At 7.00pm on Thursday 31st October we shall keep the feast of All Souls at St Paul’s, celebrating the great Christian hope of paradise and life eternal and creating space for individual remembrance. This solemn yet uplifting service is open to everyone.

Since the Reformation, Anglican tradition has linked the feast of All Souls with a time of thanksgiving for the souls of the faithful departed but also for those “whose faith is known to God alone”.

Join us for a service comprising beautiful sacred music, readings and prayerful silence, plus the opportunity to light a candle in memory of a loved one. A candle can also be lit in gratitude for the life of a Christian person, who has been instrumental in our Christian journey,  even if we’ve never met them, 

All are welcome to attend and to stay for as long as they wish.

The origins of All Souls can be traced to the very earliest days of the Church and form part of our liturgy today. Inscriptions for prayers and remembering the dead have been found in the catacombs of Rome, and in the Creeds we affirm our belief “in the communion of saints”, based on Jesus’ teaching that there is something beyond mankind’s limited understanding of life and death.