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St Peter's Eastern Hill Anglican Church

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St Peter's, Eastern Hill is the Anglican parish church of the City of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The parish is in the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne and dates from 1847. The letters patent of Queen Victoria declaring the city status of Melbourne were read on the steps of St Peter's in 1848. The parish is well known as belonging to the Anglo-Catholic or High Church tradition.St Peter's central position in Melbourne means it is able to extend a number of ministries from the parish including a hospital chaplain, university chaplain and parliamentary chaplain. The church is also the location of a breakfast program for Melbourne's inner-city homeless.LocationThe church is located on the corner of Albert and Gisborne Streets on the eastern hill of Melbourne and, on one side, is opposite St Patrick's Cathedral, the Roman Catholic cathedral. On the other side it is opposite the Eastern Hill Fire Station. Although the church is located close to the city centre it draws parishioners and visitors from all over Melbourne and internationally.HistorySt Peter's is the oldest Anglican church standing on its original site in the inner city area. The foundation stone was laid by Charles La Trobe on 18 June 1846. The building was first used for services in 1847 even though the first part was not completed until 1848. During the gold rush years, around 400 baptisms and a similar number of weddings took place each year. The building was extended in 1854 to bring its seating capacity up to 1050, much of this space was in galleries that were removed in 1896. The last extensions to the building took place in 1876. The first vicarage (1849) and schoolbuilding stood on land subsequently purchased by the State Parliament in 1884, following which the present vicarage and a new school building (now Keble House) were built.

Address: 15 Gisborne St, East Melbourne VIC 3002, Australia
Phone: (03) 9662 2391
State: Victoria
City: East Melbourne
Zip Code: 3002


Opening Hours

Monday: 7:30 AM – 6:00 PM
Tuesday: 7:30 AM – 6:00 PM
Wednesday: 7:30 AM – 6:00 PM
Thursday: 7:30 AM – 6:00 PM
Friday: 7:30 AM – 6:00 PM
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM


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Reviews
For the hard up or homeless, these guys do a free breakfast every morning of the year, even Christmas day!
7 years ago (07-05-2018)
Nice quiet little church. Simple style and with a special energy to it, that many touristic places just lack due to being touristic
8 years ago (11-10-2017)
Beautiful building and grounds. Sadly, the history of abuse associated with such institutions leaves me cold.
8 years ago (07-07-2017)
II love this church- wish I could go more often. Friendly people and beautiful worship- music is lovely.
10 years ago (25-09-2015)
Little brother to the church over the road. Just as well built but a lot smaller and less grand.
10 years ago (03-12-2015)
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