Lent, Holy Week and Easter Services and Events

There are many services and events taking place over Lent, Holy Week and Easter across the Garth Ministry Area. These are a mix of more traditional services, family services, informal talks and social events. Everyone is welcome to join us.

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‘Sounds of Europe’ Concert

Presented by Marc Elton (baroque violin/viola) and Despina Homatidou (harpsichord). Thursday 9 April in St Catwg’s Church, Pentyrch at 7pm. Despina has performed throughout Britain and Europe as a soloist and an ensemble player. Both she and Marc are lecturers at the Welsh College of Music and Drama, and Despina additionally at Cardiff University. Tickets £13 / £10.

St David’s Patronal Sung Eucharist

St David’s Church, Groesfaen, Tuesday 3 March at 10am. Sermon and hymns sung to well-known Welsh tunes. The service will be followed with refreshments and fellowship. All welcome as we celebrate the life and teachings of St David.

About

Just to the north-west of Cardiff stands the rural village of Llanilltern. On the side of the A4119 stands the tiny church of St. Ellteyrn’s. There was a church on the site prior to 1862 but apart from the statement in Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary that it was “small”, we have no knowledge of its structure or design.

The existing Church was built in 1862 and was originally a Chapel of Ease for St. Fagans, and hence the Earl of Plymouth, Robert Clive-Windsor who owned St. Fagans Castle at the time. It was an Anglican chapel situated for the convenience of parishioners living a long way from the Parish church. It is one of the smallest places of worship within the Diocese of Llandaff.

In the late 1990s, the church at Capel Llanilltern became the responsibility of the Vicar of Pentyrch.