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We currently hold one weekly service beginning at 10.30am every Sunday morning, and a monthly united evening service at 7pm on the last Sunday of each month, except December. Visitors are always welcome at any of our services. Please be aware that the church is situated within the City Council’s designated Low Emission Zone. Regular parking restrictions are in force between 12.30pm and 6.30pm on Sundays, and we are conveniently placed for the 35 bus route. The morning service is livestreamed and available on this homepage. And why not follow us on Facebook and Instagram!
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Our weekly Sunday service is livestreamed at 10.30am. Click on the picture below to watch.
Click here for the order of service for Sunday 11th October. Harvest Thanksgiving
Watch previous services on our You Tube channel
Join us on the last Sunday of each month here at Canongate Kirk for our monthly united evening service with St Giles’ Cathedral. The service lasts approximately half an hour and we are joined by a quartet of singers in the gallery. Our next evening service is at 7pm on Sunday 25th October.
Autumn Concert
Latest Photos
Sunday 11th October saw both Harvest Thanksgiving and a service to lay up Colours, which meant the flower team had to work round a drumhead altar.
The colours were carried in a parade down the Royal Mile and received by HRH The Princess Royal, Deputy Colonel in Chief of The Royal Regiment of Scotland.
Freshly decorated Canongate Kirk
We are delighted to be back in Canongate Kirk after our 4 month redecoration project. All welcome to our Sunday morning services at 10.30am and monthly united evening service held with St Giles’ Cathedral here at Canongate Kirk at 7pm on the last Sunday of the month.
Remembrance at Canongate Kirk November 2025
Rededication of Memorial Wall
The Minister was invited to play a part in the rededication of a memorial wall in the Eastern Cemetery on 14th October 2025. Plaques bearing the names of veterans who lived at Whitefoord House in the first half of the 20th century have been recently restored thanks to an initiative from today’s residents.
New Governor’s Installation
Major-General Bob Bruce CBE DSO, Governor of Edinburgh Castle, was formally installed in a colourful parade on Wednesday 30th April, in which the Minister of Canongate Kirk, as Chaplain to the Governor, took part.
Order of St John
We were delighted to host a significant service for the Priory of Scotland, attended by HRH The Duke of Gloucester and other representatives from around the United Kingdom, on 26th February 2025.
Bird’s Eye Views of Canongate Kirk
Taken from a drone during a recent roof inspection.
