Martes 09:00 - 14:00 Miércoles 09:00 - 14:00 19:00 - 20:00 Jueves 09:00 - 14:00 Viernes 09:00 - 14:00 Domingo 08:30 - 14:00

St.George's Anglican Church, Madrid

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St.George's Anglican Church, Madrid

Sunday 8.30 Said Eucharist, 10.00 Family Service, 11.30 Sung Eucharist | Wednesday 19.30 Evening Prayer

01/06/2026

Our patio is blooming with singing birds, bright colours, and happy smiles! 🌻🐦✨ Every decoration was made by the children for our Summer Bazaar 🎊🩷
Diocese in Europe

31/05/2026

𝓢𝓾𝓶𝓶𝓮𝓻 𝓑𝓪𝔃𝓪𝓪𝓻

What a wonderful day we had last Saturday at our annual Summer Bazaar!

We were delighted to welcome so many friends and visitors who came along to support the event and enjoy everything on offer. Whether taking part in the tombola, browsing the boutique and our array of treasures, or simply relaxing with a refreshment under the fig tree, it was fantastic to see the community come together.

The atmosphere throughout the day was full of warmth, laughter, and generosity, making it a truly successful and enjoyable occasion for all involved.

We are still in the process of balancing the books. Thank you once again to everyone who made the day so special! 🌿🎟️🛍️

Diocese in Europe

29/05/2026

𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲

The early church had no specific day for Trinity Sunday, with very idea not finalised until the First Council of Nicaea in 325 as a means of trying to understand the relationship between God the Creator, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. It was not originally thought to be necessary to celebrate it as the Trinity was part of daily worship, but the heresy of Arianism which rejected the accepted relationship between God and Jesus made it necessary to spell it out. The concept was to be revisited many times throughout the history of the Church. An office to celebrate the Trinity was composed by the Bishop of Liège (903-920) and later the Archbishop of Canterbury composed one in 1292. By the Middle Ages there were days when the Trinity was celebrated and explained in order to try to combat heresies.

St Thomas Becket was consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury on the Sunday after Pentecost 1162 and his first act was to order that the day should be celebrated in honour of the Holy Trinity, thereafter the practice spread from Canterbury to the wider church and in 1334 John XXII decided that it should be celebrated to follow Pentecost. It became part of the liturgy of the Church of England in the Book of Common Prayer 1662 and a popular feast day.

Plants and flowers are often symbols of religious concepts and the Trinity is no exception. Particular flowers are the heartsease from which modern pansies have been bred, chosen for their three coloured petals. The shamrock was used by St Patrick to teach pre–Christian Celts about the Trinity. Another symbolic plant is aloe vera because its new shoots grow in groups of three, first two together then one in between them. The Columbine, symbolising victory over death, became an emblem of the Trinity because its name derived from the “columba”, a dove, another representation frequently seen in depictions of the Trinity. Madrid’s Museo Nacional del Prado houses one of the major masterpieces depicting the “Holy Trinity”, by El Greco. It is one of a collection of paintings depicting the Trinity which are well worth exploring.

Diocese in Europe

27/05/2026

📣 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀

Due to the Papal Visit, on Sunday 7 June we will hold one combined service only at 11:30am.

From Sunday, July 5th, we will begin our summer Sunday schedule:
⛪ 8:30am
⛪ 10:30am

Wednesday Evening Prayer will move online for the summer period.

If you are unable to travel on 7 June, we warmly encourage you to join the Church of England’s online worship via YouTube.

🔗 youtube.com//streams

Thank you for your understanding, and we look forward to worshipping with you this summer. ✨

Diocese in Europe

22/05/2026

𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭

Pentecost is the 7th Sunday after Easter day. It follows the Jewish festival of Shavuot or the Festival of Weeks when thanks are given for the first fruits, the harvest and the Law given to Moses on Mount Sinai. The Christian Church saw a comparison with Jesus as the first fruit and the gift of the Holy Spirit given to the disciples superseding the old law.

The older name for the festival in England was Whit Sunday. Some think that the word “whit” is a derivation of wit meaning wisdom, reflecting the gift of the Holy Spirit to the disciples. Others think that the word may have been derived from “white”, the colour of the clothes that were traditionally worn on this day, a day favoured for baptisms and confirmations. Some churches suggest that congregations should wear red on the day to symbolise the flame of the Holy Spirit. Ordinations sometimes take place at this time, if not on the day, as near as possible to it.

Pentecost started to be celebrated during the second century in the Eastern church and was mentioned by Origen and Tertullian in their third century writings. By some it is known as the “birthday of the church”. Some old and large churches or cathedrals such as Canterbury have a “Holy Ghost Hole” in part of the ceiling. It is there to symbolise the entry of the Holy Spirit. Sometimes doves are lowered through it and it might be decorated with flowers.

Sometimes the scriptures are read in different languages to signify the speaking in tongues that happened to the disciples. It is also the day when the Paschal candle is extinguished to mark the end of Easter. For the rest of the year, it will be lit only for baptisms and funerals or memorial services. As with every festival, customs become associated with them. In Medieval England it was a holiday week with Whit walks, fayres, Morris dancing, cheese rolling and in some areas girls wore and still do wear white. It used to be traditional to celebrate the occasion with new clothes. As with many church festivals, there are many representations in art. El Museo del Prado in Madrid has a very colourful painting “Pentecostes” by El Greco, which is well worth visiting.

Diocese in Europe

21/05/2026

☀️ Everything is ready for this Saturday’s Summer Bazaar at St George’s! 🌴🦀📚🌺

Join us on Saturday 23 May from 11:00–15:00 for a fun community day full of treasures, treats and summer vibes in the heart of Madrid ☀️

✨ Books & cards
🌱 Plants & preserves
🍰 Bar, snacks & sweet treats
🎟️ Raffle & tombola
🎨 Gifted artisans
♻️ Upcycled items stall
👕 Nearly new clothes

📍 Núñez de Balboa 43, Madrid
🚇 Metro: Velázquez
🅿️ Parking: C/Ayala

🎫 Entry: €2
👧 Children free

We can’t wait to welcome you! 💙

Diocese in Europe

19/05/2026

A wonderful Sunday at St George’s for our annual service and AGM. Grateful for the fellowship, reflection, and shared commitment to our community and future. Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to such a meaningful occasion. ✨⛪️
Diocese in Europe

14/05/2026

𝐀𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲

Ascension Day is celebrated on the 40th day after Easter (including Easter Day) which is always a Thursday. This year it falls on Thursday 14th of May, but many churches also celebrate Ascension Sunday during the following weekend.

It is a celebration of the day on which Jesus took the disciples to the Mount of Olives where they watched his ascension to heaven and then returned to Jerusalem to await the gift of the Holy Spirit. Sources are divided as to when Ascension Day began to be celebrated. Some say it dates to 68 AD, and St John Chrysostom (347-407) refers to it as an “ancient” festival. The first written account is contained in a diary of a Christian woman on a pilgrimage in the 4th century in which she describes a procession to Mount Olivet. The timing of it to mark the end of Easter at 40 days after Easter day was fixed by the Council of Toledo in 400.

There are various traditions and superstitions surrounding the day. In the north of England, it is marked by “well dressing”, decorating wells with flowers. In other parts of England people beat the bounds of the parish, walking around the borders of the parish and praying at certain significant places. One superstition is that eggs laid on this day will not go bad and will bring good luck to a household if put in the roof space. Another superstition is that if the day is fine the summer will be long and hot; if wet, crops and livestock will suffer.

Ascension Day is a public holiday in several countries, particularly in
Europe (though not in Spain), Africa, and parts of the Caribbean and Oceania In the 1950’s in England, children were taken as a school to a special church service in the morning and then had the afternoon off as a holiday – no doubt a day they looked forward to!

Diocese in Europe

07/05/2026

𝐀 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐝

Being a shepherd is apparently one of the oldest occupations in the world with archaeological records of contracts of employment between animal owners and shepherds in Iraq dating back from the 16th to 10th century BC. In those ancient days the work of a shepherd was considered very important. Shepherds guarded flocks which gave milk, meat and hides. In order to make sure that these valuable animals had adequate pastures - not always an easy task in the Middle East where rugged land meant that grazing areas could be hard to find - shepherds became semi-nomadic, living apart from the community and working alone or in very small groups.

There are accounts of many sheep in Israel from the time of Abraham onward; the Jews were shepherds first, then farmers. We read that Job had 14,000 sheep (Job 42:12) and that Solomon sacrificed 120,000 (1 Kings 8:63). These were enormous flocks. We can’t be sure of the breed of sheep that existed then, but “fat-tailed” sheep are mentioned in Exodus (29:20) and Leviticus (3:9). This breed exists today: it has a long tail sometimes reaching the ground and was valuable then for the fat stored in its tail, much as a camel uses its hump for water.

The shepherds in the Old Testament include Abraham, Jacob, Moses, and King David, who followed the tradition of the youngest boy in the family becoming a shepherd. The youngest son of working age would then progress to farming with his father and older brothers, passing the job of shepherd down to the next youngest son: for example, Jesse’s eight sons were shepherds one by one (1 Samuel 16:11). They must have had time to ponder the land around them; David’s time as a shepherd is reflected in his psalms, especially the wonderful Psalm 23.

However, long before the time of Jesus, shepherds as a group became despised, perhaps due to their solitary lifestyles. They were considered the lowest of the low and were disliked as menials and outcasts, no better than the hated tax collectors. How ironic that they should have been amongst the first to tell of Jesus’ birth and that Jesus himself used terms such as “I am the good shepherd” and ”The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep” (John 10:11). Christ is also the Great Shepherd (Hebrews 13:20) and the Chief Shepherd (1 Peter 5:4).

But then, starting with his lowly birth and throughout his ministry Jesus demonstrated that he had come to the lowly and outcast. What better group to start with than shepherds?

Diocese in Europe

05/05/2026

Dear members of our congregation,

If anyone else would like to join us on these fabulous walks, on our pilgrimage to the Monastery of Uclés, please let Dawn or Clare know (you can find our numbers in this group). The next walk is scheduled for May 15 or 16 from La Poveda to Morata de Tajuña (aprox 23 kms)

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Dirección

Calle Nuñez De Balboa 43
Madrid
28001

Horario de Apertura

Martes	09:00 - 14:00
Miércoles	09:00 - 14:00
	19:00 - 20:00
Jueves	09:00 - 14:00
Viernes	09:00 - 14:00
Domingo	08:30 - 14:00

Teléfono

+34915765109

Página web

http://www.stgeorgesmadrid.org/

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