍 We're highlighting several of their early-years groups this June!
🎨 Ninian's Nippers meet Tue 2pm-3.30pm at St Ninian’s, Comely Bank, Edinburgh.
🌳 Link in bio to hear why tots, childminders and parents love it!
📸 Cathy Tingle
🖍 We're highlighting several of their early-years groups this June!
🎨 Ninian's Nippers meet Tue 2pm-3.30pm at St Ninian’s, Comely Bank, Edinburgh.
🌳 Link in bio to hear why tots, childminders and parents love it!
📸 Cathy Tingle
June 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
👐 Everyone is welcome in our churches – even the very youngest!
🖍 We're highlighting several of their early-years groups this June!
🎨 Ninian's Nippers meet Tue 2pm-3.30pm at St Ninian’s, Comely Bank, Edinburgh.
🌳 Link in bio to hear why tots, childminders and parents love it!
📸 Cathy Tingle
🖍 We're highlighting several of their early-years groups this June!
🎨 Ninian's Nippers meet Tue 2pm-3.30pm at St Ninian’s, Comely Bank, Edinburgh.
🌳 Link in bio to hear why tots, childminders and parents love it!
📸 Cathy Tingle
🎉Congratulations to @chchholycorner.bsky.social on 150 years since the laying of their foundation stone!
🎵They celebrated with Choral Evensong attended by @BishopEdinburgh.bsky.social, RC Archbishop Leo Cushley as preacher, and Cllr Robert Aldridge (@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social).
📸Christ Church
🎵They celebrated with Choral Evensong attended by @BishopEdinburgh.bsky.social, RC Archbishop Leo Cushley as preacher, and Cllr Robert Aldridge (@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social).
📸Christ Church
June 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🎉Congratulations to @chchholycorner.bsky.social on 150 years since the laying of their foundation stone!
🎵They celebrated with Choral Evensong attended by @BishopEdinburgh.bsky.social, RC Archbishop Leo Cushley as preacher, and Cllr Robert Aldridge (@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social).
📸Christ Church
🎵They celebrated with Choral Evensong attended by @BishopEdinburgh.bsky.social, RC Archbishop Leo Cushley as preacher, and Cllr Robert Aldridge (@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social).
📸Christ Church