Chester Festival of the Bible 2025

1st - 31st October 2025

During the month of October 2025, churches in Chester will be celebrating The Holy Bible.

From colourful displays to historical copies, numerous languages and to how we have our many English editions today.

The fascinating and important content of this special book is explained in drama, special talks and visual presentations, including the amazing account of how a 15 year old girl went to extraordinary lengths to obtain her own copy of the book she loved.

Concluding with the National celebration of Bible Sunday on the 26th October

A printed program is available from most of the churches in the city.

For example:-

The Chained Bible

In the sixteenth century Thomas Cromwell instructed that every Church should display a large Bible. To prevent theft they were chained to the Church pulpit.

You can see this copy in St John's Church.

Chained Bible

 The Bible in Tigrigna

Tigrigna or Tigrinya, is an Ethio-Semitic language. It is primarily spoken by the Tigrayan peoples native to Eritrea and the Ethiopian state of the Tigray region respectively.

There are about 10 million native speakers and the earliest written text dates from the 13th century.

You can see this and many other translations in Kingsway Chapel.

Tigrigna Bible

For more information about the Chester Festival of the Bible please contact Gerald Thompson, gerald@printpromotions.co.uk.

Here at Kingsway Chapel there will be:

• displays at our Coffee Morning - every Thursday in October (10am to 1pm)

• "Telling the Story" on Saturday 11 October (10am to12pm)

• Special Sunday Service on 12 October (10.30am)

More details on our Events Page https://www.kingswaychapel.org.uk/events-ylhk3.