Please Note: Due to the Diocesan School Leavers services taking place in the Cathedral there will be limited access to the Nave. The Central Tower and Chapter House will be closed. The Museum, Shop and Undercroft Resturant will remain open as normal.
All day •The Nave
Online Quiet Day: Pilgrimage, Memory and the Christian Hope
8:00am to 11:30pm
Join us for this Online Quiet Day, with video reflections, live-streamed services and prayers.
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.
Sanctuary! Durham Cathedral Museum Exhibition
10:00am to 4:00pm
Discover the stories of some of the people who fled here and find out about the famous Sanctuary Ring on the North door - how it became one of the key symbols of the Cathedral, and how it inspires artists today.
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
5:30pm to 6:15pm •The Nave
sung by the Lay Clerks and Scholars
Responses Lloyd
Psalm 56
Cleobury Short Service
Factus est repente Byrd
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.