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Servicemen and women from the UK, from the wider Commonwealth and from Germany and Ukraine – together with local inhabitants of Hamburg – gathered at Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Hamburg on Thursday, 8 May 2025.

Led by Canon Colin Williams, they marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, commended those servicemen whose remains are interred there to God’s safe keeping and prayed for peace. Wreaths were laid by representatives of the UK and German Armed Forces. At the conclusion of this time of
prayer, the Last Post was sounded in honour of those whose sacrifice had made possible the end of hostilities in Europe on 8 May 1945.

Ohlsdorf Cemetery is the largest non-military cemetery in the world. Covering 389 hectares, the parklike cemetery is also Hamburg’s second largest green space. Among its many graves is a Commonwealth War Graves site containing more than 2,500 burials, mostly of British and Commonwealth servicemen who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars. The Second World War plot alone contains 1,466 burials, mostly of servicemen who died with the occupying forces, or airmen lost in bombing raids over Germany.

Join us as we journey from Palm Sunday to Easter Day:

SUNDAY 13 April
10.30 Palm Sunday; Liturgy of the Palms & Liturgy of the Passion; President & preacher: Revd Canon Colin Williams

MONDAY 14 April
18.00 Stations of the Cross

TUESDAY 15 April
20.00 Stations of the Cross

THURSDAY 17 April
19.00 Maundy Thursday; President & preacher: Revd Canon Colin Williams

FRIDAY 18 April
13.30 Good Friday; President & preacher: Revd Canon Colin Williams

SATURDAY 19 April
20.30 Easter Vigil

SUNDAY 20 April
10.30 Easter Day; President & preacher: Revd Canon Colin Williams

All services at Zeughausmarkt 22, 20459 Hamburg

You can download a PDF here

A new edition of our chaplaincy magazine, Becket News, is hot off the virtual press, including lots of news from our groups and details of all the Holy Week and Easter services. You can read it here.

Our walking group, the Church Wanderers, meets for the first time this year on 8 March for a central Hamburg walk, about 6km. We’re starting at 10 a.m. at U St. Pauli to walk through the Wallanlagen and by the Alster. Please contact Jo on wanderers@anglican-church-hamburg.de if you want to join us.

It’s been a while, but there’s finally a new edition of our chaplaincy magazine, Becket News, with news from our church and the wider diocese. You can read it online or download it here.

On Sunday, 1 December at 6.30 p.m. the Anglican Consort will be singing our annual Advent Carol Service, with readings and Advent music, including by contemporary female composers. Of course, there will be carols to join in, too. Do come along – and wrap up warm!

Firstly, fulsome thanks to Irene Windsor and Christian Nweze, both or whom stood down as Churchwardens this year; and to Wendy Sprock, who stood down from Lay membership of the Council after many years. Thanks to each of you, the aforementioned, for your service and commitment. 

We welcome Norbert Schoen as our new Churchwarden, and are looking for a second warden to join him in office soon. 

Our Lay members this year are Jo Dawes, Monica Schofield, Emmanuel Saarkodie, Madeleine Resuehr, Jonas Karlsson, Peter Alexander, Nissi Marapatla, Irene Windsor and Penny Loehrig. 

Our Deanery reps continue to be Madeline Herring and Joshua Ezike.

As our organist had to relocate, we are again looking for a new organist / church musician for STB.

We are very flexible, and this is a unique opportunity for someone who wants to play in the Anglican tradition. Our choir and music are a big part of our mission and worship, so we hope to find someone who will enjoy and value being part of this.

For more information please contact the Chaplain (chaplain (at) anglican-church-hamburg.de) , or choir leader Arwen Pearson (music (at) anglican-church-hamburg.de).

For our church members, families and friends, and celebrating our own ‘United Nations of St. Thomas’, with music, food and fun. 

Please save the date, further details to follow!

Any thoughts and/or constructive suggestions about our church life? If so, there is now a special notice board in church, so that you can physically post your thoughts there.

It is there for YOU, if you have anything to do with STB, so, please feel free to make use of it. The intention is to offer a further means of sharing your experiences, ideas and feedback.

Thank you!