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Create your own Peace Dove

10:00am to 5:00pm

Be part of a giant art installation in Durham Cathedral by making your own Peace Dove.

Holy Communion

8:00am to 8:30am

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.

Sung Eucharist

10:00am to 11:00am

President: Canon Michael Hampel
Preacher: Canon Michael Everitt
Hymns 124, 282, 457ii
Communion Service in G and B flat Stanford
Be still, my soul Whitlock

A service of prayers, Bible readings, hymns, and Choral music, 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 1 hour.

Refreshments in the Galilee Chapel

11:00am to 11:30am

Join us for tea and coffee in the Galilee Chapel in between Sung Eucharist and Matins service.

Haliwerfolc: The Durham Cathedral Community Museum Exhibition

11:00am to 4:00pm

Discover more about the Durham Cathedral community, from the influence of St Cuthbert to the cathedral having a worldwide family, both past and present.

Matins

11:30am to 12:15pm

Hymns 105ii, 459
Psalm 119. 89-96
Vaughan Williams Te Deum in G
Schütz Jauchzet dem Herrn
Christ being raised from the dead Moore
Preacher: The Reverend Canon Dr Nicky Chater

Evensong

3:30pm to 4:30pm The Nave

Hymns 263 (omit vv 4 and 6), 436
Psalm 81. 9-17
Dyson in D
Love bade me welcome Vaughan Williams
Rheims – Allegro moderato (from Sonata No 2, No. 151) Stanford

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.