Diocese of Edinburgh

Like many others, we made the decision to move away from X. We're now posting over on BlueSky and would love for you to join us! Follow along at dioceseofedinburgh.bsky.social 🦋

Today is Bishop John Armes' last day as @BishopEdinburgh before he retires! We caught up with him one last time to round off over 13 years in post. Good luck, Bishop John, for this next chapter and thank you from us all for your devoted service.

🎵 Congratulations to the musicians from our churches who won prizes in the Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts' Young Composers' Competition! Giles Longstaff (@stjohnedinburgh) took first prize, while Christian Wong (St Peter's, Lutton Place) took third. 📸 I Gibson

🎵 Don't forget to tune in to @BBCRadio3 today at 3pm! You'll hear the Choir of @StMarysCathEdin singing Choral Evensong live. Catch up on @BBCSounds, or hear the re-run on Sunday at 3pm. Link in bio.

✨Step inside an Edinburgh church this month! Some take part in the Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts and the Just Festival... ...while others have Festival programmes and host events – including @stmaryscathedin. Link in bio to find a church near you. 📸 H Harcus

🎉 It's out today! The Edinburgh City Centre Historic Churches Walking Trail is available now via our bio link. Leaflets are at featured churches. It's an inter-church venture including our friends from @churchscotland and @archedinburgh! 📸 Peter Backhouse

🌳It's all go at St Andrew's, Kelso! They recently joined Kelso Churches Together at a town outreach stand, while 24 people attended a Bible Study this month. Part of the garden at St Andrew's is also being extended, while the church has just run a plant sale! 📸Rev Bob King

✨Launching 24th July is the Edinburgh City Centre Churches Trail! It features the @churchscotland, RC Archdiocese of @archedinburgh, and @secsynod! All welcome to the inaugural Trail Walk, leaving @StGilesHighKirk at 10.30am on 24/7. 📷 Enric/Wikimedia Commons

✨A week today, the Edinburgh City Centre Historic Churches Walking Trail will be launched! Here are some of the Church of Scotland, Episcopal and Roman Catholic churches featured! All welcome to the inaugural Trail walk, leaving @StGilesHighKirk 10.30am, 24 July. 📷A Martin

🌍Over £10,000 was raised across our diocese for Abraham's Children in Crisis in @BishopEdinburgh's 2025 Lent Appeal. Thank you to everyone who donated. Nine new children have since been supported. Read the charity's letter via the link in our bio. 📸B Werner/Wikimedia Commons

❗Make sure Thursday 24th July is in your diary! We're launching an exciting inter-denominational project involving some Edinburgh congregations in the @churchscotland, @archedinburgh and @secsynod! All will soon be revealed...

❓ Which is your local church? Perhaps it's St Columba's, Bathgate, in West Lothian. It's a place of prayer, beauty, calm, love and community. See what's on at stcolumbasbathgate.org.uk

😌Many churches offer space for prayer, reflection and community during the week. 🙏That includes St Peter's Church, #Linlithgow – anyone can come to their Said Eucharist on Tuesdays at 10.30am, which lasts 30 mins. 🐶They have coffee/cake after – and dogs are welcome too!

🖍Children and young people are at the heart of our diocese. 🙏 See what they've been up to recently in the latest Youth & Children Newsletter from our Mission & Ministry team! Link in bio...

😌Looking for space to reflect? Taizé services, with simple songs, silence, prayers and contemplative readings, are perfect. Why not visit St Mungo's, West Linton, and St James-the-Less, Penicuik, for their next Taizé service? stmungoswestlinton.org / stjamesthelesspenicuik.org

🎵 There's music all across our diocese! It can teach us – something explored by the Revd Oliver Brewer-Lennon in a recent podcast (link in bio). And it can bring us to prayer – whether in church, via live-stream or on Spotify! 📸 Full post/credits on our Instagram

🙏 There are many ways to pray, and anyone can do it, anywhere. Why not discover a new method with our new 'Ways to Pray: A to Z' page? Many are explored in a dynamic new resource from St James-the-Less, Penicuik, and St Mungo's, West Linton. Visit the link in our bio.

📻 Tune in to @bbcradio4 next week to hear one of our own, The Revd Nick Bowry, speak to @clarebalding about walking the Camino de Santiago – seven times! Catch 'Ramblings' on BBC Radio 4 this Thu 26th June at 3pm or on @bbcsounds. Link in bio for the link and a Q&A with Nick!

🖍On some days, 30 children, parents and carers attend the toddler groups at St Peter's, Lutton Place, #Edinburgh! All welcome on term-time Mon & Thu, 9.30-11.30am, for £1/session. Link in bio for full times and to hear why people love it! 📸1-2 Cathy Tingle, 3 Robert Guthrie