You can find our regular service times at this link and details of what’s happening this week here. Our latest listings leaflet can be downloaded here. Please join us over the next few months for our special services and events listed below. Keep checking this page as more information is added:
October 2026
Sunday 25th October 2026 – 11am-12.15pm – Sung Holy Communion on Bible Sunday
Christians believe that through the many voices and stories of the Bible we can hear God speaking to us today. How do we listen? At this special service we will explore what the Bible means to us and how we use and understand it: comparing different translations, thinking about how we approach difficult or challenging passages and asking how Scripture continues to speak into our lives and our world.
Bible Sunday reminds us that we do not read alone. We receive the Scriptures from generations before us and read them alongside Christians throughout the world. Bibles can carry their own histories too, through inscriptions, names, notes and memories which connect the words of Scripture with the lives of those who have read and treasured them. Historic Bibles from the St Olave’s archive will be displayed and we invite you to bring a Bible you use, treasure or find inspiration in as we celebrate the Scriptures and their witness to Christ at the heart of Christian faith.
November 2026
Sunday 1st November 2026 – 11am-12.15pm – Festal Holy Communion for All Saints
We give thanks for all those whose lives have reflected the light of Christ in the world and now share in the communion of saints. Join us for this special service with beautiful music from our choir.
Tuesday 3rd November 2026 – 12.30pm-1.15pm – Sung Holy Communion for All Souls
Join us as we remember all those whom we love but see no longer, with music sung by the St Olave Singers. Please email the parish office with the names of the departed that you wish to be remembered in prayer during the service.
Sunday 8th November 2026 – 11am-12.30pm – Remembrance Sunday –Sung Holy Communion with Music from Mozart’s Requiem
Join us as we remember all who have given their lives in war and pray for peace throughout the world. Our professional eight-part choir will sing movements from Mozart’s Requiem.
Tuesday 10th November 2026 – 5.30pm (Choral Evensong), 6.30pm (Talk) – St Olave Lecture – Seething Lane: Bringing Samuel Pepys and Restoration London to Life
Join us for Choral Evensong with music for the season of Remembrance. Stay afterwards for our next St Olave Lecture. Drawing on his research for The Lost Diary of Samuel Pepys and his new novel Seething Lane, writer and filmmaker Jack Jewers explores the world Pepys inhabited and shares insights from his experience bringing to life this complex character who called this place his ‘own church’. Tickets for the talk are £5 and available at this link.
Sunday 22nd November 2026 – 11am-12.15pm – Festal Sung Holy Communion for Christ the King
Join us as we celebrate the feast of Christ the King, marking the end of the church year.
Sunday 29th November 2026 – 11am-12.15pm – Sung Holy Communion for Advent Sunday followed by Parish Party
We mark the start of the season of Advent, preparing for the coming of Christ at Christmas. Our service of Holy Communion is followed by our Advent Parish Party.
December 2026
Friday 4th December 2026 – 6.00pm-7.30pm – Anglo-Norse Carol Service
We join with our friends from The Norwegian Seamen’s Church in Rotherhithe and the Anglo-Norse Society for a joint carol service celebrating the bonds between the UK and Norway, with traditional English and Norwegian carols! Followed by mulled wine and mince pies.
Tuesday 8th December 2026 – 5.30pm-6.30pm – A Service of Nine Lessons and Carols
Traditional candlelit service of music and readings, followed by mulled wine & mince pies
Friday 11th December 2026 – starting at 6pm at The Ship Inn – Pepys Parish Wassailing
Carolling around our parish pubs in the footsteps of one of our most famous parishioners, Samuel Pepys. Starting at The Ship, Hart Street
Sunday 13th December 2026 – Holy Communion and Christingle Service
The young and young at heart are invited to build and light Christingles, symbolising Christ the light of the world.
Tuesday 15th December 2026 – 12.30pm-1.15pm – Lunchtime Carol Service
Traditional carols and festive music sung by our talented choir. Mulled wine & mince pies to follow.
Thursday 17th December 2026 – 1pm-2pm – Festive Barbershop in Aid of Providence Row
A lunchtime of festive harmonies, silly songs & sparkling wit from award-winning Close Enough Barbershop Quartet in aid of Providence Row.
Friday 18th December 2026 – 1pm-2.30pm – Dickens’ A Christmas Carol – with West End Actor Gary Cordice
Dickens’ A Christmas Carol brought vividly to life by West End actor Gary Cordice, with storytelling, song, mince pies and mulled wine!
Thursday 24th December 2026 -11.30pm-12.30am – Midnight Mass by Candlelight
A midnight service of Holy Communion sung by our choir, celebrating the coming of the Christ child.
Friday 25th December 2026 – 11am-12pm – Christmas Day Sung Holy Communion
Celebrate with joy the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord, with sublime music from our professional choir.
