St Giles' Life
St Giles' is a living church with a congregation of several hundred people who live across the city and beyond. The congregation is led by some fifty elders who share with the Minister the administration of the church and the care of the congregation and parish.
As the High Kirk of Edinburgh, St Giles' is Edinburgh's "town church" and as such is host to the annual Kirking of the City Council and other civic and national events. The church has been at the heart of the city's religious life for at least one thousand years. A living church with an active congregation, it is host to some 400,000 visitors every year, who come to experience its unique atmosphere of continuing worship and history.
