Durham Cathedral's online worship resources

Find resources to worship with us from home here.

What can you find on this page?

Details of upcoming and past broadcasts of services at Durham Cathedral.
A weekly Praying Together leaflet including timely prayers, readings and updates from the cathedral's clergy.
Updates on new resources or special initiatives to be involved with.
Downloadable worship and activity resources for children.

Interested in joining an online worship community?

We want to hear your thoughts if you are interested in joining our online community of prayer. Complete our survey here.

Livestream schedule

Monday to Saturday
8.30am Morning Prayer
5.15pm Evening Prayer (Monday) or Evensong (Tuesday to Saturday)

Sunday
8.30am Morning Prayer
11.30am Holy Communion
3.30pm Choral Evensong

Where to watch

Our regular daily services, listed above, are livestreamed on Durham Cathedral's facebook page. You don't need to have a facebook account to watch these services.

If you have a facebook account, like the cathedral's page to be notified when our future livestreams begin.

Our special services are announced in advance on this page. Watch them as they are broadcast live on Durham Cathedral's Youtube channel and Facebook page.

More resources

Access pastoral support if you need someone to talk to.
Enter the name of a loved one in the national online Book of Remembrance www.rememberme2020.uk
Keep up to date with the cathedral's latest news.
Learn how Durham Cathedral's activities have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Discover fascinating insights into the cathedral's history on our blog.
A range of excellent prayer and worship resources can be found on the Church of England's website.
Find reflections and resources specific to our diocese on the Diocese of Durham's website.
Detailed information about the UK government's response to coronavirus.

Online worship resources for children

Discover online resources for use at home specifically for parents and carers to use with children. Each week they will be linked to the liturgy used in the Sunday 9.30am online Eucharist or other relevant themes.

On Sunday 25 October we think about loving God, and make a folding paper card to share God's love with others. Click here to download.

On Sunday 18 October our reading is 'the mission of the seventy' from St Luke's Gospel. We make a hanging peace dove and consider how we can help spread peace and the word of God. Click here to download.

For more activities for families and learning at home see our online learning resources page.

Sung Eucharist: 9.30am and 11.30am on Sunday 25 October - the last Sunday after Trinity

Canon Charlie Allen will preach at both these services. If you wish to attend one of these services in person we recommend you book in advance online, but booking is not essential; we will do our best to accommodate worshippers who haven't booked for these services.

The 11.30am service will be live-streamed on on our facebook page.

Download the order of service here.

Introducing Durham Cathedral's Community of Prayer

Join a welcoming online community of pilgrims on the way of faith

This new community is designed to help you along your journey of faith together with like-minded pilgrims. Membership will deepen your connection to Durham Cathedral, wherever you live, with online activities and discussion through regular quiet days, zoom gatherings and a private Facebook group. We hope it'll be a place that our thriving online congregation can call home. If you'd prefer not to commit, we still plan to continue our live-streams of daily services on Facebook as normal. Watch Canon Charlie Allen introduce the community in this video, or watch it on Youtube here.

Find out how to join Durham Cathedral's Community of Prayer here.

Watch

Introducing Durham Cathedral's Community of Prayer

Evensong and Installation of Canons: Sunday 25 October, 3.30pm

At Evensong a member of Chapter and two non-residentiary Canons will be installed by the Bishop of Durham. This service will be livestreamed on our Facebook page, and as always you are very welcome to join us online or in the cathedral.

The bishop will license:

Dr Maria Cockerill as a member of Chapter and Supernumary Lay Canon
The Reverend Paul Kennedy as a Non-Residentiary Canon
The Reverend Matthew Tetley as a Non-Residentiary Canon

Download the order of service here.

A previous Remembrance Sunday service at Durham Cathedral

Remembrance Sunday service: Sunday 8 November

Unfortunately, we will not be able to conduct this year's Remembrance Sunday service as we would normally wish to. On Sunday 8 November, the Remembrance Sunday service will not be open to the general public, in order to ensure that all relevant military and civil organisations are represented within the limited numbers permitted in church at this time.

Watch the service online

The service will be live-streamed at 10.30am on Durham Cathedral's Facebook page.

Other services on Remembrance Sunday

Holy Communion will be live-streamed at 8.30am in place of Morning Prayer. Holy Communion will be online only.
Choral Evensong will be sung at 3.30pm. This service is open to the public as well as being live-streamed as usual.

Thank you for your understanding. These alterations will make this important service safer for all attending, and we hope that by streaming the service online we hope that many more people than usual will be able to participate in the service.

Praying Together leaflet

This resource can be used as an aid to the upcoming week’s worship and for private prayer.

Praying Together during the week commencing Sunday 25 October - the last Sunday after Trinity

Praying Together during the week commencing Sunday 18 October - the feast of St Luke the Evangelist

Praying Together during the week commencing Sunday 11 October - the eighteenth Sunday after Trinity

Praying Together during the week commencing Sunday 4 October - the seventeenth Sunday after Trinity

Looking for a previous edition of Praying Together? View the archive here.

Hold your own Quiet Day

On Thursday 6 August we hosted an Online Quiet Day, to encourage us all to take space to nuture our faith.

Held on the Feast of the Transfiguration, the Quiet Day included the regular pattern of daily services as well as three addresses exploring the significance of this special day in the Christian year.

If you missed the day, the live-streamed reflections and the service of Compline are available for you to hold your own quiet day, wherever you are.

Find all the resources for your own Quiet Day here

A prayer about the Coronavirus outbreak

Keep us, good Lord,
under the shadow of your mercy
in this time of uncertainty and distress.
Sustain and support the anxious and fearful,
and lift up all who are brought low;
that we may rejoice in your comfort
knowing that nothing can separate us from your love
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Amen.