{"id":3830,"date":"2026-04-21T22:05:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saintolave.com\/?p=3830"},"modified":"2026-04-21T22:21:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:21:23","slug":"restoration-anniversary-service-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saintolave.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/restoration-anniversary-service-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 21st June 2026 at 11am &#8211; Restoration Anniversary Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3830\" class=\"elementor elementor-3830\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a1eb402 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2a1eb402\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c56d71d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c56d71d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"yiv1143618006p1\"><strong><span class=\"yiv1143618006s3\">Join us as we mark the 75th anniversary of the laying of the first stone by the King of Norway, which began the restoration of this church after bomb damage in WW2.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1143618006p1\">We will be joined by fifty members of Nidarosdomens Guttekor &#8211; the choir of boys and men from Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim (where Olaf is buried) for a special service of Holy Communion. The service will incorporate a commemoration of the seventy fifth anniversary since the laying of the restoration stone by the King of Norway &#8211; which started the process of rebuilding the church after WW2. <br><br>We welcome the priest and people of the Norwegian Church in Rotherhithe. Other special guests will include The Archdeacon of Charing Cross and a representative of the Ambassador of Norway. We will have a parish party in the churchyard afterwards. 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