🕯️6 March is the World Day of Prayer, a global ecumenical movement that invites everyone to join in prayer and action for peace and justice, to stand in solidarity with communities near and far, and deepen our understanding of one another.
Take part on Friday:
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The format will be daily prayer with weekly meetings, designed for those with busy schedules looking for moments of solitude.
The retreat is designed to help you seek stillness, and to seek out the "sacred within the ordinary". 2/3
A new retreat brought to us by the Edinburgh Jesuit Church, Ps & Gs Church, and the Epiphany group is now available for booking.
The retreat begins on 1 March and provides an opportunity to deepen your spiritual connection during Lent. 1/3
although giving every child the best possible start in life has always been at the heart of what they do.
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It provides support at the earliest opportunity by offering a range of services across Scotland, utilising the voices of those impacted to create and implement tools for change. The charity has been in operation for just over 150 years, with a long and varied history, 2/3
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This year’s Bishop’s Lent Appeal is for Aberlour Children’s Charity.
Aberlour Children’s Charity works to provide tailored support to families facing poverty, disadvantage and discrimination. 1/3
✂️🎨 Join Godly Play Scotland for a Making Materials Day!
Quality raw materials and tools are provided so you can create your own storytelling objects. The cost is £15 plus the cost of materials made. Tea & coffee are included. BYO lunch.
Booking essential: edinburgh.anglican.org/event/making...
It's a time to talk through your curiosities and address the difficult thoughts and processes in a friendly and supportive atmosphere.
9.30am - 12.30pm
Free, for anyone and everyone
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🕊️ St Marks, Portobello are holding a casual get together on Saturday 28 February to talk through the subject of death and dying, what the funeral process can look like and how to approach the matter in time. 1/2
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🔔 St Mary’s Cathedral has launched a fundraising campaign to raise £15,000 to carry out essential repairs to their Cathedral bells, some repairs which haven't been done since 1935! Read more via the link:
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Photo credit: Peter Backhouse
Rt Rev Dr Dagmar Winter
The Right Reverend Dr Dagmar Winter was elected yesterday as the new Bishop of Edinburgh. She will take up her new post later this year.
Bishop Dagmar currently serves as the Bishop of Huntingdon, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Ely. She is also Acting Bishop of Ely.
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Step in from the cold on Friday 13 February at 7.30pm and enjoy a buffet supper at St Johns, Princes St 🍲
All are welcome, especially those of you that are new to the church. Please rsvp via the form so the wonderful cooks can make sure there is enough food!
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From all of us at the Diocese of Edinburgh, we want to wish a heartfelt congratulations to St James Leith and all involved in their successful Building Links campaign. The Leith community banded together to hold a number of exciting events!
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🏳️🌈 February is LGBT+ History Month, a time to create space to celebrate the rich & diverse LGBT+ communities across the UK.
A morning service will be held at 10.30am at St Peter's, Musselburgh, with time for a byo & share lunch, with seminars and workshops in the afternoon.
Everyone is welcome!
Congratulations to Revd Harriet Johnson, who was instituted as Rector at St Anne's, Dunbar on Sunday 25 Jan. With Harriet is The Most Reverend Mark Strange, Primus and Acting Bishop of Edinburgh, & the Very Reverend Frances Burberry, Dean of the Diocese. We wish Harriet the best for her new ministry
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On Sunday 11th January, Celeste, Connie, Eliana, and William were confirmed at St Peter's Church, Peebles, by Bishop Alan Abernethy.
The service marked a strong sense of commitment and support to the congregation, and we want to wish those confirmed the very best on their journey forward! 👏
The Old Kirk of Weem. The image shows the interior of the church with a wooden ceiling supported by beams. There are large diamond-shaped panels on the walls with painted insignia. There's a stone standing in the foreground and gravestones and other features on the floor of the church.
Some of the amazing things on view in the Old Kirk of Weem, built in 1488 near Aberfeldy in Perthshire to replace an earlier church dating back to 1235; itself on or near the site believed to have been used for worship from around 650. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...
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What a beautiful photo!
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This is the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, and we invite you to come together at one of the joint services this week.
We are asked to draw upon our shared Christian heritage, and to explore more deeply our fellowship in Christ which unites Christians worldwide.
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Do you know about our fortnightly issue of The Communicant? We update you on the news and notices within the Diocese, & it's a great opportunity to connect with other congregations.
You can access The Communicant by following the link to our website below!
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The annual General Synod meeting of the Scottish Episcopal Church is to be held outside Edinburgh for the first time in over 20 years.
From 11-13 June 2026, General Synod will be held in the main conference facility at the Stirling Court Hotel, on the University of Stirling campus.
Towering pink and grey clouds in a blue sky over a hill in silhouette on the horizon
Dawn being all dramatic over Blackford Hill in Edinburgh this morning
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CALLING A BISHOP
The Diocese of Edinburgh is prayerfully looking for a Bishop to lead and support us as we discern God’s call to us in this place and at this time of change and challenge.
More information may be found at buff.ly/lu4aeAp
Closing date: 31 October 2025 at 12 noon
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I am pleased to have joined the six other bishops of @scottishepiscopal.bsky.social, and 31 other UK faith leaders, in signing this open letter to the UK Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It urges them to act to lift more British children out of poverty.
www.scotland.anglican.org.
🎉 There's so much for children and young people going on in our Diocese.
Catch up with the latest update from our Youth & Children team.
Read and subscribe via the link in our bio.
🎵 Congratulations to the musicians from our churches who won prizes in the Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts' Young Composers' Competition!
Giles Longstaff from St John's, Princes Street, took first prize, while Christian Wong, from St Peter's, Lutton Place, took third.
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✅ A new church walking tour!
✅ Ideas for Creationtide!
✅ Interesting courses and resources!
It's all in our latest Adventures in Faith Newsletter! Read and subscribe via the link in our bio!
🎵 Don't forget to tune in to BBC Radio 3 today at 3pm!
You'll hear the Choir of @stmaryscathedin.bsky.social, singing Choral Evensong live.
Catch up on BBC Sounds, or hear the re-run on Sunday at 3pm. Link in bio.
❓ Why not step inside an Edinburgh church this Festival?
Some take part in the Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts and the Just Festival...
...while some have their own Festival programmes and host events – including @stmaryscathedin.bsky.social
Link in bio to find a church near you.
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