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In St Alfege Church Thursday 8 May 2025 at 7pm

You are invited a service of commemoration and thanksgiving on the 80th anniversary of the declaration of Victory in Europe on 8 May 1945. The service is jointly hosted by the St Alfege Church, Greenwich Ecumenical Borough Deans with Civic Leaders and Royal British Legion Branches. The Right Reverend Alastair Cutting, Bishop of Woolwich will be preaching.

Crypt Open Day – VE Day Celebration

The church’s historic crypt will be open especially for this event. It will be open from 6pm to 7pm and then from 8pm to 8.30pm on Thursday 8 May.

Peer into the crypt’s vaults and imagine how they would have looked 200 years ago. Find out how the crypt was used as a bomb shelter for 40 families during the “Blitz.” Discover spaces usually closed to the public and hear about the colourful lives of those who served and worshipped in this amazing space.

FREE admission. Donations welcome.
Drop in, no booking required.

Service times:

Sundays
8am Holy Communion
   (Book of Common Prayer)
10am Sung Eucharist with Children's
  Church meeting in the Hall

Monthly services on Sunday
3pm Okutendereza mu Luganda,
     a service in Lugandan (2nd Sunday)
5.30pm Abide, a service of meditation and
contemplation (1st Sunday)
6.30pm Choral Evensong (Last Sunday -
except July & August)
No Choral Evensong Sunday 27 April 2025

Weekdays
8.30am Morning Prayer (Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday)
8am Holy Communion (Thursday)
   No weekday services 21, 22, 23, 24 April 2025

Opening times:

Monday	Closed (except bank holidays 11am - 4pm)
Tuesday	11:00am to 4:00pm
Wednesday	11:00am to 4:00pm
Thursday	11:00am to 4:00pm (free recital at 1.05pm)
Friday	11:00am to 4:00pm
Saturday	11:00am to 4:00pm (free recital at 1.05pm)
Sunday	11:15am to 4:00pm

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St Alfege Church is a diverse congregation with a rich musical tradition and a thriving church school. Come along to a service to get a feel for our worship and to meet other people.

There has been a church here for over a thousand years, dedicated to the memory of Alfege, the Archbishop of Canterbury who was martyred on this site in 1012. St Alfege Church was the first London church designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, and many key historical figures in Greenwich's royal, maritime and scientific history have close links with the site including Henry Vlll, Thomas Tallis, General James Wolfe and John Flamsteed.

St Alfege Church stands at the heart of historic Greenwich within the National Maritime World Heritage Site and Royal Borough of Greenwich. The Cutty Sark is close by as is the National Maritime Museum, the Old Royal Naval College, the Fan Museum, the University of Greenwich, Greenwich Park and the Royal Observatory.

Location:

St Alfege Church
Greenwich Church Street
London
SE10 9BJ

Opening times:

Tuesday 12:00 noon to 4:00pm
Thursday 11:00am to 4:00pm
Friday 12:00 noon to 4:00pm
Saturday 11:00am to 4:00pm
Sunday 11:15am to 2:00pm

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Sundays
8am Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer)
10am Sung Eucharist with Children's Church meeting in the Hall

Monthly services on Sunday
3pm Okutendereza mu Luganda, a service in Lugandan (Second Sunday of the Month)
5.30pm Abide, a service of meditation and contemplation (First Sunday of the Month) No Abide Service 6 April 2025
6.30pm Choral Evensong (Last Sunday of the Month).
No Evensong 27 April 2025

Weekdays
8am Holy Communion (Thursday)
8.30am Morning Prayer (Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday)

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