It is 400 years since Sir Henry Wotton’s embassy from King James I to the Most Serene Republic brought the first Anglican Chaplain, Nathaniel Fletcher, to Venice in 1604/5. 
Anglican Chaplains always accompanied both resident and extraordinary diplomatic missions until the Venetian Republic was ended by Napoleon. After the Congress of Vienna, Great Britain established a consulate in Venice and Anglican services were held there by visiting clergy.
Location(s)
Your first point of reference is the famous art gallery Accademia Dei Belli Arti and its waterbus stop "Accademia".
The waterbus ("vaporetto") numbers to catch are 1 or 2 to Accademia. If instead you are in the St. Mark's area, it's not very far on foot (20 minutes from St.Mark's Square); just head for Accademia and cross the wooden bridge over the Grand Canal.
At the foot of the bridge at Accademia, keep to the left, skirting the large Gallery building and then take the second alley turning on the left: Calle Nuova St. Agnese. There is a sign up above the glass shop on the corner To St. George's Church.
After 100 yards, cross the bridge, which leads straight into Campo St. Vio, with St. George's handsome, bronze (War Memorial) doors opposite and just to the left.
(The building exterior has just been restored, so this is not exactly what you will see! We will update the photo soon)
Welcome!
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The builders arrived on 10th June and started work on stage 3 of our Appeal projects. This means the development of the rear premises of the church, to provide, on the ground floor, two new WC cubicles, a (very) small kitchen space where we can make coffee and tea, a much expanded space for preparing other refreshments or church flowers, etc, by the removal of the vestry. Then upstairs a new Upper Room where we can have the vestry, but more importantly where I and future Chaplains can have a study which will enable us to be present in church much more often, and so keep it open.
Ecumenism is the technical word for the Unity of all the Christian Churches, and it's something I've always been keen on. I even wrote a paper about it in my School days at Marlborough.
This was what happened on 27th April, in the words of one of our members who e-mailed afterwards: "That was the most amazing meeting! The excitement and enthusiasm were incredible ."
It was the Annual Meeting we held after our joint Chaplaincy Service (Venice and Padova together), and indeed, it was richly blessed, but I couldn't really have put 'Annual Meeting' as the title of this, or you wouldn't have bothered to open it!
Location(s)
Mattins, or Morning Prayer, using the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
with hymns and Organ accompaniment.
(The Holy Communion (with sermon) will take place in the evening at 6.30pm.)
Location(s)
Mattins, or Morning Prayer, using the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
with hymns and Organ accompaniment.
(The Holy Communion (with sermon) will take place in the evening at 6.30pm.)