Anti-capitalists protesters have warned they are in it for the long haul and are prepared to spend Christmas staked out at St Paul's Cathedral.
The cathedral is closed to thousands of Sunday worshippers because of the Occupy London campaign outside the historic building.
The church is losing around £16,000 per day as a result of the decision to close its doors amid health and safety concerns.
An even larger sum is expected to be lost when the cathedral would usually raise vital revenue from Sunday collections.
The protesters said the closure of St Paul's was an unfortunate decision and unnecessary.
"As far as we are aware, we abided the fire inspection and environmental and health inspection," a 41-year-old protester named Jo said.
Jo, who declined to give her surname, is unemployed after living abroad.
She said she and many others were prepared to continue the stance as long as it took to effect real change.
"I'll be sitting here until there's real evidence the underlying system that allows a few to get very rich while others starve will change," she said.
Sean, an 18-year-old civil servant who also withheld his surname said he had taken a week off work to join the protest and was prepared to camp at the cathedral on Christmas Day and beyond.
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