News at St Olave's
St Olave’s Churchyard Needs You
St Olave Community Churchyard Renovation - The churchyard of St Olave’s is a richly historic site. The house of Sir Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth I’s spymaster, stood opposite. Over this ground Samuel Pepys would have walked from his house in Seething Lane to attend service...
(Updated: 05-02-2012)
New Evening Lecture Series for Olympic Year
Over the last few years St Olave's has proved itself an inviting venue for lectures and 2012 is to be no exception.Starting on 16 January and running every month until 2 July, we will be hosting supper lectures with Graham Fawcett under the title Seven Olympians. The ancient games at Olympus...
(Updated: 03-01-2012)
Peter Turner returns to St Olave’s after 70 years in exile
We are delighted to announce that the 17th century memorial bust of Dr Peter Turner has been returned to St Olave's after an absence of just over 70 years. The finely detailed alabaster sculpture, part of a larger monument, some...
(Updated: 18-07-2011)