St Stephen Walbrook is a church in the City of London, part of the Church of England's Diocese of London. The present domed building was erected to the designs of Sir Christopher Wren following the de
Viewed from the northwest
The interior of St Stephen Walbrook in the early 19th century.
Benjamin West's Devout Men Taking the Body of Saint Stephen (now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts).
The present arrangement of the interior with the altar by Henry Moore.
Edward Chad Varah was an English Anglican priest and social activist from England. In 1953, he founded the Samaritans, the world's first crisis hotline, to provide telephone support to those contempla
St Stephen Walbrook
…the venue for the wedding of Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones to Daniel Chatto. In 1953 the Samaritans charity was founded by the rector of St Stephen's, Dr Chad Varah. The first Samaritans branch (known as Central London Branch) operated from a crypt beneath the church before moving to Marshall Street in Soho. In…