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St. Peter’s To Hold 400th Anniversary Exhibit
St. Peter’s Church celebrates its fourth century as the oldest continuously used Anglican church in the Western hemisphere this year and is seeking memorabilia, paintings, photographs, letters, postcards and souvenirs for a forthcoming exhibit chronicling its long history An exhibition to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the St. George’s church... Read more of this article
St Peter’s Church Offers Students Wi-Fi
St Peter’s Church in St George’s is offering a modern technological twist on the concept of opening their doors to the needy, with the 400-year-old Church offering free wifi access to students off visiting sailboats this past Sunday. Over the weekend, students from visiting sailing and training boats could be seen sitting on the Church’s... Read more of this article
St Peter’s Church Gets Royal Title
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, celebrating her Diamond Jubilee, has redesignated St Peter’s Church in St George’s as ‘Their Majesties Chappell’, in honour of the church’s 400th anniversary this year. The first of the Anniversary year’s events will take place on Sunday, March 18th, with a ‘Service to Celebrate the Intituling of St Peter’s... Read more of this article
St Peter’s Church 400th Christmas
Bermuda’s first church, St. Peter’s in St. George’s, began celebrating its 400th Christmas tonight [Dec.24]. Starting at 11pm, the Christmas Eve Candelight Service was held at St. Peter’s, believed to be the oldest continuously used Anglican church in the Western hemisphere. The congregation joined in singing Christmas hymns including... Read more of this article
Students Decorate St. Peter’s Tree
On the eve of celebrating its 400th Christmas, some of the youngest Bermudians this week decorated the tree at Bermuda’s historic St. Peter’s Church. Rev. David Raths called the efforts by students from East End Primary and St. George’s Prep “wonderful”, adding the Christmas tree will be blessed this weekend. “We... Read more of this article
St Peter’s Church To Exhibit Centuries Old Bible
2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, and St Peter’s Church in St George’s is marking this occasion with a special display of the church’s copy of the bible which was printed in London by Robert Barker in 1640. A service to mark this occasion will take place tomorrow [June 26] at 6pm and will consist of Evening Prayer with... Read more of this article
Photos: St. Peter’s 399th Christmas Service
Late last night [Dec 24] St Peter’s Church in St George’s held their Christmas Eve service, which included a traditional service of lessons, carols, candle lighting and a performance by Bermudian violinist Leidi Sinclair. One of the oldest churches in the New World, St Peter’s Church has now hosted 399 Christmas Eve Church services.... Read more of this article
399th Service: 60 Candles at St Peter’s
At 11pm tomorrow [Dec 24] St Peter’s Church in St George’s will be lit with over sixty candles for its 399th Christmas Eve service. A traditional service of lessons and carols will also include Bermudian violinist Leidi Sinclair. This very talented 17 year old attends the Wells Cathedral School in England and also plays with the Wells Symphony... Read more of this article
Duchess Pays Respects: Assassinated Governor
Following the brief church service at St Peter’s Church in St George’s this morning [Nov 14], Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester walked out of St Peter’s Church, turned sharply left and went deep into the eastern part of St Peter’s graveyard. She, alongside Governor Sir Richard Gozney and others, went there so that they could... Read more of this article
Upcoming: Remembrance Sunday in St George’s
This coming Sunday [Nov 15], Remembrance Sunday will be marked by a Wreath-laying Ceremony and Remembrance Service in St George’s with Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester in attendance. The wreath-laying will take place at 10:45am on King’s Square, followed by the Remembrance Service in St Peter’s Church at 11:15am. Hosted by the... Read more of this article
Burglar Steals From St. Peter’s Church
One of Bermuda’s historical and treasured landmarks was broken into, with the Bermuda Police reporting a burglary at St. Peter’s Church in St. George’s. The Police say that it appears that sometime between 8pm on Wednesday and 8am yesterday morning [Sept 30] an unknown culprit gained entry into the premises and stole a quantity of cash. Built... Read more of this article
Three Cantors To Perform At St Peter’s Church
The Three Cantors, a group from the Anglican Church of Canada, will be performing for the first time outside of Canada at St Peter’s Church in St George’s on Saturday 26th June at an evening concert and again the next day at 4pm at a special Festive Evensong. Governor Sir Richard Gozney and Lady Gozney and the Bishop of Bermuda, the Rt Reverend... Read more of this article
