HOLY WEEK
Sunday 29th March
Palm Sunday
10.45am Blessing of Palms, Procession & Sung Eucharist
beginning in Mount Street Gardens
Preacher:
The Revd Stephen Coleman
Thomas Weelkes
Hosanna to the son of David
Jacob Handl Missa Undique Flammatis
T.L.de Victoria St Matthew Passion
Anton Bruckner Christus factus est
Holy Tuesday, 31st March
9am Morning Prayer
12.30 pm Said Eucharist
1.10pm – 1.50pm Music
for Holy Week
with the Grosvenor Chapel Choir
Anthems and motets by Victoria, Peter Philips, Thomas Morley, John Blow, Michael Wise, John Goss, John Stainer & F.A.G Ouseley, Chorale Preludes by J.S. Bach.
All welcome - admission free,
no booking required.
Holy Wednesday, 1st April
7.00 pm Ecumenical Stations
of the Cross
beginning at Farm Street RC Church and ending at Grosvenor Chapel with refreshments
Maundy Thursday, 2nd April
6.30 pm Solemn Eucharist of the Lord’s Supper
with the washing of feet, stripping of the altars, and watch until 10pm
Orlandus Lassus Missa Octavi Toni
C.V.Stanford Gloria in C;
Maurice Duruflé Ubi caritas
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Love bade me welcome
Thomas Tallis O sacrum convivium
Thomas Tallis The Lamentation
of Jeremiah
Good Friday, 3rd April
12.00 noon Solemn Liturgy of our Lord’s Passion
Plainsong The St John Passion
John of Portugal Crux Fidelis
T.L.de Victoria The Reproaches
Francis Poulenc Timor et tremor
Easter Eve 4th April
7pm The Easter Vigil
with the lighting of the new fire and the first Eucharist of Easter
followed by celebratory refreshments
Philip Moore Missa in Tempore Paschalis
John Taverner Dum transisset sabbatum
G.P. da Palestrina Sicut cervus
Easter Sunday 5th April
11am Festival Sung Eucharist
with orchestra, followed by celebratory refreshments
Walford Davies O sons and daughters
W.A.Mozart Missa Solemnis in C K337
G.F.Handel The Hallelujah Chorus
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Two Trumpets
CHAPEL OPENING TIMES
The Chapel is normally open to visitors Monday - Friday 8am to 2.30pm. The Chapel is also open on
Saturdays for Occasional Offices and on Sundays for the 11am Sung Eucharist. Exceptons to weekday opening times are public holidays, private bookings, and staff annual leave.
ACCESSIBILITY
Step-free access to the Chapel is via a ramp through the main entrance. Please arrange in advance by contacting the Chapel office.
Audability: The Chapel's soundsystem is suitably fitted with
a loop system for pews directly
beneath the south gallery
ORGAN SCHOLARSHIP
Applications are invited for the Champniss Organ Scholarship from September 2026. Please see the music pages for further details.
Grosvenor Chapel Congregation
The Christian community at the Grosvenor Chapel is a diverse group of people united by our common discipleship of the Lord. Most of us come here because we live here or have been brought by friends.
We are a mixed bunch of old and young, rich and poor, black and white, residents and visitors, married and single, gay and straight. Everybody, in other words, is wanted and everybody is welcomed.
We are joined many Sundays by visitors from overseas, especially the United States of America, with whom the Chapel has a special connection, as in previous years the nearest Episcopal Church to the American Embassy, and as the place of worship for the United States Armed forces under General Eisenhower during World War II.
Why do we meet?
We meet every Sunday to celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord in the unbroken tradition of the Church, by reading and meditating on the Scriptures and sharing the Eucharist meal.
Our worship is characterised by:
Celebration of Scripture
Every year we read through one of the Gospels. Sermons follow related themes designed to connect Scripture to our everyday lives.
Celebration of the Lord's supper
We gather round the Lord’s table every Sunday to become his body of Christ in the world, that this may be transformed in the love of God.
Celebration of life
We give thanks to God through the beauty of music, prayer, liturgy, silence and symbol. By being drawn into the mystery of God, we celebrate our whole lives and renew them in the power of the Holy Spirit.
What do we stand for?
We seek to be a “Christian Community in the liberal catholic tradition of the Church, standing as a beacon of faith in the heart of Mayfair”.
By liberal we essentially mean generous, as God is generous to us, and open to new ideas and challenges of proclaiming the teachings of Christ today.
By Catholic we mean a faith marked by wholeness in our lives and in our faith; unity with the rest of the Christian Church, and a belief which is embracing, not narrow - inclusive, not exclusive.
And we seek to respond to God in our whole being: body, mind, emotions, through worship, life, intellect and spirit as the way to health and wholeness.
Reaching out
We seek to be at the “heart of Mayfair”. We wish to offer faith and hope and a renewed call to a spiritual vision of life and the earth, as we discover this in the life and teaching of the Lord.
To this end:
The Chapel is open to visitors Monday to Friday from 9am to 5 pm for people to pray, or simply enjoy some peace and quiet in a holy space.
Personal and pastoral contacts are established to provide help and spiritual counselling for individuals.
Spirituality courses and studies are run regularly throughout the year to enable people to discover a spiritual vision of their lives.
Musical recitals, concerts and other cultural events take place during the year, meeting a range of interests.
We celebrate the lives of the people in the community through baptisms, weddings, memorial services and other occasions.
We invite you:
- to join a growing church;
- to bring to our world a renewed spiritual vision of life and the earth;
- to make Christ known to people today.
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