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We offer daily services and a cultural programme of talks, events and concerts. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate
Under the theme ‘Imagine the World to be Different’, our garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show encourages visitors to cherish the earth and one another.
St James’s hosts inclusive services and a cultural programme. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
St James’s is a place to explore, reflect, pray, and support all who are in need. We are a Church of England parish in the Anglican Communion. This is a place for everyone who’s wondering about life’s big questions and striving for a better world.
We host a year-round cultural programme encompassing music, visual art and spoken word, drawing on St James’s rich cultural history including artists, writers and musicians Mary Beale, Mary Delany, William Blake, Ottobah Cugoano and Leopold Stokowski.
We try to put our faith into action by educating ourselves and speaking out on issues of injustice, especially concerning refugees, asylum, earth and racial justice, and LGBTQ+ issues.
We aspire to be a home where everyone can belong. We’re known locally and globally for our unique history and beauty, as well as faith in action, creativity and the arts, and a commitment to social and environmental justice.
We strive to be a Eucharist-centred, diverse and inclusive Christian community promoting life in abundance, wellbeing and dignity for all.
St James’s Piccadilly has been at the heart of its community since 1684. We invite you to play your part in securing this historic place for generations to come.
It costs us £3,500 per day to enable us to keep our door open to all who need us
We know that spiritual sustenance comes in many forms: we hope you enjoy this one. £12 from the sale of each bottle will go directly to St James’s, Charity No. 1133048
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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In this interview, the artist and 2022-23 Royal Academy Starr Fellow Unyimeabasi Udoh talks with Revd Dr Ayla Lepine, Associate Rector of St James’s Piccadilly, about Udoh’s newly commissioned work for the side chapel St James’s. This artwork, Untitled (Altar Piece), will be in the chapel from 18 March until 8 April, across Passiontide, Holy Week and Easter.
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Daria, who is a student at Eaton Square School near St James’s, has written an award-winning poem about homelessness at Christmas. The poetry competition was judged by Stephen Fry, and this poem was commissioned as the first in an annual series for the St James’s Christmas for All Gala Concert.
A new permanent artwork commemorating the 250th anniversary of the baptism of Quobna Ottobah Cugoano has been unveiled at St James’s Church, Piccadilly. Cugoano was one of the most prominent abolitionists of 18th century London and a significant but largely forgotten figure in Black British history.
For Black History Month, Ekow Eshun, curator of Cugoano250, explores the life and legacy of Quobna Ottobah Cugoano, an abolitionist and former enslaved individual in the 18th century, shedding light on his complex experiences as a Black person in London and how he used his writings to advocate for the abolition of slavery.
Associate Rector, Ayla Lepine talks about the life and times of the English portrait painter Mary Beale, one of the few professional women artists in 17th-century London.
Richard Parry, St James’s Creative Director, introduces the new free exhibition ‘Stories of St James’s Burial Ground’.
On Sunday 2 October we celebrated Black History Month with Soul at Saint James.
Our monthly Gospel and Soul singing courtyard event is featuring on the BBC’s Songs of Praise this Sunday 9 October. Lucy talks about are relationship with the Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir and why we created Soul at Saint James.
