An overview of what’s happening at the Cathedral during the next few weeks.
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
11:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
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
11:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
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
15:30
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
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
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
14:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
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
13:00
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
11:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Evening Prayer
19:30
Performance - Concert: Exeter Chamber Choir
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Featured events
Full details of other special events, including school holiday activities, concerts and exhibitions, is published in advanced.