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
Evening Concerts – Saturday 12 December 7.30pm – Vivaldi by Candlelight
Enjoy an exceptional candlelight concert this Christmas in the stunning setting of St Olave's Church in the heart of London. Celebrate the season with Vivaldi’s iconic masterpiece The Four Seasons, brought to…
Sunday 13 December 2026 – 11am-12.15pm – 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.
Friday 18th December 2026 – 1PM-2.30PM – Dickens’ A Christmas Carol – with West End Actor Gary Cordice
Come and experience Charles Dickens’ immortal Christmas story A Christmas Carol, brought vividly to life in the historic surroundings of St Olave Hart Street - what Dickens described as his…
Evening Concerts – Saturday 19 December 7.30pm- Vivaldi by Candlelight
Enjoy an exceptional candlelight concert this Christmas in the stunning setting of St Olave's Church in the heart of London. Celebrate the season with Vivaldi’s iconic masterpiece The Four Seasons, brought to…
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.
Tuesday 26th January 2027 – 5.30pm – St Olave Lecture: The Extraordinary Life of Lady Anne Fanshawe
Lucy Moore explores the extraordinary life of Lady Ann Fanshawe: civil war, exile, diplomacy and England's first ice cream recipe. Choral Evensong at St Olave Hart Street (5.30pm-6.15pm) - free…
Tuesday 23rd February 2027 – 5.30pm – St Olave Lecture: Fashion and Femininity in the Age of Samuel Pepys
Marlo Avidon reveals how dress reflected identity, status and and social ambition in seventeenth-century England. Choral Evensong at St Olave Hart Street (5.30pm-6.15pm) - free to attend - followed by…
