Thank you to the Social Media Team at the City of London Corporation for declaring our cat, Miaow, the City's unofficial "pawster" 😂: youtube.com/shorts/Tlqpf... @dioceseoflondon.bsky.social @churchofengland.org #CatsOnX #CatLovers #churchcats #cathedralcats #cityoflondon

A huge thank you to Diana Cheal and Bradley Smith from The Prayer Book Society, the 109 other humans & Miaow our cat who joined us for our final Choral Evensong of the summer term & had a chance to see Samuel Pepys' Prayer Book. Some more photos on our website: saintolave.com/index.php/20...

Tuesday 14th July 2026 – 5.30pm-6.15pm – Choral Evensong with Samuel Pepys' Prayer Book Music will include compositions from the time of one of our most famous parishioners, Samuel Pepys, who is buried beneath the altar and his own Prayer Book will be on display. saintolave.com/index.php/20...

We had a guest appearance from the church cat, Miaow

Thank you to everyone who joined us Sea Shantying around the parish. Special thanks to the London Sea Shanty Collective for leading us in song, to the Clothworkers Company for supporting the event and to all at our local pubs for such sterling service: saintolave.com/index.php/20...

Miaow has had a sponge bath and found a spot with a gentle breeze! Please join us over the next few days either side of Sea Sunday for special services & events including Sea Shantying & Evensong with Samuel Pepys Prayer Book. All are welcome! saintolave.com/index.php/20...

This amazing painting by Lewis Hazelwood Horner shows the installation of @phillipdawson.bsky.social as Rector here six months ago this week by Bishop Sarah before she became Archbishop of Canterbury.

A huge thank you to Reverend Paula Hollingsworth, Cathedral Chaplain for welcoming a group from our parish to @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social and for allowing us to sit in the Quire for Choral Evensong. Some of the group made it to the top of the dome! More pics at: saintolave.com/index.php/20...

Please join us at St Olave Hart Street on Tuesday 14th July 2026 from 5.30pm for Choral Evensong. We will be showing Samuel Pepys' Prayer Book and other interesting objects from our collection. www.eventbrite.com/e/pepys-chor... @ianvisits.co.uk @thecityofldn.bsky.social

Tuesday 23rd June 2026 – 5.30pm-6.15pm – Choral Evensong. Please join us this evening for glorious music from our choir in our beautiful medieval church and the sublime liturgy of the Book of Common Prayer. saintolave.com/index.php/wh... @thecityofldn.bsky.social @dioceseoflondon.bsky.social

Thank you to @guttekoret.bsky.social & all who joined us to mark 75 years since King Haakon VIIth laid the restoration stone and started the rebuilding of this remarkable church. See more at: saintolave.com/index.php/20... @churchtimes.bsky.social @churchofengland.org @dioceseoflondon.bsky.social

Anniversary Service - Sunday 21st June 2026 11am-12.30pm 75 years ago this week King Haakon VII of Norway laid the Restoration Stone that started the reconstruction of this amazing building. Join us on Sunday as we mark this special anniversary. saintolave.com/index.php/20...

We were delighted to host the first event in this year's European Poetry Festival - a celebration of contemporary Norwegian poetry. How glorious for the church to be filled with such creativity & innovative approaches to performance #poetry #europeanpoetryfestival #norwayinuk

Thank you to the amazing Blackheath Centre for Singing Chamber Choir for a stunning concert of choral music by American composers on Tuesday evening. #concert #singing #cityoflondon #music #choir #choralmusic

A huge thank you to Fr John Barker from our neighbouring parish of All Hallows by the Tower for all his help and support. We will miss him and his wife Ella as they leave the UK to move to Sicily, where John has been appointed as the new Chaplain of the Anglican Church in Palermo

A few pics of some of the lovely people who joined us for guided tours as part of the London Festival of Architecture yesterday. We are still glowing from all the positive feedback! @dioceseoflondon.bsky.social @thecityofldn.bsky.social @squaremilechurches.bsky.social #lfa2026

Join us on Sunday afternoon for guided tours as part of the London Festival of Architecture in the month which marks 75 years since the post-war restoration of the church began. www.eventbrite.com/e/london-fes... #architecture #lfa2026 #londonfestivalofarchitecture #belonging

Join us on Saturday for our next twilight concert - beautiful music in the spectacular surroundings of our medieval church, with concerts perfectly timed to enjoy one of the glorious bars and restaurants nearby afterwards. www.ticketsource.com/ben-schoeman/ @thecityofldn.bsky.social

Tuesday 9th June 2026 – 5.30pm-6.15pm – Choral Evensong. Please join us this evening for glorious music from our choir in our beautiful medieval church and the sublime liturgy of the Book of Common Prayer. saintolave.com/index.php/wh... @thecityofldn.bsky.social @dioceseoflondon.bsky.social

*Special Events and Services in June & July* Sea Shantying, Poetry Festival, glorious classical and choral music, history tours and much more. Join us! Full details at this link: saintolave.com/index.php/20... Details of regular weekly services: saintolave.com/index.php/se...

A huge thank you all who joined us for compline yesterday followed by our latest St Olave Lecture and especially to our guest speaker Professor Kate Loveman for talking about her fantastic book "The Strange History of Samuel Pepys's Diary" saintolave.com/index.php/st... @thecityofldn.bsky.social

St Olave Lecture - Tuesday 2nd June at 6.00pm The Strange History of Samuel Pepys's Diary Please join us this evening Compline at 5.30pm-5.50pm, talk from 6pm. Talk tickets £5 : www.eventbrite.com/e/st-olave-l... #samuelpepys #pepys #elizabethpepys #diaryofsamuelpepys #samuelpepysdiary

Thank you to all who joined us for the world premiere of 'Incendiary', those who supported the church stall at the interval & Debbie, Tom and Henry for running it. We raised funds to purchase these new resources for parents to use when they come to church with their children.

Please join us on Tuesday 14th July at 5.30pm for our final Choral Evensong before the summer break. Pepys' own prayer book, illustrated by 'writing master' Edward Cocker, will be on display. Refreshments follow! www.eventbrite.com/e/pepys-chor... @samuelpepys.bsky.social @thecityofldn.bsky.social

Join us to celebrate our maritime connections past and present & look forward to ‘Sea Sunday’ by singing shanties, led by the London Sea Shanty Collective. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sea-shanty... #SeaShanty #SeaShanties #CityOfLondon @thecityofldn.bsky.social @squaremilechurches.bsky.social

Miaow is very glad it is a little cooler today. He is taking it easy before another busy weekend of special events and services in the church! Join us if you can! Wherever you spend your weekend we hope you have a glorious time. saintolave.com/index.php/20... #cats #churchcats #miaow

Sunday 14th June 2026 – 12.30pm-5.30pm-London Festival of Architecture Guided Tours of St Olave Hart Street – Ruins to Restoration : join us in the month we mark 75 years since the post-war restoration of the church began. www.eventbrite.com/e/london-fes... @thecityofldn.bsky.social

Saturday 30th May 2026 – 7.00pm – “Incendiary” – Samuel Pepys in Words and Music by Hambletts Productions (World Premiere) Pepys' inimitable words are brought to life by Edward Bennett, woven with Grace Davidson's sublime soprano. www.ticketsource.com/hambletts/in... @thecityofldn.bsky.social

Friday 29th May 2026 – 7pm-8.30pm – Twilight Concert by David Pinoit (cello) and Ben Schoeman (piano) performing Bach, Saint-Saens and Rachmaninoff Programme & tickets available at this link: www.ticketsource.com/ben-schoeman... @thecityofldn.bsky.social

Thank you to all who joined us for the Pepys Commemoration Service and Guy de la Bédoyère for giving the Address afterwards, exploring his recent book looking at Pepys’ complex & often to our ears unsettling relationships with and behaviour towards women. saintolave.com/index.php/20...

Please join us over the next few days for concerts, lectures, dramatic performances and song, including our Pepys’ “Mini Festival” exploring the fullness of the character of Samuel Pepys, who is buried here: saintolave.com/index.php/20... @thecityofldn.bsky.social @squaremilechurches.bsky.social

Thank you to all who joined us for Choral Evensong followed by our May St Olave Lecture. This month we welcomed Professor Brycchan Carey to speak about William Turner, a parson naturalist known as 'The Father of English Botany' who is buried here. saintolave.com/index.php/st...

Tuesday 26th May 2026 – 5.30pm-6.15pm – Choral Evensong followed by St Olave Lecture - 6.30pm-7.30pm – William Turner, The Father of English Botany by Professor Brycchan Carey. Talk tickets £5 available online or on the door: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/st-olave-l... #choralevensong #cityoflondon

A great joy to baptise Jack today as we celebrated Whitsun (or Pentecost). A huge thank you to our choir, our amazing bellringers and to Henry for the Pork & Pease lunch, a wonderful way to revive our Elizabethan commemoration! saintolave.com/index.php/20...

Our “Elizabethan Commemoration” was celebrated annually for 280 years until rationing in the Napoleonic Wars put the kibosh on it & revived once in 1954, the year of our rehallowing. Join us tomorrow for the 1st of what we hope will be an annual remembrance once again! saintolave.com/index.php/20...

The Rector visited the Central Criminal Court by invitation of Sheriff & Deputy Keith Bottomley. During the sentencing he observed he heard a victim impact statement which are some of the most powerful words about forgiveness and grace one could hear: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We welcomed a group from The London Film School to record a documentary on our amazing bellringers this week. Our prayers for all those taking exams and submitting coursework in the weeks ahead. #cityoflondon #filming #documentary #students #filmschool

Congratulations to Geoffrey and Ellinor married here last Saturday surrounded by their family and friends, processing out to wonderful bellringing! #wedding #marriage #cityoflondon #ido #bigday #londonwedding #brideandgroom #churchwedding

Thank you to Tim & Pinda Bryars for their kind donation of these lovely new Prayer Books which Isaac has stamped with the church name. We will be using these at Morning Prayer at 8.30am for the first time! Do join us tomorrow for Choral Evensong: saintolave.com/index.php/wh...

On Rogation Sunday (10th May) we revived the tradition of “Beating the Bounds” of the parish. Walking the boundary, looking for parish boundary markers and praying for all those who live, work and visit this glorious part of the Square Mile that we are called to serve.

We revived the tradition of Beating the Bounds today, Rogation Sunday, walking the boundaries of the parish, looking particularly for boundary markers and praying for all those who live, work and visit this wonderful part of the Square Mile which we serve.

Thank you to Steinway Artist and award-winning pianist Ben Schoeman who performed the first in our series of twilight concerts on Saturday. Join us again on Friday 29th May at 7pm and Saturday 13th June at 7pm ticketsource.com/ben-schoeman/ #concert #cityoflondon #piano #recital #classicalmusic

Lovely sunny weather meant cream teas in the churchyard after the Bellringers AGM on Saturday. Thank you to Alex and all the committee who have served over the last year. Congratulations to Hattie on becoming Master and Clara becoming Secretary for the year ahead. #bellringing

Sunday 10th May 2026 – 11am – 1pm – Sung Holy Communion for Rogation Sunday followed by The Beating of the Parish Bounds We revive an ancient tradition involving walking the boundaries of the parish giving thanks for the glorious part of the City of London we serve. saintolave.com/index.php/wh...

Tuesday 12th May 2026 – 5.30pm-6.15pm – Choral Evensong as part of the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music The choir will sing new liturgical music from living composers as part of the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music. saintolave.com/index.php/wh...

Pepys "Mini Festival" at St Olave Hart Street - May 2026 Join us this May in his "own church" and burial place to explore the life and legacy of Samuel Pepys in all his fullness. saintolave.com/index.php/20... #samuelpepys #london #history @thecityofldn.bsky.social @dioceseoflondon.bsky.social

Lots happening here at St Olave Hart Street over the next few weeks. Do join us when you can - and invite your friends! Full listings on our website at this link: saintolave.com/index.php/20... @dioceseoflondon.bsky.social @thecityofldn.bsky.social

Award-winning pianist Ben Schoeman embarks on a twilight concert series here at St Olave Hart Street. Beautiful music in the spectacular surroundings of our medieval church. Join us on Saturday at 7pm: www.ticketsource.com/ben-schoeman/ @thecityofldn.bsky.social

It was a great pleasure to welcome a group from the Friends of City Churches this morning & share some of the wonderful stories from the history of this amazing church as part of their day touringchurches in the Eastern Square Mile. @squaremilechurches.bsky.social @thecityofldn.bsky.social

Tuesday 5th May 2026 – 5.30pm-5.50pm Compline by Candlelight Join us this evening for ancient prayers sung to meditative chant by candlelight in the surroundings of our beautiful medieval crypt chapel. All welcome! #cityoflondon #cityoflondonchurches #compline @thecityofldn.bsky.social