St Bartholomew the Great



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Looking down the church from the screen Saint Bartholomew the Great is one of London's oldest churches. It was founded in 1123 as an Augustinian Priory and has been in continuous use as a place of worship since at least 1143. It is an active Anglican/Episcopal Church in that part of London known as the City. The Smithfield area, which includes St Bartholomew's Hospital and Smithfield Market, is popular because of the large number of restaurants, bars and pubs both north and south of the Market. At the heart of it all is a church built when Henry I, son of William the Conqueror, was King of England. It survived the Great Fire of 1666 and the bombs dropped in Zeppelin raids in World War I and during the Blitz in World War II. Today the Church has a reputation not only for wonderful architecture, but also for traditional formal worship, marvellous music and intelligent preaching. It has also appeared in a series of award-winning films including Four Weddings and a Funeral, Shakespeare in Love, The End of the Affair, Amazing Grace, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, and The Other Boleyn Girl. It has also appeared in a number of television programmes including Madame Bovary, The Real Sherlock Holmes, Spooks, and The League of Gentlemen Christmas Special.

The Reverend Martin Dudley BD MSc MTh PhD FSA FRHistS AKC is the 25^th Rector of the Priory Church since the Reformation.

This Week: July 20 ^th to July 26 ^th
Monday	:	6.00 pm	The Parish Office is closed today. Farringdon Ward Club Thanksgiving Service (Choral Evensong) Preacher: The Dean of Westminster. The service is open to all.
Tuesday	:	12.30 pm	Holy Communion
Thursday	:	8.30 am	Holy Communion
Friday	:	8.30 a.m.	St. James, Apostle Holy Communion The Parish Office is closed today.

This Sunday: July 27 ^th, Tenth Sunday after Trinity
9.00 am	:	Holy Communion Preacher: Father Mark Young
11.00 am	:	Solemn Eucharist Missa de angelis Preacher: Father Mark Young
12.30 pm	:	Short guided tour of the Church
6.30 pm	:	Choral Evensong (without sermon) Hylton Stewart in C Call to remembrance Farrant

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