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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
Join St James’s for a Holy Week pilgrimage as we walk the way of the cross together from sorrow to Easter joy. Everyone is welcome at all of our events and services.
17 Feb – 5 April
Joke Amusan’s powerful altarpiece and altar covering for Lent express a story of sacred love, prayer and hope in God’s steadfast presence.
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.
We host a year-round creative programme encompassing music, visual art and spoken word.
We offer hospitality to people going through homelessness and speak out on issues of injustice, especially concerning refugees, asylum, racial justice, and LGBTQ+ issues.
St James’s strives to advocate for earth justice and to develop deeper connections with nature.
We aim to be a place where you can belong. We have a unique history, and the beauty of our building is widely known. Our community commits to faith in action: social and environmental justice; creativity. and the arts
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 £5,000 each day to keep the doors of St James’s open to all who already need us.
A reimagined St James’s realised. A redesigned garden, courtyard and new building capacity—all fully accessible— will provide beautiful spaces for all as well as improving our environmental performance.
Whether shooting a blockbuster TV series or creating a unique corporate event, every hire at St James’s helps our works within the community.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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Sun 22 Dec 8pm
Enjoy a candlelit concert in the run-up to Christmas with a selection from Handel’s masterpiece, The Messiah.
St James’s aspires to be a place where all can belong, and where every person’s gifts and identities are welcome and celebrated. We are working to improve the experience at St James’s in the church building and the online community. We have step-free access from the courtyard to the church, and a toilet for disabled people. The courtyard and Redemption Roasters coffee shop are wheelchair accessible.
Featuring The Piccadilly Sinfonietta Susan Parkes (Soprano) and other operatic soloist to be announced.
Programme
Handel – A selection of highlights from The Messiah
Come and celebrate the hope and light that Christmas brings each winter
Morning Prayer is said in the side chapel Mon, Tues, Thur & Fri at 8.30am, lasting 30 minutes.
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Thur and Fri at 12noon
A chance to gather, share some silence, share some reflections.
Good Friday 3 April 12noon till 3pm
A time to reflect and pray with the wisdom of scripture and poetry
Friday 3 April 7.30pm
Oxford Bach Soloists perform Bach’s moving work on Good Friday.
Holy Saturday 4 April from 7.30pm till 6am
Pray, listen, wait, rest, and eat together
Easter Sunday 5 April 6.15am
A special service that begins in the early morning light
Sundays at 11am
Our main weekly gathering, with music and a warm welcome.
Easter Sunday 5 April 11am
Parish Eucharist for Easter is held, with flowers, trumpets and Alleluias
Tuesdays from 6pm
The Sanctuary service will be held at our partner church St Pancras, Euston Road.
Held each Wednesday morning from 8.30am-9am in the side chapel
Wednesday 8 April 1.10pm
The artist for this lunchtime recital will be selected from the prizewinners at this year’s Senior and Junior Intercollegiate Competitions on March 29th 2026.
Held each Thursday from 1.10pm-1.40pm in church.
Friday 10 April 1.10pm
Young musicians from Junior Academy (Royal Academy of Music) play a varied programme of colourful repertoire for piano, cello and violin.
Thursday 10 April 7.30pm
New Virtuosi Gala Concert will present a programme of solo and ensemble works by Paganini, Wieniawski, Maurer, Dvorak, etc
Saturday 11 April 7.30pm
English Chamber Choir, Vache Baroque & exceptional soloists perform Handel’s Messiah in the Baroque splendour of St James’s Piccadilly.
Sunday 12 April 11am
Author, Episcopal priest and prophetic leader The Rev. Canon Dr. Stephanie Spellers visits St James’s, to preach and help us reimagine the church’s future in an increasingly multicultural, nonreligious milieu.
