ST GEORGE'S HANOVER SQUARE

  Welcome to the Parish Church of St George, Hanover Square, Mayfair, London W1

St George's was built 1721-1724 to the designs of John James, as one of the Fifty Churches projected by Queen Anne's Act of 1711. The reredos is from the workshop of Grinling Gibbons and frames a 'Last Supper' painted by William Kent in 1724. The windows contain Flemish glass of the early 16th century from Antwerp. George Frederick Handel was a regular worshipper at St George's which is now home to the annual Handel Festival. St. George's has a full time professional choir and a strong choral tradition. Details of all choral services under Services & Music. For more information and pictures click on History link. You are most welcome to come and join us in our worship or join the Friends' of St. George's. Rev'd Roderick Leece, Rector

 

Sunday Services at 8.30am (said) and Sung Eucharist at 11.00am. Friday and Saints Days Eucharist at 12.10 pm. Wednesday Eucharist at 5.45pm. Services & Music

Spring 2010 Newsletter now published.

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St George's launches Restoration Campaign fund for £2.5million Click here for Campaign Website

Music in Mayfair

For full details click here: www.musicinmayfair.org

Handel Festival 2010

For full details of Handel Festival click here.

Dame Judi Dench, Patron of the Restoration Fund said:

"I am pleased to be Patron of the Restoration fund and endorse its cause. St George's Church Hanover Square has served the people of West London for nearly three hundred years but is now in need of repair and renewal. St George's has given to the community in more ways than just spiritually. The annual Handel Festival has just completed its thirty-first season, and the Story of Christmas Appeal of which I am President, has raised over three million pounds for London charities over the past twenty-eight years. It is now time to give something back to St George's. Thank you for any support you may give to maintain this historic grade one listed Church to help it continue serving London for another three hundred years." --

( A complete archive of Sermons may be found on the Sermons button above)

Since 1725 St George's Hanover Square has offered and continues to do so now it has become the Parish Church of Mayfair, a range of services, largely traditional and based upon the Book of Common Prayer, but with occasional alternative expressions of Christian worship. We seek to be a Christian Community in the catholic tradition of the Church standing as a beacon of faith in the heart of Mayfair.

In an age when many are looking for a disciplined way of spirituality and a more reflective, meditative style of worship, St George's has much to offer. The congregation is welcoming, supportive and friendly. The church is open every week day for prayer, Monday to Friday between the hours of 8am and 4pm. St George's belongs to the Diocese of London within the Church of England, which is part of the Anglican Communion, in some countries known as the Episcopal Church.

We seek the witness of God revealed in Jesus Christ through word and deed, primarily through serving the needs of those locally and who visit the area. The church is open daily to visitors and clergy and are usually available to discuss matters of faith and pastoral concern.

Further details under Services & Music

Ship of Fools - Mystery Worshipper report on St George's Church, 24th April 2005 - Click here

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