Morning Prayer
8:30am to 9:00am •The Shrine of St Cuthbert
Morning Prayer is a said service with prayers, psalms and bible readings. We pray for God’s blessing for the day ahead, for the world and those in need. The service lasts around 30 minutes.
Ai Weiwei's 'Bottle Rack' Daytime Viewing
10:00am to 3:30pm
Experience Ai Weiwei's installation 'Bottle Rack' in the Chapter House during the day.
The World comes to Durham: Museum Exhibition
10:00am to 4:00pm
See fragments of flasks, bottles and jugs from the 1600s, manuscripts and jewellery in the latest collection gallery exhibition. Learn more about the people who travelled to Durham, the items they brought and the journeys they took in the latest collection gallery exhibition.
Holy Communion
12:30pm to 1:00pm
A service of prayers and Bible readings, in which we offer bread and wine to God in thanksgiving for his goodness to us, which we receive back as the body and blood of Christ. The service lasts around 30 minutes.
Evensong
3:00pm to 4:00pm •The Nave
sung by the Lay Clerks, Scholars and Junior Consort
Responses Rose
Psalm 102
Gray in F minor
O pray for the peace of Jerusalem Howells
Evensong is a service of bible readings, psalms and prayers. The Choir sing for us accompanied, usually, by organ music. We follow the service using the Book of Common Prayer of 1662 giving thanks for the day that has past. The service lasts around 45 minutes.
Lumiere Durham
4:30pm to 11:00pm
The UK’s light art biennial returns with a thought-provoking new programme of spectacular light artworks, see international Artist Ai Weiwei's Illuminated Bottle Rack displayed in the Chapter House.
