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All services and events are included in the diary, except Art Exhibitions (see link above). Please note that events are subject to change, especially those advertised more than a month in advance.
Tuesday 7th December 2021
Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Teacher of the Faith, 397
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today 10.30am - 2pm
- 2.30pm
- Reeds School Carol Service
The Cathedral is closed to visitors for this service - 5.30pm
- Choral Evensong
Cathedral Nave
Responses: Radcliffe
Short Evening Service - Thomas Weelkes
Prepare ye the way - Michael Wise
Wednesday 8th December 2021
The Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today 10.30am - 2pm
- 5.30pm
- Evening Prayer
Lady Chapel
Thursday 9th December 2021
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today 10.30am - 2.30pm
- 3.00pm
- RGS Prep School Carol Service The Cathedral is closed to visitors for this service
- 5.30pm
- Choral Evensong
Cathedral Nave
Responses: Radcliffe
Short Evening Service - Orlando Gibbons
A tender shoot - Otto Goldschmidt
Friday 10th December 2021
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today 10.30am - 1.30pm
- 2.00pm
- George Abbot School Carol Service The Cathedral is closed to visitors for this service
- 5.30pm
- Choral Evensong
Cathedral Nave
Responses: Moore
Short Evening Service - William Byrd
A Hymn of Saint Columba - Benjamin Britten
Saturday 11th December 2021
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
Sunday 12th December 2021
The Third Sunday of Advent
- 7.45am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.00am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.45am
- The Cathedral Eucharist (sung by Guildford Cathedral Singers)
Cathedral Nave
Hymns: 235, 32, 35
Communion Service in E - Josef Rheinberger
Psalm 146.4-end
The Road Home - Stephen Paulus
Preacher: The Revd Canon Chris Hollingshurst
President: The Venerable Stuart Beake
Organ: Prelude and Fugue in E minor (BWV 533) - Johann Sebastian Bach - 1.30pm
- Cathedral Open Today
- 6.00pm
- Choral Evensong (sung by Guildford Cathedral Singers)
Cathedral Nave
Responses: Barnard
Hymns: 27, 49, 31
Evening Service in A minor - Benjamin Rogers
Psalm 50.1-6
The angel Gabriel - traditional, arr. Edgar Pettmann
Preacher: The Revd Canon Gilly Myers
Organ: Prelude in E minor (WoO 13) - Felix Mendelssohn
Monday 13th December 2021
Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304
Samuel Johnson, Moralist, 1784
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
- 5.30pm
- Evening Prayer
Lady Chapel - 7.30pm
- Guildford High School Carol Service The Cathedral is closed to visitors for this service
Tuesday 14th December 2021
John of the Cross, Poet, Teacher of the Faith, 1591
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
- 5.30pm
- Evening Prayer
Lady Chapel - 7.30pm
- St Catherine's School Carol Service The Cathedral is closed to visitors for this service
Wednesday 15th December 2021
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
- 5.30pm
- Evening Prayer
Lady Chapel
Thursday 16th December 2021
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today 10.30am - 2pm
- 2.30pm
- Guildford County School Carol Service The Cathedral is closed to visitors for this service
- 5.30pm
- Choral Evensong
Cathedral Nave
Responses: Plainsong
Truro Evening service - Gabriel Jackson
Creator of the stars of light - Traditional, arranged by John Scott
Friday 17th December 2021
O Sapientia
Eglantyne Jebb, Social Reformer, Founder of Save The Children, 1928
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 11.00am
- Age UK Surrey Carol Service The Cathedral is closed to visitors for this service
- 12.30pm
- Cathedral Open Today 12.30 - 3.30pm
- 5.30pm
- Choral Evensong
Cathedral Nave
Responses: Ebdon
Third Evening service - Philip Moore
Drop down, ye heavens - Anna Semple
Saturday 18th December 2021
O Adonai
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
- 5.00pm
- Choral Evensong (sung by the Cecilia Singers)
Quire
Responses: Sanders
Collegium Regale - Herbert Howells
There is no rose - Madeleine Sakakini
Sunday 19th December 2021
The Fourth Sunday of Advent
O Radix Jesse
- 7.45am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.00am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.45am
- The Cathedral Eucharist
Cathedral Nave
Hymns: 243, 58, 49
Die Deutsche Liturgie - Felix Mendelssohn
Psalm Magnificat (Evening service in G) - Herbert Sumsion
There is no rose - John Joubert
Preacher: The Revd Duncan Myers
President: The Revd Canon Chris Hollingshurst
Organ: Toccata, Fugue and Hymn 'Ave Maris Stella' - Flor Peeters - 1.30pm
- Cathedral Open Today
- 6.00pm
- A Service of Lessons and Carols
Cathedral Nave
Veni, veni - Adrian Peacock
The Angel Gabriel - Philip Moore
A spotless rose - Herbert Howells
The holly and the ivy - arr. John Rutter
The Shepherds Sing - Bob Chilcott
Nativity Carol - John Rutter
Gaudete - arr. Michael Neaum and John Rutter
Organ: In dulci iubilo (BWV 729) - Johann Sebastian Bach
Organ: Improvisation sur Adeste Fideles - Pierre Cochereau
Monday 20th December 2021
O Clavis David
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
- 5.30pm
- Choral Evensong
Cathedral Nave
Responses: Tallis
Fauxbourdons - Ludovico Viadana
Psalm 4
The promised light of life - Cheryl Frances-Hoad
Tuesday 21st December 2021
O Oriens
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
- 5.30pm
- Choral Evensong
Cathedral Nave
Responses: Plainsong
Evening Service in F - George Dyson
Psalm 84
There is no rose - John Joubert
Wednesday 22nd December 2021
O Rex Gentium
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
- 5.30pm
- Evening Prayer
Lady Chapel
Thursday 23rd December 2021
O Emmanuel
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
- 5.30pm
- Choral Evensong
Cathedral Nave
Responses: Plainsong
Fauxbourdons - Thomas Tallis
Psalm 89.1-37
A New Song - James Macmillan
Friday 24th December 2021
Christmas Eve
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
- 4.00pm
- Journey to Bethlehem
Cathedral Nave
Shepherd’s Pipe Carol - John Rutter
Rocking - arr. David Hill - 11.00pm
- The First Eucharist of Christmas
Nave Altar
Missa Sancti Nicolai - Josef Haydn
Psalm 96
God is with us - John Tavener
Dormi Iesu - John Rutter
Preacher: The Very Revd Dianna Gwilliams
President: The Right Reverend Andrew Watson
Organ: Dieu parmi nous (La nativité du Seigneur) - Olivier Messiaen
Saturday 25th December 2021
Christmas Day
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 10.00am
- The Eucharist of Christmas Day
Nave Altar
Hymns: 44, 63, 62, 53
Coronation Mass - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Psalm 97
I saw three ships - Arr. Mack Wilberg
Preacher: The Right Revd Andrew Watson
President: The Very Revd Dianna Gwilliams
Organ: Toccata in D - Marcel Lanquetuit - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
- 4.00pm
- A Service of Lessons and Carols
Nave
Sunday 26th December 2021
Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr
- 7.45am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.00am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.45am
- The Cathedral Eucharist (sung by Guildford Cathedral Singers)
Cathedral Nave
Hymns: CFC1., 55, 57
Communion Service in F - Herbert Sumsion
Psalm 119.161-168
Ding dong! merrily on high - Traditional, arranged by Charles Wood
Preacher: The Revd Duncan Myers
President: The Revd Duncan Myers
Organ: Prelude in B - Marcel Dupré
Monday 27th December 2021
John, Apostle and Evangelist
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
- 4.00pm
- Evening Prayer
Lady Chapel
Tuesday 28th December 2021
The Holy Innocents
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
- 4.00pm
- Evening Prayer
Lady Chapel
Wednesday 29th December 2021
Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
- 4.00pm
- Evening Prayer
Lady Chapel
Thursday 30th December 2021
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
- 4.00pm
- Evening Prayer
Lady Chapel
Friday 31st December 2021
John Wyclif, Reformer, 1384
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
- 4.00pm
- Evening Prayer
Lady Chapel