St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Carden Place, Aberdeen – Pro-Cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney

St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, Carden Place is a welcoming and caring Christian community in Aberdeen City.

We are a church in the Scottish Episcopal Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney and a part of the global Anglican Communion. We meet in a building – known as the ‘Tartan Kirkie’ – as touched by history as it is accentuated by colour.
At whatever stage you find yourself in life, we welcome you to join us.

“Grace ceases to be grace if God is compelled to bestow it in the presence of human merit. Grace ceases to be grace if God is compelled to withdraw it in the presence of human demerit.”

(Samuel Storms)

Worship

News and Notices

Confirmation23/06/2026
We rejoice with Erikka and Hamish who Affirmed their Faith (Confirmation) with candidates from other churches at St James, Holburn Junction, on Saturday evening. Bishop… Read more: Confirmation
Call for Christian Unity at St Mary’s30/01/2026
St Mary’s Carden Place hosted around 100 worshipers from across Aberdeen for a special service celebrating the week of prayer for Christian unity. Rt Rev… Read more: Call for Christian Unity at St Mary’s
Service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 202613/01/2026
When: Sunday 25 January at 4:30pm – the Feast of the Conversion of St Paul Where: St Mary’s Carden Place This is a joint service… Read more: Service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2026
Christmas & New Year Services07/12/2025
Join us as we celebrate the joy of Christmas and welcome the New Year across our city centre churches. All are warmly invited. Carol Singing… Read more: Christmas & New Year Services
Our Vacancy: House for Duty Priest, St Mary’s, Aberdeen25/10/2025
We are a small, energetic, and committed congregation in the west end of Aberdeen, seeking a Priest to lead us into the next chapter of… Read more: Our Vacancy: House for Duty Priest, St Mary’s, Aberdeen

Newsletter – 20th September 202616/09/2026
How would the parable Jesus tells in our gospel reading play out at a modern employment tribunal? Not very well, I think! Jesus’ teaching emphasises the radically different way of God’s kingdom in which grace is the primary currency, so that what we receive bears little relationship to what we deserve. Jesus’ concluding comment about the reversal of first and last resonates with the previous passage, the story of the rich young man, which ended with the same warning. To engage as Jesus’ disciples and to accept God’s reign over our lives entails a wholesale overturning of our thinking and values.