St Mary's Parish, Portsea

St Mary's Parish in Portsea consists of the mother church of St Mary's and the sister mission church of St Faith's and are dedicated to serving Fratton, an area in central Portsmouth.  As well as there being a living Christian community in each church, the churches provide important cultural and community services within the area.  To keep updated about concerts, community events, fetes and fayres, festivals and special services sign up for our events newsletter.

What's on

Celebrating Christ's Presence: Weekday Services

Occurring
Every Monday and Wednesday at for 30 mins
Venue
St Mary's, Portsea
Address
Fratton Road Portsea Portsmouth, PO1 5PH, United Kingdom

Join us for a quieter weekday Eucharistic service.

Our services are livestreamed on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/PortseaParish) and our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@portseaparish).

To follow along, you can find the order of service here: https://storage.googleapis.com/portseaparish.appspot.com/1/2025/03/Lent-weekday-said.pdf

Soup Lunch for Bishop's Lent Appeal

Occurring
Every First, Third Wednesday at for 1 hour
Venue
St Mary's, Portsea
Address
Fratton Road Portsea Portsmouth, PO1 5PH, United Kingdom

Join us for a soup lunch after our Noon service, a chance for community and to support the Bishop's Lent appeal (supporting Tearfund, USPG, and Vista; more details here: https://www.portsmouth.anglican.org/lentappeal/)

Celebrating Christ's Presence - Mass & Reflections for Holy Week

Occurring
Every day at for 1 hour
Venue
St Mary's, Portsea
Address
Fratton Road Portsea Portsmouth, PO1 5PH, United Kingdom

Join us for an evening eucharist and reflections from our guest preacher, Canon David Isaac. Services will take place each day from 7pm.

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