“The Lord Almighty grant us a peaceful night and a perfect end. Amen.” So chants Sanctuary, a choir at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church at 6000 Grove Ave. in Richmond. The words of Compline, the last ...

LONDON (RNS) — It is the book that gave us such immortal phrases as “till death do us part” and “ashes to ashes, dust to dust.” But nearly 500 years after the creation of the Book of Common Prayer by ...

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Book of Common Prayer, published after the Reformation in order to make church liturgy available in English. Show more Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ...

The Anglican Book of Common Prayer has long been thought to be the work of men only, but a startling discovery has upended that thinking, with news that not one, but two Queens had a hand in the ...

Alan Jacobs explains why the nearly 500-year-old Anglican prayer book retains its influence, and why it should appeal even to (non-Anglican) evangelicals. The Book of Common Prayer (BCP) has had an ...

The Book of Common Prayer has found a new audience among young people thanks to online services, with clergy saying congregants are looking for "traditional comfort" in times of uncertainty. Many ...

People from across Lancashire have attended a special Eucharist service to mark 350 years of the Book of Common Prayer. The book, with some variations, is used by churches in over 50 different ...