March 2021 – St Olaf's Scottish Episcopal Church

Holy Week 2021

Kirkwall Council of Churches – Wednesday 31st March 2021 Last year the coronavirus pandemic stopped us all in our tracks. From one day to the next our regular lives got suspended and we had to find new ways of doing things. It was a month later that the Holy Week began and the Kirkwall CouncilContinue reading “Holy Week 2021”

Holy Week 2021

Kirkwall Council of Churches – Tuesday 30th March 2021 Last year the coronavirus pandemic stopped us all in our tracks. From one day to the next our regular lives got suspended and we had to find new ways of doing things. It was a month later that the Holy Week began and the Kirkwall CouncilContinue reading “Holy Week 2021”

Holy Week 2021

Kirkwall Council of Churches – Monday 29th March 2021 Last year the coronavirus pandemic stopped us all in our tracks. From one day to the next our regular lives got suspended and we had to find new ways of doing things. It was a month later that the Holy Week began and the Kirkwall CouncilContinue reading “Holy Week 2021”

St Magnus Way

St Olaf’s members Pirjo and Stuart Little are trustees of the St Magnus Way and Stuart is currently its Chairperson. The St Magnus Way is a 58 mile long pilgrimage walk opened in 2017 as part of the celebrations of the 900 years since the martyrdom of St Magnus, Orkney’s patron saint. The walk startsContinue reading “St Magnus Way”

Holy Week 2021

During Holy Week, it’s been the practice of the Kirkwall Council of Churches to host a number of services during the week. The lunchtime Reflections in St Magnus Cathedral are led by church leaders and lay people from around Orkney and provide an opportunity to pause for a while and explore aspects of the EasterContinue reading “Holy Week 2021”

COP26

Eco-Congregation Scotland invites us to ‘Get involved with your own church’ and have sent this COP26 update: Eco-Congregation Scotland continues to encourage churches and volunteers across the country to get involved in activities relating to the COP26 United Nations climate conference, still taking place this November at the Scottish Events Campus in Glasgow (pictured above). Continue reading “COP26”