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An Introduction to Great St Mary's

The church of Great St Mary's is set in the midst of the colleges, market, council and university offices that make up the centre of Cambridge.

Commonly known as Great St Mary's or GSM, St Mary the Great with St Michael is both a parish church in the Cambridge Deanery of the Diocese of Ely in the Church of England and the University church of the University of Cambridge.

There is a long and distinguished tradition of preaching at Great St Mary's. The main sermon is usually at Mattins, but sometimes at the Parish Communion. Some of these sermons are printed and are available on the Bookstall and on the sermons section of this web site.

Great St Mary's seeks to support the people of the University and of the city in their own discovery of faith. We are committed to a style of worship which respects the tradition of the church but is open to change and development in theology and society. We hope that you will find a friendly welcome, a place of prayer, good music and stimulating preaching.

The parish is geographically very small, and almost all those who worship here live outside it. But the church's work, especially during the week, aims to reflect its position in the heart of the city.

It is this city community that worshippers enter when they come to church. It is this community that those who worship here regularly can know and listen to. It is this community that they can pray for, alongside the wider concerns of our troubled world, as part of the work of lifting the world to God, through prayer and thanksgiving.