Welcome

The Church of St James the Greater, in the Diocese of Leicester, in the East Midlands, can be found just to the south of the centre of the City of Leicester, on the main A6, opposite Victoria Park.

With a design influenced by the great cathedral of Torcello in the Venetian lagoon, it was built between 1899 and 1914, to serve the expanding city of Leicester.

There is a thriving congregation, and the worship is varied, maintaining the best of the Anglican tradition, liturgically and musically, attracting people from all walks of life and from all over the county of Leicestershire and beyond.

The Ministry Team are here to offer support, advice and practical help at all the important times in family life.

Whether you want your baby baptised, a wedding service in church, need support when a death occurs, or just someone to talk to about the christian faith, the clergy are here to assist.

Our normal Sunday services of
1030 Choral Eucharist and 1830 Choral Evensong
have resumed

The legal restrictions around Covid-19 have been lifted, but we are still being urged to remain careful, especially where large numbers are assembled. This means that the way we worship needs to reflect this cautious approach. If you are with us, you will find that we are still using some of the measures we had in place during the pandemic, for example, hand sanitiser is available and the use of a face mask and completion of the Track and Trace form is voluntary. If you have any questions about these measures, please speak to the Wardens on duty.

However, somethings that we started during the pandemic are set to continue.

Livestreaming

Now that most people are returning to worship in person, we have decided to pause livestreaming our regular Sunday services on our YouTube channel. From time-to-time we will still stream special services.

Online Compline (Wednesdays at 2100)

The service will be online via Zoom and participants can join in the responses as they wish (but with mic's muted). There will be some parts sung by a small group from the choir and the words of the service will be shown on screen.

The meeting connection information is published weekly in the leaflet and the Order of Service may be downloaded beforehand.

THE SHELL MAGAZINE

The Shell continues to be published, just not in hard copy for the foreseeable future, but as usual in glorious technicolour here on the website. The latest edition is available here.

The Winter 2021 edition is dedicated to The Very Reverend Derek N. Hole Hon DLitt, Hon LLD (5th December 1933 - 4th September 2021), who was Vicar of St James the Greater from 1973 to 1992