St. Paul's Within the Walls

Opera Concerto
2023-06-01 20:30 - 22:00 (Europe/Rome)
The show “Opera Concerto – the most famous lyrical arias” introduces the fascinating world of lyrical Opera.

Throughout unforgettable overtures, enchanting arias, amazing duets, the famous Orchestra ‘I Virtuosi dell’Opera di Roma’ and its internationally renowned singers perform an incredible journey in between great music and belcanto.

The Three Tenors in Concert
2023-08-02 20:30 - 22:00
Every Wednesday, inspired by the “Three Tenors” concerts of Pavarotti, Domingo and Carreras, Opera e Lirica presents famous Italian opera arias from Tosca, La Traviata and L’Elisir d’Amore and the most beautiful Neapolitan songs, such as “O’sole mio” and “Torna a Surriento”.

La Traviata
2023-08-01 20:30 - 22:30
Every Tuesday, experience “La Traviata” by Giuseppe Verdi in the extraordinary atmosphere of St. Paul’s Within the Walls Church in Rome. Live the most romantic opera ever, performed by Opera e Lirica’s internationally renowned singers with choir, orchestra and ballet. Book now!

Vivaldi-Bach
2023-01-09 20:30 - 22:00
Every Monday, Opera in Roma presents Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Concerto, together with masterpieces by Bach, either solo cantatas or from The Art of Fugue.

Holy Eucharist
2023-01-01 10:30 - 11:30
Join us for Holy Eucharist at 10:30 am (CET) on Sundays at St. Paul’s. We follow Rite II from The Book of Common Prayer, in the Episcopal Church tradition, with hymns, readings, prayers and sermon.
After the Eucharist you are invited to stay for coffee. On most Sundays we offer the opportunity to join us for lunch at a local hotel. See you there!

The Great Vigil of Easter
2024-03-30 20:30 - 22:00 | St. Paul’s Within the Walls, Via Nazionale 16a, Rome
On the Eve of Easter, we kindle a fire, light the Paschal Candle, remember the Passover of the Lord and celebrate his victory over death. Join us at 8.30pm in the garden.

Good Friday Liturgy
2024-03-29 19:00 - 20:00 | St. Paul’s Within the Walls, Via Nazionale 16a, Rome
At the Good Friday Liturgy we come together to hear Saint John’s record of the Passion. We pray for the church and for the world in the Solemn Collects. We contemplate the mysteries of the cross, and are invited to approach the foot of the Cross in Adoration. The Holy Eucharist is not celebrated today.
We maintain silence as we come and go. Jesus has been crucified and is brought to the tomb.

Stations of the Cross
2024-03-29 12:00 - 13:00 | St. Paul’s Within the Walls, Via Nazionale 16a, Rome
12pm – Stations of the Cross
On Good Friday we take up the Cross and follow Jesus’ footsteps through the events of his Passion in a series of meditations and prayers. For the Stations we use a series of pictures by Peter Rockwell.

Maundy Thursday
2024-03-28 19:00 - 20:00 | St. Paul’s Within the Walls, Via Nazionale 16a, Rome
Maundy Thursday, three days before Easter, is when we celebrate the Institution of the Eucharist (the Last Supper) and the washing of feet as a sign of humility. The word ‘Maundy’ comes from the Latin ‘mandatum novum’, (new commandment) from John 13:34.
At the end of the service the altar is stripped and all decorative furnishings are removed from the church. The church will remain open for prayer until 10pm.
Join us at 7pm: all are welcome.

Tenebrae
2024-03-27 19:00 - 20:00 | St. Paul’s Within the Walls, Via Nazionale 16a, Rome
This ancient service was used throughout the Catholic monastic world for many, many centuries during Holy Week. Consisting almost entirely of Scriptural readings, it is a meditation on the sorrows, the profundity and the hopes involved in the Passion of Christ. It is in this way that we too, in a shortened form of the original service, have decided to use it.
The Antiphons (fragments of the readings meant to pinpoint an aspect of its spiritual message) and the psalms are read by all, while the Officiant and the Cantors read or sing certain passages as the candles are gradually put out until total darkness prevails; after which a dramatic reminder of the Resurrection is given.
There are no scheduled readers for this service; we invite you to join in as fully as possible, and to read and come forward to extinguish candles as you feel the spirit move.

Luminaria: J. S. Bach, The Passion According to Matthew
2024-03-24 18:30 - 20:00 | St. Paul’s Within the Walls, Via Nazionale 16a, Rome
St. Paul’s Chamber Orchestra: J. S. Bach, The Passion According to Matthew
Extraordinary concert with paid entry

Palm Sunday
2024-03-24 09:45 - 11:30
This day the service begins with an Ecumenical Procession starting with the Liturgy of the Palms at San Lorenzo in Panisperna. We gather at 09.45 (Via S. Lorenzo in Panisperna 90) and process with our brothers and sisters from S. Vitale up via Nazionale to St. Paul’s.
Today the Palm Sunday Gospel is read in which we hear about Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
The people cry Hosanna (an exclamation or shout of praise to God) and spread Palms and garments in the path of Jesus. We process into the church with Palms and olive branches in joy and excitement.
At the Eucharist the mood changes and focuses on the Passion of Christ. The somber nature is reflected
in the Passion Gospel. We are all part of this great drama. The truth of this day is that we are all responsible through our sins for the Passion and Death of our Lord. The glory of the day is that we know by faith the truth of the Resurrection and the promise of everlasting life “with him who suffered and died for us, and rose again”.

I Tre Tenori: Nessun Dorma
2023-01-14 20:30 - 22:00
Every Saturday, Opera in Roma present The Three Tenors, performing Neapolitan songs and arias from the great Italian operas, accompanied by mandolins and piano.

La Traviata
2023-01-13 20:30 - 22:00
The opera “La Traviata,” created by Giuseppe Verdi, was first staged on March 6, 1853 at the Teatro La Fenice opera house in Venice… and it was a total disaster! Nowadays, La Traviata is one of the most popular and most performed operas around the world.
You can experience La Traviata opera in Rome with the I Virtuosi dell’Opera di Roma orchestra. Giuseppe Verdi’s opera in Rome lets the audience take part in the tragic love story between Violetta Valery and Alfredo Germont.
The story is a taboo love in 1853 that comes alive once again, unleashing all its power through the performances of sopranos Carmela Maffongelli and Sabrina Testa (as Violetta) and tenors Domenico Tegliafilo and Adriano Gentili (as Alfredo).

My Friends
2024-03-21 19:00 - 20:30
Come and join friends around the world as we meet online for the monthly St. Paul’s Book Club! In March we are reading My Friends by Hisham Matar.
One evening, as a young boy growing up in Benghazi, Khaled hears a bizarre short story read aloud on the radio, about a man being eaten alive by a cat, and has the sense that his life has been changed forever. Obsessed by the power of those words—and by their enigmatic author, Hosam Zowa—Khaled eventually embarks on a journey that will take him far from home, to pursue a life of the mind at the University of Edinburgh.
There, thrust into an open society that is miles away from the world he knew in Libya, Khaled begins to change. He attends a protest against the Qaddafi regime in London, only to watch it explode into tragedy. In a flash, Khaled finds himself injured, clinging to life, unable to leave Britain, much less return to the country of his birth. To even tell his mother and father back home what he has done, on tapped phone lines, would expose them to danger.
When a chance encounter in a hotel brings Khaled face-to-face with Hosam Zowa, the author of the fateful short story, he is subsumed into the deepest friendship of his life. It is a friendship that not only sustains him but eventually forces him, as the Arab Spring erupts, to confront agonizing tensions between revolution and safety, family and exile, and how to define his own sense of self against those closest to him.
A devastating meditation on friendship and family, and the ways in which time tests—and frays—those bonds, My Friends is an achingly beautiful work of literature by an author working at the peak of his powers. (Goodreads)
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Wednesday Within the Walls
2023-11-08 19:00 - 21:00
Join us for a quiet evening of prayer and reflection. We begin at 7pm with evening prayers on the Second Floor of Via Napoli 58, followed by a simple supper, which we eat while listening to spiritual readings. Afterwards there is time to share reflections or just chat. This is an excellent opportunity to introduce your friends to a Christian environment outside the formal setting of the Eucharist.
Wednesday Within the Walls takes place every Wednesday except the first week of the month. The event is multilingual, and everyone is welcome.

Luminaria: Goodnight, Mr. Purcell- Life and Death of the Greatest British Composer
2024-03-17 18:30 - 20:00 | St. Paul’s Within the Walls, Via Nazionale 16a, Rome
“Good night Mr. Purcell” Musical fantasy about the life and work of Henry Purcell
Vocal – instrumental ensemble “Il Diletto”
Sergio Siminovich, Director

Holy Eucharist in Spanish
2023-01-01 12:00 - 13:00
The Latinamerican community meets each Sunday at 12pm to celebrate Holy Eucharist in Spanish. We follow Rite II of the Libro de Oración Común, in the tradition of the Episcopal Church. Coffee and cornetti are available in the garden before and after the service. All are welcome!
