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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.
Saturday 1st April 2023
Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1872
- 8.30am
- Cathedral Open Today Cathedral closes for visitors at 1.30pm
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 11.00am
- Regional Chrism Mass
Nave Altar - 2.00pm
- Tower Tour
Tickets £6.50 from Guildford Cathedral Online Box Office - 2.00pm
- Cathedral Tower Tour
Tickets £6.50 from https://www.guildford-cathedral.org/events/boxoffice
Sunday 2nd April 2023
Palm Sunday
- 7.45am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.00am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 10.30am
- Choral Eucharist with Procession of Palms (The Liturgy of Palm Sunday)
Nave Altar
Introit: Hosanna to the Son of David - Thomas Weelkes
Hymns: 128, 129 (i), 118, 112 (omit v. 6), 125
Mass for four voices (Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei) - William Byrd
St Matthew Passion - Tomas Luis de Vittoria
Civitas sancti tui - William Byrd
President: The Revd Canon Chris Hollingshurst
Organ: Fantasia super Valet will ich dir geben (BWV 735) - Johann Sebastian Bach - 1.30pm
- Cathedral Open Today
- 6.00pm
- Readings and Music for Passiontide
Quire and Nave
Hymns: 109, 120
Ingrediente Domino - George Malcolm
Hear my prayer - Henry Purcell
Nolo mortem - Thomas Morely
Ye that pasen by - Benjamin Britten
Christus factus est - Anton Bruckner
Kyrie (Mass for five voices) - William Byrd
Organ: Passacaglia in C minor (BWV 582) - Johann Sebastian Bach
Monday 3rd April 2023
Monday of Holy Week
- 8.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Choral Evensong
Quire
Responses: Plainsong
Fauxbourdons Evening service - Thomas Morley
Psalm 25
The Lamentations of Jeremiah (Part 2) - William Byrd
Tuesday 4th April 2023
Tuesday of Holy Week
- 7.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Choral Evensong
Quire
Responses: Byrd
Fauxbourdons Evening service - Healey Willan
Psalm 55. 13-24
O vos omnes - Pablo Casals
Wednesday 5th April 2023
Wednesday of Holy Week
Spy Wednesday
- 8.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evening Prayer
Lady Chapel - 7.00pm
- Via Crucis (A Devotion for Passiontide)
Cathedral
Via crucis - Philip Moore
Thursday 6th April 2023
Maundy Thursday
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 11.00am
- Diocesan Chrism Eucharist with the Renewal of Vows and Blessing of Oils
Nave Altar
Hymns: 525, SP 46, SP 55 (t.125), 279 (t. 559), 432, 287, Go at the call of God (t. 166)
Missa simplex - Katherine Dienes-Williams
Psalm 133
The Ballad of the Judas Tree - Richard Lloyd
Preacher: The Right Revd Andrew Watson
President: The Very Revd Dianna Gwilliams
Organ: Toccata in F (BWV 540) - Johann Sebastian Bach - 1.00pm
- Cathedral Open Today Cathedral closed to visitors until 1pm due to service
- 5.30pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 7.00pm
- The Eucharist of the Lord's Supper, Foot Washing and Procession to the Altar of Repose
Nave Altar
Hymns: 499 (omit v3-7), SP 58 (t. 97), 296, 316 (i)
Missa brevis (Gloria) - William Mathias
Messe en sol (Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei) - Francis Poulenc
Psalm 116.9-end; 22.1-11
Anthems at the mandatum - Nicholas White
Ubi caritas et amor - Maurice Duruflé
Timor et tremor - Francis Poulenc
Preacher: The Revd Canon Chris Hollingshurst
President: The Right Revd Andrew Watson
Friday 7th April 2023
Good Friday
- 8.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 10.00am
- The Way of the Cross
Cathedral - 12.00pm
- The Liturgy of Good Friday
Quire & Nave
Hymns: 116, SP 63 (t. 255), 108, 582, 127, 100, 120, 123
St John Passion - Paul Provost
The Reproaches - John Sanders
Ye that pasen by - Benjamin Britten
Wie liegt die Stadt so wust - Rudolf Mauersberger - 5.30pm
- Choral Evensong
Quire
Fauxbourdons Evening service - Orlando Gibbons
Psalms 130, 143
Drop, drop slow tears - Kenneth Leighton
Saturday 8th April 2023
Holy Saturday
- 8.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 7.45pm
- Easter Eve Service with Baptism and Confirmation (The Liturgy of Holy Saturday)
Nave Altar
Sanctus & Benedictus (Missa brevis) - William Mathias
Easter Anthems - Brian Runnett
Psalm Exultet|Vidi aquam
Ye choirs of new Jerusalem - Charles Villiers Stanford
President: The Right Revd Andrew Watson
Organ: Te Deum - George Baker
Sunday 9th April 2023
Easter Day
- 7.45am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.00am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.45am
- Festival Eucharist of Easter Day
Nave Altar
Hymns: 147, 155, 160
Missa Brevis in D (KV 194) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Psalm 118.14-24
Terra tremuit - William Byrd
Christ rising - William Byrd
Hallelujah (Messiah) - George Fredric Handel
Preacher: The Right Revd Andrew Watson
President: The Very Revd Dianna Gwilliams
Organ: Fête - Jean Langlais - 1.30pm
- Cathedral Open Today
- 6.00pm
- Festival Evensong (with Festal Te Deum)
Quire and Nave
Responses: 141, 152 - Moore
Evening Service (St Paul's) - Herbert Howells
Psalm 66.1-11
Haec dies - William Byrd
Te Deum (Collegium Regale) - Herbert Howells
Organ: Allegro (Duet for the organ) - Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Antiphon: When the stone was rolled back - Plainsong
Monday 10th April 2023
- 8.30am
- Cathedral Open Today Cathedral closes at 4.30
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 4.00pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Quire
Tuesday 11th April 2023
- 7.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Choral Evensong (sung by the Jennifer Bate Organ Academy)
Quire
Responses: Ayleward
Evening Service in D - Herbert Brewer
Psalm 59
Expectans, expectavi - Charles Wood
Wednesday 12th April 2023
- 8.30am
- Cathedral Open Today Cathedral closes at 4.30
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 10.00am
- Family Fun Day - 10am Session
Tickets - free; booking essential - from https://www.guildford-cathedral.org/events/boxoffice or Guildford Cathedral Online Box Office - 11.00am
- Family Fun Day - 11am Session
Tickets - free; booking essential - from https://www.guildford-cathedral.org/events/boxoffice or Guildford Cathedral Online Box Office - 4.00pm
- Evening Prayer
Lady Chapel
Thursday 13th April 2023
- 8.30am
- Cathedral Open Today Cathedral closes at 4.30
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 4.00pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Quire
Friday 14th April 2023
- 8.30am
- Cathedral Open Today Cathedral closes at 4.30
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 4.00pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Quire
Saturday 15th April 2023
- 8.30am
- Cathedral Open Today Cathedral closes at 4.30
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel
Sunday 16th April 2023
The Second Sunday of Easter
- 7.45am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.00am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.45am
- The Cathedral Eucharist (sung by Guildford Cathedral Singers)
Nave Altar
Hymns: 586 (omit 2, 6, 7, 8 & 9), 150, 140
Missa in honorem Sancti Josephi - Flor Peeters
Psalm 16
Angelus Domini - Joseph Furmanik
Preacher: The Very Revd Dianna Gwilliams
President: The Revd Canon Mavis Wilson
Organ: Tuba Tune - Norman Cocker - 1.30pm
- Cathedral Open Today
- 6.00pm
- Choral Evensong (sung by Guildford Cathedral Singers)
Quire and Nave
Responses: Sanders
Hymns: 145, 159
Evening Service in C - Charles Hylton Stewart
Psalm 30. 1-5
The strife is o'er - Melchior Vulpius
Organ: Toccata (Symphonie No 5) - Charles-Marie Widor
Monday 17th April 2023
- 8.30am
- Cathedral Open Today Cathedral closes at 4.30
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 4.00pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Quire
Tuesday 18th April 2023
- 7.30am
- Cathedral Open Today Cathedral closes at 4.30
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 4.00pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Quire
Wednesday 19th April 2023
Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1012
- 8.30am
- Cathedral closed for Graduations The Lady Chapel is open for individual prayer
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 4.00pm
- Evening Prayer
Lady Chapel
Thursday 20th April 2023
- 8.30am
- Cathedral closed for Graduations Access to Lady Chapel available for private prayer via the North Door
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 4.00pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Quire
Friday 21st April 2023
Anselm, Abbot of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher of the Faith, 1109
- 8.30am
- Cathedral closed for Graduations Access to Lady Chapel available for private prayer
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 4.00pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Quire
Saturday 22nd April 2023
- 8.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel
Sunday 23rd April 2023
The Third Sunday of Easter
- 7.45am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.00am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.45am
- The Cathedral Eucharist (sung by the Lynwood Singers)
Quire
Hymns: 161, 157, 612
Communion Service in F - Harold Darke
Psalm 116.1-7
Virtute magna - Giovanni Croce
Preacher: The Revd Canon Rachel Young
President: The Revd Canon Gilly Myers
Organ: Toccata - Eugéne Gigout - 1.30pm
- Cathedral Open Today
- 6.00pm
- First Choral Evensong of George, Martyr, Patron of England (sung by the Lynwood Singers)
Quire and Nave
Responses: Ayleward
Hymns: 626, 223
Evening Service in E - Herbert Murrill
Psalms 111, 116
Blessed be the God and father - Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Organ: Imperial March - Edward Elgar
Monday 24th April 2023
George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304
- 8.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Choral Eucharist
High Altar
Hymns: 232 (omit 2, 4, 7), 571
Missa brevis ‘Orbis factor’ - Simon Biazeck
Let us now praise famous men - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Tuesday 25th April 2023
Mark the Evangelist
- 7.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Choral Eucharist
High Altar
Hymns: 217, 230
Missa Brevis - Grayston Ives
Almighty God which hast instructed - Thomas Tomkins
Wednesday 26th April 2023
- 8.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evening Prayer
Lady Chapel
Thursday 27th April 2023
Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894
- 8.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Choral Evensong
Quire
Responses: Radcliffe
Evening Service in G - Herbert Sumsion
What are these - Alan Gray
Friday 28th April 2023
Peter Chanel, Missionary in the South Pacific, Martyr, 1841
- 8.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Choral Evensong
Quire
Responses: Moore (I)
Evening Service in A - Herbert Sumsion
Light out of darkness - Edward Elgar
Saturday 29th April 2023
Catherine of Siena, Teacher of the Faith, 1380
- 8.30am
- Cathedral Open Today
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 2.00pm
- Tower Tour
Tickets £6.50 from https://www.guildford-cathedral.org/events/boxoffice
Sunday 30th April 2023
The Fourth Sunday of Easter
- 7.45am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.00am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.45am
- The Cathedral Eucharist
Quire
Hymns: 369, 587, SP 82 (152)
Missa Brevis - Lennox Berkeley
Psalm 23
The Lord is my shepherd - Lennox Berkeley
Preacher: The Revd Canon Chris Hollingshurst
President: The Venerable Stuart Beake
Organ: Allegro giocoso (Sonata in E flat) - Edward Bairstow - 1.30pm
- Cathedral Open Today
- 6.00pm
- First Choral Evensong of Philip and James, Apostles
Quire and Nave
Responses: Moore (I)
Hymns: 229, SP 117 (558)
Evening Service (Jesus College) - William Mathias
Psalm 25
Leaf from leaf - Judith Weir
Organ: Fiesta - Emma Lou Diemer