Daily morning prayer service at Chester Cathedral, with the Liturgy of the Word at its core.
Morning Prayer is on at Chester Cathedral this Saturday, 7 November, starting at 8.15am. It's part of the daily worship that runs Monday to Friday and Saturday, so if you can't make it this weekend, there's another one on most mornings of the week.
Daily worship is the heart of life here. Every day begins with morning prayer and ends with evening prayer, following a pattern handed down from the Benedictine predecessors of St Werburgh's Abbey. The Liturgy of the Word is at the core, interwoven with canticles of praise and intercessory prayer. It's a steady, rhythmic way of starting and ending the day that's been going on long before the current cathedral stood in its place.
As for the cathedral itself, it's an ancient abbey, an archaeological treasure and a centre of musical excellence, a unique blend of medieval and modern history. The Very Revd Dr Tim Stratford is the Dean of Chester. There's also a practical side to how things are run: the cathedral is working towards a greener future, aiming to be carbon neutral by 2030. Since 2019, it's stopped printing single-use documents and puts service notes on large screens instead.
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Morning Prayer is at 8.15am, Monday to Friday and Saturday, at Chester Cathedral.
