Christmas in the Cathedral
A guide to special services
events and activities at
Hereford Cathedral
NOVEMBER
Saturday 29
Christmas Sparkle, 1.15pm
Lunchtime organ recital of Advent and
Christmas favourites given by Peter
Dyke, with large screen projection.
Free with a retiring collection.
Sunday 30
Advent Carol Service, 3.30 pm
Sung by the Cathedral Choir. Hereford
Cathedral. No tickets required.
DECEMBER
Wednesday 3
Carols in the Cloister, 8pm
In aid of Save the Children Fund in
College Hall. Tickets from Mrs June
Chase MBE 01568 720416.
Saturday 6
Prayers at the new
Christmas Crib, 10.30am
With music provided by Hereford
Junior Singing Club
Coffee and mince pies for all
Handel’s Messiah, 7.30pm
A special candlelit performance by
Hereford Choral Society with Marches
Baroque. Tickets from 0845 4633124.
Advent and Christmas 2014
Sunday 7
Boy Bishop Ceremony, 3.30pm
Choral Evensong featuring the
traditional enthronement of a former
chorister as Boy Bishop of Hereford.
Tuesday 9
Christmas Donkey Pageant 11.00am
A nativity carol service for schools,
telling the story of Christmas with the
help of KS2 children, donkeys and
other animals. Booking is essential.
For more information please contact
our education department on 01432
374256 or email
education@herefordcathedral.org
Wednesday 10
An Elizabethan Christmas, 7.30pm
Experience the grandeur, emotion and
deep beauty that lay at the heart of
Christmas festivities in the court of
Elizabeth 1 with Jeffrey Skidmore’s
Ex Cathedra Consort, in a programme
to include Byrd, Gibbons and Tallis.
Tickets £10 / £17 / £30 from The
Cathedral Shop 01432 374210.
Friday 12
Hereford Cathedral Christmas Fair,
3.30pm - 8.00pm
Join us for the launch of over 30 stalls
of local crafts, food and drink,
seasonal produce and gifts, with mince
pies, hot coffee, mulled wine and
entertainment. All welcome and free
entry.
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The Balloon Display
Company & Party shop
Saturday 13
Christmas Fair and Carols for
Shoppers, 9.30am – 4pm
The fair continues with morning
entertainments and Carols for
Shoppers from 12 noon. All welcome
and free entry.
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Thursday 19
Army Benevolent Fund Carol
Service, 4pm
Monday 22 & Tuesday 23 December
Festival of Lessons and Carols, 7pm
Admission by ticket only: application
forms can be collected from the
cathedral or downloaded from the
cathedral website
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Open: Mon-Friday 9.30am-5.30pm, Saturday 9.00am-5.00pm
Christmas Eve
Sunday School Nativity Play, 3pm
for children and their families.
Choral Evensong, 5.30pm
with Blessing of the Crib
Christmas Day
Holy Communion with hymns, 8am
The Cathedral Eucharist, 10am
Choral