{"id":3403,"date":"2026-02-07T19:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T19:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saintolave.com\/?p=3403"},"modified":"2026-03-02T11:51:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T11:51:53","slug":"february-march-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saintolave.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/07\/february-march-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"February & March Special Services & Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Please join us for our special services and events at St Olave Hart Street during February & March. Prepare for the start of Lent by joining us for Compline on Shrove Tuesday 17th February at 5.30pm followed by a pancake party. Please join us for Holy Communion on Ash Wednesday 18th February at 12.30pm, with music from The St Olave Singers.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Tuesday 17th February 2026 \u2013 5.30pm-7.30pm \u2013 Compline & Pancakes
<\/strong>Compline by Candlelight in the Crypt Chapel followed by a Pancake Party! Join us in our beautiful medieval crypt chapel for Compline from 5.30-5.45pm \u2013 ancient prayers sung to meditative chant by a priest. Then from 6.00pm-7.30pm join us to share pancakes and find out about other Lent traditions. Find out more about our Lent Course and other Lent resources at this link.<\/a><\/p>

Wednesday 18th February 2026 \u2013 12.30pm-1.15pm \u2013 Ash Wednesday<\/strong>
Join us for this special service of Holy Communion Sung by the St Olave Singers, with Imposition of Ashes, marking the start of the season of Lent.
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Monday 2nd March 2026 \u2013 6.30pm-7.45pm-Lent Course (Online)
<\/strong>\u201cOur Own Church\/God\u2019s Own People\u201d \u2013 Join us to explore the text of 1 Peter over three online sessions during Lent. Find out more and access other Lenten resources on our website at this link<\/a>

Tuesday 10th March 2026 \u2013 5.30pm-6.15pm<\/strong> \u2013 Choral Evensong
<\/strong>Sublime music and traditional evening prayers sung by the St Olave Scholars and Singers, followed by refreshments, then:

Tuesday 10th March 2026 \u2013 6.30pm-7.30pm \u2013 St Olave Lecture \u2013 Job Lousley, Botanist & Banker. Tickets \u00a35 includes a glass of wine.
<\/strong>Botanist Roy Vickery joins us for the first of a new season of St Olave Lectures, exploring the life of Job Lousley \u2013 Botanist & Banker, whose life is memorialised here. Tickets are \u00a35 and include a glass of wine and can be bought at this link.<\/a>

Monday 16th March 2026 \u2013 6.30pm-7.45pm-Lent Course (Online)
<\/strong>\u201cOur Own Church\/God\u2019s Own People\u201d \u2013 Join us to explore the text of 1 Peter over three online sessions during Lent. Find out more and access other Lenten resources on our website at this link<\/a>

Tuesday 17th March 2026 \u2013 5.30pm-6.30pm \u2013 Compline by Candlelight followed by Lent Talk \u201cOur Own Church\u201d \u2013 Commodore Ian Gibb MBE MNM
<\/strong>Commodore Ian Gibb, Elder Brother of Trinity House and member of The Pepys Club, joins us to talk about what it means for St Olave Hart Street to be the Trinity House\u2019s and The Pepys Club\u2019s \u2018Own Church\u201d as well as one of his own, in his talk entitled \u2018From Cadet to Commodore..and beyond!\u2019.<\/p>


Tuesday 24th March 2026 \u2013 5.30pm-6.15pm<\/strong> \u2013 Choral Evensong
<\/strong>Sublime music and traditional evening prayers sung by the St Olave Scholars and Singers, followed by refreshments, then:

Tuesday 24th March 2026 \u2013 6.30pm-7.15pm \u2013 Lent Talk \u201cOur Own Church\u201d \u2013 Dr Carolyn Boulter DL
<\/strong>Dr Carolyn Boulter, former Master of the Clothworkers\u2019 Company, joins us to talk about what it means for St Olave Hart Street to be the Clothworkers\u2019 \u2018Own Church\u201d as well as one of her own!

Monday 30th March 2026 \u2013 6.30pm-7.45pm-Lent Course (Online)
<\/strong>\u201cOur Own Church\/God\u2019s Own People\u201d \u2013 Join us to explore the text of 1 Peter over three online sessions during Lent. Find out more and access other Lenten resources on our website at this link<\/a>

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Tuesday 31 March 2026 \u2013 5.30pm for 6.00pm (rehearsal), 7.30pm (performance) \u2013 Come & Sing Stainer\u2019s \u201cCrucifixion\u201d
<\/strong>Come and join the Hanover Choir and St Olave Singers to sing John Stainer\u2019s – The Crucifixion: A Meditation on the Sacred Passion of the Holy Redeemer<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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