Daily service of Morning Prayer at Chester Cathedral, held at 8.15 on Saturdays.
Morning Prayer is on at Chester Cathedral this Saturday, 31 October, at 8.15am. It's one of the cathedral's daily services, which run at the same time every morning from Monday to Saturday.
The service follows a pattern that goes back to the cathedral's Benedictine roots: the Liturgy of the Word woven together with canticles, followed by intercessory prayer. The rhythm is set by the Book of Common Prayer and Common Worship, and the service itself is a blend of set liturgy, hymns, Scripture readings and a sermon. It's the same format they've used since the days of the abbey's Benedictine predecessors, so if you've been before, you'll know what to expect.
For a bit of context, Chester Cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Chester and has been the seat of the bishop since 1541. It stands on the site of the abbey church of the Benedictine monastery dedicated to Saint Werburgh, which explains why the daily services still follow that Benedictine pattern. Beyond the worship, the cathedral is home to a choir, a café, a gift shop and guided tours. They're also working towards being carbon neutral by 2030 and stopped printing one-time-use documents back in 2019, so you'll see service notes projected onto large screens instead of paper handouts.
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Morning Prayer starts at 8.15am. The cathedral is at 12 Abbey Square, Chester, CH1 2HU.
