An overview of what’s happening at the Cathedral during the next few weeks.
8:00
Holy Communion - The Twenty Third Sunday after Trinity
9:00
Morning Prayer - Christ the King
10:00
Choral Eucharist - Christ the King
Boys and Adults
Introit: Am Himmelfahrtstage - Felix Mendelssohn
Missa Brevis - Jonathan Dove
Dextera Domini - Orlando di Lasso
Prélude and Tiento from Suite médiévale - Jean Langlais
Acclamations from Suite médiévale - Jean Langlais
11:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 17.00
11:30
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
14:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
16:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
16:00
Choral Evensong - The Twenty Third Sunday after Trinity
Boys and Adults
Responses: Francis Pott
Psalm 72
Francis Jackson in G
O clap your hands together - Orlando Gibbons
18:30
Sundays @ 6.30 - Healing Service
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Meeting ID: 996 3898 5011, Passcode: 1F0puR
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 19.00
11:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
11:15
Guided Tour - Roof Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
12:30
Prayers for wholeness and healing
14:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Choral Evensong
Lay Vicars and Choral Scholars
Responses: Stephen Cleobury
Psalm 119 (1-32)
Walter Alock in D
Seek him that maketh the seven stars - Edward Elgar
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Meeting ID: 996 3898 5011, Passcode: 1F0puR
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 19.00
11:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
14:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Choral Evensong
Lay Vicars and Choral Scholars
Responses: Stephen Cleobury
Psalm 119 (73-104)
Charles Wood in E
The Lord is King - William Boyce
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Meeting ID: 996 3898 5011, Passcode: 1F0puR
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 19.00
13:15
Eucharist
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Evening Prayer
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Meeting ID: 996 3898 5011, Passcode: 1F0puR
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 21.00
11:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
11:00
Guided Tour - Onwards and Upwards
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Choral Evensong
Boys and Adults
Responses: Francis Pott
Psalms 126-131
The Fifth Service - Thomas Tomkins
My shepherd is the living Lord - Thomas Tomkins
20:00
Performance - Concert: Teachers Rock (Night One)
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Meeting ID: 996 3898 5011, Passcode: 1F0puR
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 21.00
11:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
14:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Choral Evensong
Girls and Adults
Responses: Jack Oades
Psalms 136-138
Percy Whitlock in Fauxbourdon
Ave Maris Stella - Edvard Grieg
20:00
Performance - Concert: Teachers Rock (Night Two)
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 21.00
15:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing - For Christingle Service
16:00
Special Service - The Christingle Service
Girls and Boys
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
8:00
Holy Communion - The First Sunday in Advent
9:00
Morning Prayer - The First Sunday of Advent
10:00
Choral Eucharist - The First Sunday of Advent
Girls Boys and Adults
A Litany – Timothy Noon
Messe Solennelle – Louis Vierne
Laetantur coeli – William Byrd
11:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 17.00
11:30
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
14:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
16:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
18:00
Special Service - The Advent Procession
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Meeting ID: 996 3898 5011, Passcode: 1F0puR
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 19.00
12:30
Prayers for wholeness and healing
13:00
Cathedral closed for sightseeing
14:00
Special Service - Lord Mayor's Carol Service
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Choral Evensong
Boys and Adults
Responses: Francis Pott
Psalms 6-8
Short service - Orlando Gibbons
Adam lay ybounden - Boris Ord
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Meeting ID: 996 3898 5011, Passcode: 1F0puR
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 19.00
12:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
13:30
Performance - Christmas by Candlelight (Matinee)
17:30
Choral Evensong
Girls and Adults
Responses: Jack Oades
Psalms 12-14
Fauxbourdons - Thomas Tallis
A tender shoot - Otto Goldschmidt
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Meeting ID: 996 3898 5011, Passcode: 1F0puR
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 19.00
13:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
13:15
Eucharist
17:30
Evening Prayer
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Meeting ID: 996 3898 5011, Passcode: 1F0puR
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 21.00
13:00
Special Event - In Focus: Between the Covers
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Choral Evensong
Adults
Responses: Thomas Tallis
Psalms 22-23
Short Service – Jack Oades
Remember, O thou man – Thomas Ravenscroft
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Meeting ID: 996 3898 5011, Passcode: 1F0puR
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 21.00
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Choral Evensong
Adults
Responses: Thomas Tallis
Psalms 27-29
Dorian Service – John Amner
La Peregrinacion – Ariel Ramirez, arr. Peter Knight
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 21.00
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Choral Evensong
Parents
8:00
Holy Communion - The Second Sunday in Advent
9:00
Morning Prayer - The Second Sunday of Advent
10:00
Choral Eucharist - The Second Sunday of Advent
Lay Vicars
Advent Prose
Mass for three voices – William Byrd
Jerusalem Surge – Heinrich Isaac
11:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 17.00
11:30
Cathedral closed for sightseeing
14:30
Performance - Handel's Messiah Concert 2025
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Meeting ID: 996 3898 5011, Passcode: 1F0puR
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 19.00
12:30
Prayers for wholeness and healing
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Evening Prayer
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Meeting ID: 996 3898 5011, Passcode: 1F0puR
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 19.00
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Evening Prayer
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Meeting ID: 996 3898 5011, Passcode: 1F0puR
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 19.00
13:15
Eucharist
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Evening Prayer
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Meeting ID: 996 3898 5011, Passcode: 1F0puR
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 21.00
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Evening Prayer
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Meeting ID: 996 3898 5011, Passcode: 1F0puR
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 21.00
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Evening Prayer
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 21.00
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Evening Prayer
8:00
Holy Communion - The Third Sunday in Advent
9:00
Morning Prayer - The Third Sunday of Advent
10:00
Choral Eucharist - The Third Sunday of Advent
St Peter's Singers
Advent Prose
Missa brevis in G, K.140 ‘Pastoral’ -Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Benedixisti Domine - Josef Rheinberger
11:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 17.00
11:30
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
16:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
16:00
Special Service - Exeter Nativity
DCJC and Schola Exe
17:30
Evening Prayer - The Third Sunday in Advent
19:00
Sundays @ 6.30
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Meeting ID: 996 3898 5011, Passcode: 1F0puR
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 19.00
12:30
Prayers for wholeness and healing
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Choral Evensong
Lay Vicars
Responses: Plainsong
Psalms 25-26
Magnificat primi toni – Francesco Soriano
Nunc dimittis – Plainsong
I sing of a maiden – Lennox Berkeley
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Meeting ID: 996 3898 5011, Passcode: 1F0puR
9:00
Cathedral closed for sightseeing - until 13.00 for Stover School Carol Service
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 19.00
13:00
Special Service - Lunchtime Carols (all welcome, no booking required)
13:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Choral Evensong
Lay Vicars
Responses: Plainsong
Psalm 50
Magnificat septi toni – Lodovico Viadana
Nunc dimittis - Plainsong
There is no rose – Anon.
19:30
Performance - Concert: Christmas with Exeter Philharmonic Choir
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Meeting ID: 996 3898 5011, Passcode: 1F0puR
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 19.00
13:15
Eucharist
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Evening Prayer
19:30
Performance - Concert: Christmas with Exeter Philharmonic Choir
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Meeting ID: 996 3898 5011, Passcode: 1F0puR
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 21.00
13:00
Special Service - Lunchtime Carols (all welcome, no booking required)
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Evening Prayer
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Meeting ID: 996 3898 5011, Passcode: 1F0puR
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 21.00
16:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:00
Setup - Doors Open for Concert: Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight
17:30
Performance - Concert: Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight
17:30
Evening Prayer
19:00
Setup - Doors Open for Concert: Christmas at the Movies by Candlelight
19:30
Performance - Concert: Christmas at the Movies by Candlelight
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 21.00
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Evening Prayer
19:30
Performance - Concert: Exeter Chamber Choir
Featured events
Full details of other special events, including school holiday activities, concerts and exhibitions, is published in advanced.