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Easter masses in London

Posted on April 3, 2012October 17, 2022 by worldcityguides

Many people travel away for Easter, and popular destinations like Paris, London and Rome are packed with people during such holidays as Easter. In Paris for example there will be several Easter masses in the Sacre Coeur and in the Notre-Dame church, but if you are looking for some similar church services in London, where and when should you go?

Westminster Abbey
In the Westminster Abbey there will be several masses during Easter. Here you will find a list presenting the most important Easter masses in Westminster Abbey.

Friday 6th, 12:30 – Devotions at the Cross
Friday 6th, 15:00 – Solemn Liturgy of the Passion and Death of Our Lord

Saturday 7th, 15:00 – Evensong
Saturday 7th, 20:00 – Vigil and First Eucharist of Easter

Sunday 8th, 8:00 – Holy Communion
Sunday 8th, 10:30 – Sung Eucharist
Sunday 8th, 15:00 – Festal Evensong and Procession
Sunday 8th, 17:45 – Organ Recital
Sunday 8th, 18.30 – A Service of Readings and Music for Easter.

St. Paul’s Cathedral
If you would like to go for an Easter mass in the St. Paul’s Cathedral, here comes a list presenting the different options.

Friday 6th, 10.00 – Mattins and Litany in Procession
Friday 6th, 12:00 – The Three Hours: The Solemn Liturgy of Good Friday
Friday 6th, 15:00-18:00 – Open church for prayer and contemplation

April 7th, 19:00 – The Easter Liturgy with Baptism and Confirmation and the
First Eucharist of Easter

April 8th, 5:45 – Dawn Eucharist
April 8th, 10:15 – Choral Mattins, Preacher: The Bishop of London
April 8th, 11:30 – Sung Eucharist, Preacher: Canon Mark Oakley
April 8th, 15:15 – Festal Evensong, Preacher: Prebendary Nicholas Mercer
April 8th, 18:00 – Holy Eucharist

If you would like to visit a Pentecostal church in London, then why not check out the Easter services in Kensingtom Temple or in Hillsong? Hillsong Church meets in the Dominion Theatre Easter Sunday at 11am, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm and 7pm. Kensingtom Temple meets by Notting Hill Gate this Sunday at 9am, 11am, 2.30pm, 5pm & 7pm.

God bless you all and happy Easter holiday!

Spring in London

Posted on March 20, 2012 by worldcityguides

With Spring just around the corner, or some might say that it has already arrived, there are plenty of activities to enjoy in the beautiful city of London. A walk along the Themes in itself is a beauty, and maybe especially in the evening. If you are a bit lazier, than a river cruise might suit you even better. If you are interested in football, then the Premier League is closing up, so why not check up on your favorite team in London and maybe visit the majestic arena for the Arsenal matches, the Emirates Stadium?

The culturally interested will always find great activities in London, and in March and April there will be quite a lot of great concerts coming up. Maybe Il Divo will be the highlight? If you are more into musicals and theater, then the constantly ongoing musicals like Thriller, Mamma Mia or maybe Les Miserables might tempt you to visit London?

But, who says that you have to choose between the already mentioned activities? Why not start your evening with some food, go for a walk along the Themes, check out a musical, go to sleep, wake up the next morning for a cruise on the river, and then in the afternoon check out Tottenham, Arsenal or Chelsea as they play?

If you are very cultural, and feel more tempted to visit a museum, then there are lots of exhibitions, temporary and permanent ones, available in the different London museums at the moment. Read more about the different London museums and the ongoing exhibition at our London museums page.

We hope this article has increased your appetite for London. See you soon, and bring your shorts, the weather in London is quite nice!

Lady GaGa might be coming to London in 2012

Posted on March 2, 2012February 27, 2012 by worldcityguides

We have catched some rumous telling that Lady GaGa might come to London in July 2012. Nothing can be known for sure yet, but as soon as we get more information about the matter we will write it here. The venue is supposed to be the Twickenham Stadium, but that is not confirmed either.

So, this is only to give the news that she might come in 2012, but we will come back with information as we know more on the matter.

Top 10 list – London activities

Posted on February 16, 2012February 16, 2012 by worldcityguides

Are you wondering what to do while in London? If you trust in the thoughts of others, and would like to go the the places most popular in London, we have a list here presenting some of the most popular activities in London. Quite some of these are museums with millions of visitors every year, and quite a lot of these have free entrance, making it both cheap and interesting.

Top 10 London activities
– British Museum – the incredible museum by Tottenham Court Road
– National Gallery – fantastic art in the centre of London
– London Eye – beautiful view
– Madame Tussauds – wax figures
– Tower of London – one of Londons most famous buildings
– Museums of Greenwich – for example the Royal Observatory
– Victoria and Albert museum – interesting for everyone
– Science Museum – where you can try yourself, not only see
– Natural History Museum – see a life-sized Blue Whale
– Tate Modern – beautiful art museum

This list is based on the visitor numbers from 2010.
Source: visitlondon.com

Barmy Britain in Garrick Theatre

Posted on February 15, 2012February 20, 2012 by worldcityguides

If you would like to get to know the history of Britain in a different way, then you better head over to the Garrick Theatre between February 14th and September 1st in 2012. On display is the history of Britain in this theater piece named Barmy Britain. The performance has earlier been on display in Birmingham, and not it is finally coming to London.

The official description of Barmy Britain from their webpage is as follows:
We all want to meet people from history. The trouble is everyone is dead! So it’s time to prepare yourselves for HORRIBLE HISTORIES live on stage with the world premiere of BARMY BRITAIN!

Have you ever wondered why the Romans never won MasterChef? What if a Viking moved in next door? Would you lose your heart or head to horrible Henry? Will Parliament escape gunpowder Guy? Enrol yourself at Georgian Crime School, dare to dance the Tyburn jig and find out what a baby farmer did!

Set in loathsome London, the BSC proudly present the world premiere of BARMY BRITAIN following their acclaimed productions of Terrible Tudors, Vile Victorians, Awful Egyptians and Ruthless Romans. Don’t miss this horrible history of Britain with the nasty bits left in!

If this sounds interesting, check out Barmy Britain in the Garrick Theatre now. The address of Garrick Theater is: Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0HH. If you are not so interested in Barmy Britain, why not visit some other London theatre for a nice musical or theater performance? Information about London musicals and theatres.