Church Services
Spend your Christmas
surrounded by angelic choirs
and ridiculously nice people
at one of the following services.
Remember, there is no better
time to make up for those
364 days of debauchery.
Built in early Spanish baroque style in 1853, the gorgeous St Francis Xavier Church, better known as Dongjiadu Lu Church is the first foreign built church in Shanghai. It is also the oldest and the best preserved (four of the church bells are originals). A short walk down DongJiaDu Lu on the right, the church holds services regularly in Chinese and English.
- Christmas Eve Service:
Dec 24, 7pm
- Christmas Day Service:
Dec 25, 8am
Shanghai's best known Protestant church, otherwise known as Guoji Libai Tang or the International Church , was established in 1925 and is popular among expats. Located in the French Concession on Hengshan Lu, the church was built in modern Gothic style and has an excellent choir to boot.
International Community of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church was first built in 1744, but was forced to move to several locations before finding home in its current home in Pudong's Biyun International Community.
- Christmas Eve Service:
Dec 24, 8.30pm
- Christmas Day Service:
Dec 25, 5pm
More commonly known as the Xujiahui Cathedral, St. Ignatius was designed by English architect William Doyle and built by the French Jesuits between 1905 and 1910. Recently restored, the cathedral's stained glass windows have been replaced with the ones that incorporate Chinese characters and iconography
- Christmas Eve Service:
Dec 24, 5pm
- Christmas Day Service:
Dec 25, 6am
