What's OnEvents at Guildford Cathedral
See also Art Exhibitions
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.
Friday 1st October 2021
Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, Apostle of the Franks, 533; Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury, Social Reformer, 1885
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
- 5.30pm
- Choral Evensong
Cathedral Nave
Responses: Ayleward
Third Evening service - Philip Moore
Salve Regina - Francis Poulenc The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
Saturday 2nd October 2021
- 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
- 5.00pm
- Evensong (sung by Epsom Chamber Choir)
Quire
Responses: Smith
Second Evening service - Kenneth Leighton
Iustorum animae - Charles Villiers Stanford The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
Sunday 3rd October 2021
The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity
- 9.45am
- The Cathedral Eucharist
Cathedral Nave
Hymns: 442 (278), 54, 496
Communion Service in G - Francis Jackson
Psalm 8
O salutaris hostia - Francis Jackson
Preacher: The Revd Canon Chris Hollingshurst
President: The Venerable Stuart Beake
Organ: Diversion for Mixtures - Francis Jackson The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 1.30pm
- Cathedral Open Today The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
- 6.00pm
- Choral Evensong
Cathedral Nave
Responses: Jackson
Hymns: 19, 475, 573
Evening Service in G - Francis Jackson
Psalms 125, 126
Benedicite in G - Francis Jackson
Preacher: The Revd Duncan Myers
Organ: Impromptu - Francis Jackson The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
Monday 4th October 2021
Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
- 5.30pm
- Choral Evensong
Cathedral Nave
Responses: Jackson
Evening Service in D minor - Francis Jackson
Francis Jackson
Antiphon: Salve regina (simple tone) - Plainsong The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
Tuesday 5th October 2021
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 8.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
- 5.30pm
- Choral Evensong
Cathedral Nave
Responses: Tomkins
Short Evening Service - Orlando Gibbons
Almighty and everlasting God - Orlando Gibbons The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
Wednesday 6th October 2021
William Tyndale, Translator of the Scriptures, Reformation Martyr, 1536
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
- 5.30pm
- Evening Prayer
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
Thursday 7th October 2021
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
- 5.30pm
- Choral Evensong
Cathedral Nave
Responses: Tomkins
Evening Service in G minor - Henry Purcell
He trusted in God (Messiah) - George Frederic Handel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
Friday 8th October 2021
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
- 5.30pm
- Choral Evensong
Cathedral Nave
Responses: Sanders
Evening Service in C - Bryan Kelly
The Lord gave the word (Messiah) - George Frederic Handel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
Saturday 9th October 2021
Denys, Bishop of Paris, and his Companions, Martyrs, c.250; Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, 1253
- 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
Sunday 10th October 2021
The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
- 9.45am
- The Cathedral Eucharist
Cathedral Nave
Hymns: 275, 253, 262, 270
Missa brevis in C, 'Spatzenmesse' (K.220) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ave verum corpus - Edward Elgar
Preacher: The Revd Canon Mavis Wilson
President: The Revd Duncan Myers
Organ: Fugue in B minor (BWV 544) - Johann Sebastian Bach The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 1.30pm
- Cathedral Open Today The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
- 6.00pm
- RSCM Area Choirs' Festival
Cathedral Nave
Responses: Plainsong
Introit: Look down, O Lord - William Byrd
Hymns: 558, 424 (omit *), 543 (i)
Evening Service in D - Charles Wood
Psalm 127
Purest and highest - Charles Villiers Stanford
Light of the world - Edward Elgar
Preacher: The Very Revd Dianna Gwilliams
Organ: Presto (comodo) (Sonata in G, Op. 28) - Edward Elgar The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
Monday 11th October 2021
Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675; James the Deacon, companion of Paulinus, 7th century
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
- 5.30pm
- Choral Evensong
Cathedral Nave
Responses: Woodside
Magnificat (Quinti toni) - Cristóbal de Morales
Nunc dimittis (Quinti toni) - Plainsong
Holy is the true light - William Harris The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
Tuesday 12th October 2021
Wilfrid of Ripon, Bishop, Missionary, 709
Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845; Edith Cavell, Nurse, 1915
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 8.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
- 5.30pm
- Choral Evensong
Cathedral Nave
Responses: Smith
Evening Service in E minor - Daniel Purcell
Through the day thy love has spared us - Philip Moore The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
Wednesday 13th October 2021
Edward the Confessor, King of England, 1066
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
- 5.30pm
- Evening Prayer
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
Thursday 14th October 2021
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
- 5.30pm
- Choral Evensong
Cathedral Nave
Responses: Smith
Evening Service in F - Michael Wise
His yoke is easy (Messiah) - George Frederic Handel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
Friday 15th October 2021
Teresa of Avila, Teacher of the Faith, 1582
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
- 5.30pm
- Choral Evensong
Cathedral Nave
Responses: Leighton
Evening Service in G - Edward Bairstow
Lift up your heads (Messiah) - George Frederic Handel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
Saturday 16th October 2021
Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London, and Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester, Reformation Martyrs, 1555
- 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
- 2.00pm
- Cathedral Tower Tour
Tickets - £5 booking recommended from Cathedral Box Office or Guildford Cathedral Online Box Office - 5.00pm
- Evensong (sung by New Gloriana Choir)
Quire
Responses: Clucas
Evening Service in G - Herbert Howells
Evening Hymn - Henry Balfour Gardiner
Organ: Gaudeamus - Sidney Campbell The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
Sunday 17th October 2021
The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity
- 9.45am
- The Cathedral Eucharist
Cathedral Nave
Hymns: 546, 308, 628
Missa Mon coeur se recommande a vous - Johannes Eccard
Psalm 91. 9-end
Tantum ergo - Sydney Nicholson
Preacher: The Venerable Stuart Beake
President: The Revd Canon Chris Hollingshurst
Organ: Echo fantasia (Dorian) - Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 1.30pm
- Cathedral Open Today The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
- 6.00pm
- Choral Evensong
Cathedral Nave
Responses: Smith
Hymns: 215, 12, 347
Fifth Evening service - Thomas Tomkins
Psalm 33
Strengthen ye the weak hands - William Harris
Preacher: The Revd Canon Gilly Myers
Organ: Sounding Heaven and Earth - Cecilia McDowall The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
Monday 18th October 2021
Luke the Evangelist
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
- 5.30pm
- Choral Evensong
Cathedral Nave The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
Tuesday 19th October 2021
Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India and Persia, 1812
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 8.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
- 5.30pm
- Choral Evensong
Cathedral Nave The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
Wednesday 20th October 2021
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
- 5.30pm
- Evening Prayer
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
Thursday 21st October 2021
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
- 5.30pm
- Choral Evensong
Cathedral Nave The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
Friday 22nd October 2021
- 9.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 9.30am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
- 5.30pm
- Choral Evensong
Cathedral Nave The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
Saturday 23rd October 2021
- 10.30am
- Cathedral Open Today The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
Sunday 24th October 2021
The Last Sunday after Trinity
- 9.45am
- The Cathedral Eucharist (sung by Guildford Cathedral Singers)
Cathedral Nave
Hymns: 1, 278, 319
Psalm 126 The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions. - 1.30pm
- Cathedral Open Today The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.
- 6.00pm
- Choral Evensong (sung by Guildford Cathedral Singers)
Cathedral Nave
Hymns: 13, 423 (i), 537
Psalm 119. 121-136 The Cathedral is open for restricted use and times due to Coronavirus restrictions.