Daily Calendar

An overview of what’s happening at the Cathedral during the next few weeks.

This week
W/C 14 December
W/C 21 December
W/C 28 December
Sunday 07 December

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

Monday 08 December

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

Guided Tour - Spotlight - Courtenay Bishops Window

13:40

Guided Tour - Spotlight - Courtenay Bishops Window

14:00

Guided Tour - Floor Tour

14:20

Guided Tour - Spotlight - Courtenay Bishops Window

17:00

Cathedral closes for sightseeing

17:30

Evening Prayer

Tuesday 09 December

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

17:30

Evening Prayer

19:00

Performance

Wednesday 10 December

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

13:15

Eucharist

14:00

Guided Tour - Floor Tour

17:00

Cathedral closes for sightseeing

17:30

Evening Prayer

Thursday 11 December

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

Cathedral closes for sightseeing

17:30

Evening Prayer

Friday 12 December

8:15

Morning Prayer

8:35

Eucharist

9:00

Cathedral closes for sightseeing

9:00

Morning Prayer - Zoom Meeting ID: 996 3898 5011, Passcode: 1F0puR

10:00

Christmas Market Open - Until 21.00

13:00

Cathedral opens for sightseeing

17:30

Evening Prayer

Saturday 13 December

8:15

Morning Prayer

8:35

Eucharist

9:00

Cathedral opens for sightseeing

10:00

Christmas Market Open - Until 21.00

11:00

Guided Tour - Floor Tour

13:00

Cathedral closes for sightseeing

17:30

Evening Prayer

Sunday 14 December

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

18:30

Sundays @ 6.30

Monday 15 December

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

Tuesday 16 December

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

Wednesday 17 December

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

Thursday 18 December

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

11:00

Guided Tour - Floor Tour

13:00

Special Service - Lunchtime Carols (all welcome, no booking required)

14:00

Guided Tour - Floor Tour

17:00

Cathedral closes for sightseeing

17:30

Evening Prayer

Friday 19 December

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

Saturday 20 December

8:15

Morning Prayer

8:35

Eucharist

9:00

Cathedral opens for sightseeing

10:00

Christmas Market Open - Until 21.00

11:00

Guided Tour - Floor Tour

17:00

Cathedral closes for sightseeing

17:30

Evening Prayer

19:30

Performance - Concert: Exeter Chamber Choir

Sunday 21 December

8:00

Holy Communion - The Fourth Sunday in Advent

9:00

Morning Prayer - The Fourth Sunday of Advent

10:00

Choral Eucharist - The Fourth Sunday of Advent

Girls, Boys and Adults

Advent prose

Mass for five voices - William Byrd

Softly sleeping - Will Todd

11:30

Cathedral opens for sightseeing

14:00

Guided Tour - Floor Tour

16:00

Choral Evensong - The Fourth Sunday in Advent

Girls, Boys and Adults

Responses: Bernard Rose

Psalm 113

This have I done for my true love - Gustav Holst

16:00

Cathedral closes for sightseeing

18:30

Sundays @ 6.30

Monday 22 December

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

11:00

Guided Tour - Floor 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

Evening Prayer

Tuesday 23 December

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

11:00

Guided Tour - Floor Tour

12:00

Guided Tour - Floor Tour

14:00

Guided Tour - Floor Tour

17:00

Cathedral closes for sightseeing

18:00

Special Service - Grandisson: a service of lessons and carols

Girls, Boys and Adults

Wednesday 24 December

8:15

Morning Prayer - Christmas Eve

8:35

Eucharist - Christmas Eve

9:00

Cathedral opens for sightseeing

9:00

Morning Prayer - Zoom Meeting ID: 996 3898 5011, Passcode: 1F0puR

12:00

Special Service - Crib Service

13:15

Eucharist - Christmas Eve

17:00

Cathedral closes for sightseeing

18:00

Special Service - Grandisson: A service of lessons and carols

Girls, Boys and Adults

23:00

Solemn Eucharist - Midnight Mass

St Peter's Singers

Up! Good christen folk, and listen - Trad. arr. Woodward

Messe de Minuit pour Noël - Marc-Antoine Charpentier

In the bleak midwinter - Gustav Holst arr. Mack Wilberg

Finale from Symphony no 1 - Louis Vierne

Thursday 25 December

8:00

Cathedral Opens - for services only for Christmas Day

8:00

Eucharist - The Nativity of our Lord

10:00

Choral Eucharist - Christmas Day

Girls, Boys and Adults

Missa Sancti Nicolai - Franz Joseph Haydn

Hodie Christus natus est - Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

Sortie "Laissez paître vos bêtes" - César Franck

11:45

Choral Mattins - The Nativity of our Lord

Girls, Boys and Adults

Responses: Bernard Rose

Psalms 110, 117

Morning service in B-flat - Charles Villiers Stanford

On this Day Earth shall Ring - Haldane Campbell Stewart

In dulci jubilo, BWV 729 - J.S. Bach

16:00

Choral Evensong - The Nativity of our Lord

Girls, Boys and Adults

Responses: Bernard Rose

Psalm 8

O magnium mysterium – Morten Lauridsen

Ding dong merrily on high – Trad, arr. Charles Wood

Dum silentium tenerent omnia – Guillaume Bouzignac

Long the night – Ukranian carol, arr. Roy Massey

Quand Jesus naquit à Noël - Claude-Bénigne Balbastre

Friday 26 December

9:00

Morning Prayer - Zoom Meeting ID: 996 3898 5011, Passcode: 1F0puR

11:00

Cathedral opens for sightseeing

11:00

Morning Prayer

11:20

Eucharist

15:00

Evening Prayer - St Stephen's Day

15:00

Cathedral closes for sightseeing

Saturday 27 December

10:00

Morning Prayer

10:00

Cathedral opens for sightseeing

10:20

Eucharist

11:00

Guided Tour - Floor Tour

15:00

Evening Prayer - St John the Evangelist's Day

15:00

Cathedral closes for sightseeing

Sunday 28 December

8:00

Holy Communion - The Innocents' Day

9:00

Morning Prayer - The First Sunday of Christmas

10:00

Choral Eucharist - The First Sunday of Christmas

11:30

Cathedral opens for sightseeing

14:00

Guided Tour - Floor Tour

16:00

Cathedral closes for sightseeing

16:00

Evening Prayer - Congregational Evensong; The Innocents' Day

Monday 29 December

9:00

Morning Prayer - Zoom Meeting ID: 996 3898 5011, Passcode: 1F0puR

10:00

Morning Prayer

10:00

Cathedral opens for sightseeing

10:20

Eucharist

11:00

Guided Tour - Floor Tour

12:00

Guided Tour - Floor Tour

14:00

Guided Tour - Floor Tour

15:00

Evening Prayer

17:00

Cathedral closes for sightseeing

Tuesday 30 December

9:00

Morning Prayer - Zoom Meeting ID: 996 3898 5011, Passcode: 1F0puR

10:00

Morning Prayer

10:00

Cathedral opens for sightseeing

10:20

Eucharist

11:00

Guided Tour - Floor Tour

14:00

Guided Tour - Floor Tour

15:00

Evening Prayer

17:00

Cathedral closes for sightseeing

Wednesday 31 December

9:00

Morning Prayer - Zoom Meeting ID: 996 3898 5011, Passcode: 1F0puR

10:00

Morning Prayer

10:00

Cathedral opens for sightseeing

10:20

Eucharist

13:15

Eucharist

14:00

Guided Tour - Floor Tour

15:00

Evening Prayer

17:00

Cathedral closes for sightseeing

Thursday 01 January

10:00

Cathedral opens for sightseeing

11:00

Morning Prayer - The Naming and Circumcision of Jesus

11:20

Eucharist - The Naming and Circumcision of Jesus

15:00

Evening Prayer

17:00

Cathedral closes for sightseeing

Friday 02 January

8:15

Morning Prayer

8:35

Eucharist

9:00

Cathedral opens for sightseeing

17:00

Cathedral closes for sightseeing

17:30

Evening Prayer

Saturday 03 January

8:15

Morning Prayer

8:35

Eucharist

9:00

Cathedral opens for sightseeing

17:00

Cathedral closes for sightseeing

17:30

Evening Prayer

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