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Welcome

to the website of the Anglican parish of St George-in-the-East with St Paul, proud to serve a diverse and rapidly-changing community in London's East End.

We are between the City and Docklands, along The Highway - click here for a local map.

The area includes extremes of wealth and deprivation, and has been home to many generations of immigrant groups (the majority now are Bengali), alongside lifelong East Enders, and City professionals.

We are a parish of the Diocese of London in the Stepney Episcopal Area and the Deanery of Tower Hamlets, working with other Christians of many traditions and denominations. We are 'clustered' with St Mary Cable Street, St Paul Shadwell, St Peter London Docks and St Dunstan & All Saints Stepney.

Our parish school is St Paul's Whitechapel CE Primary School.

As you will discover from this site, the parish has a rich and fascinating history, with many stories to tell - there are lots of links to more detailed sources of information.

More important, we are a living church, with a mission for the 21st century.

parishprayer

The church is normally open daily from 8am to 5pm
Guided tours are welcome, but please book first (020 7481 1345 or rector@stgite.org.uk)
Please contact the webmaster with any comments about this site, or to add your name to the confidential parish email list to receive regular updates about parish events.
Here is our most recent annual report.
If you would like to make a donation to help us maintain our building and its ministry, or to get an electoral roll form, click here for details.

A recent comment on this site comes from Joel Pullin, who attended worship here in August 2011. He says St George-in-the-East’s history is unbelievably vast and the church’s website is like an online library dedicated to a single building. In comparison to other Hawksmoor churches' websites, the flash graphic design of Christ Church at Spitalfields website or the user friendly format of St Anne's, St George's is more interested in historical substance than online style. The website is a sprawling labyrinth of information and a testament of love to the church’s history. Quite right: while we apologise that our site is graphically amateurish, it is indeed passionate about the rich history of our patch!

CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY 2012

Sun 5 3 before Lent - All-Age Parish Eucharist 10.15am

Tue 7 Eucharist 12.30pm Tower Hamlets Interfaith Forum 6pm, Account3, Birkbeck St E2 6YJ

Wed 8 Parochial Church Council 7.30pm

Fri 10 Funeral of Harold Allwood 11am · schools close for half term

Sun 12 2 before Lent - Parish Eucharist 10.15am

Tue 14 Eucharist 12.30pm

Wed 15 Shadwell Forum at Darrul Ummah

Sun 19 Sunday next before Lent - Parish Eucharist 10.15am

Mon 20 schools open

Tue 21 Shrove Tuesday Eucharist 12.30pm

Wed 22 Ash Wednesday - Soup and pancakes in the Rectory 7pm followed by Eucharist and imposition of ashes in church

Sun 26 Lent 1 - Parish Eucharist 10.15am

Tue 28 Eucharist 12.30pm · Standing Committee 8pm · Deanery Synod 7.30pm

March

Sun 4 Lent 2 - All-Age Parish Eucharist 10.15am