Where can you go to church in English or other languages in Oslo?
Anglican, Catholic and Orthodox churches with services in other languages.
Short answer
St Edmund's Anglican Church in Møllergata holds an English service every Sunday at 11:00, and St Olav's Catholic Cathedral has Sunday Mass in English and Polish. Across the street, St Joseph's Church has Mass in Croatian, Spanish, French and English. Oslo also has Orthodox congregations, among them Serbian, Ethiopian and Eritrean ones.
Why
- St Edmund's, at Møllergata 30, says its services are in English and follow the Anglican tradition, in a church building from 1884.
- Visit Oslo lists Sunday Mass at St Olav's Cathedral, Akersveien 12, in English at 09:30 and 18:00, in Polish at 08:00, 14:30 and 16:00, and in Vietnamese at 13:00 on the first and third Sunday of the month.
- Store norske leksikon writes that Norway had between 14,000 and 15,000 Orthodox Christians in 2017, in congregations under the Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian and Romanian churches and the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
Details
At St Joseph's Church, Akersveien 4, Visit Oslo lists Sunday Mass in Norwegian at 09:30, Croatian at 11:00, Spanish at 12:30, French at 16:00 and English at 18:00, and Mass in Tagalog on Fridays at 18:00. The Serbian Orthodox parish of St Basil of Ostrog gives its address as Frognerveien 47. The Ethiopian Orthodox congregation in Oslo was founded in 1995 and has about 1,400 members, and the Eritrean Orthodox Church also has a congregation in the city. Norway's first modern Orthodox congregation, St Nicholas, was founded in 1931 and has a church at Teisen.
Tip
Check the church's own website for the latest times before you go, especially around Christmas and Easter.
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Sources
- St Edmund's Anglican Church, Oslo: About St Edmund'sChecked at:
- Visit Oslo: St Olav's Catholic CathedralChecked at:
- Store norske leksikon: The Orthodox ChurchChecked at:
- Store norske leksikon: Oriental Orthodox churches in NorwayChecked at:
- Serbian Orthodox parish of St Basil of Ostrog, OsloChecked at:
Service times change, so check the church's website before you go.
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