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January 21, 2021

Webinar - EU Exit transition and businesses

January 21, 2021/ Rochester Cathedral
Webinar - EU Exit transition and businesses

Register now for the next Business Guild breakfast meeting. Phil Hibben, Head of Strategic Planning for the EU Exit Transition, will be talking about the challenges he faced in getting ready for the transition and how he thinks the changes will impact on us going forward. Register now

Thursday 18 February, 8am

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January 21, 2021

Webinar - The importance of contractual terms and conditions

January 21, 2021/ Rochester Cathedral
Webinar - The importance of contractual terms and conditions

The latest in the Business Guild webinar series. Jay Sahota, Jarman’s Solicitors, discusses the importance of good contractual terms and conditions. Register now

Friday 12th February

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January 06, 2021

Choral Evensong, Sunday 20th December 2020

January 06, 2021/ Lesley Olley
Choral Evensong, Sunday 20th December 2020

Watch again! Our most recent live-streamed service can be viewed via this link

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January 06, 2021

The Eucharist of Christmas morning

January 06, 2021/ Lesley Olley
The Eucharist of Christmas morning

Watch again: our traditional Christmas morning service

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January 06, 2021

The Eucharist of Christmas Night

January 06, 2021/ Lesley Olley
The Eucharist of Christmas Night

Watch again: our traditional Christmas Eve service

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January 06, 2021

Epiphany in Lockdown

January 06, 2021/ Lesley Olley
Epiphany in Lockdown

The Rev’d Canon Dr Gordon Giles shares a reflection for Epiphany in lockdown. Click this post to view.

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January 06, 2021

A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 2020

January 06, 2021/ Lesley Olley
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 2020

Watch again! If you missed our services at Christmas, you can easily view them here on our website.

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January 06, 2021

A service for Advent

January 06, 2021/ Lesley Olley
A service for Advent

Watch again: our traditional service for Advent

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January 06, 2021

Cathedral Closure March 2021

January 06, 2021/ Rochester Cathedral
Cathedral Closure March 2021

Update March 2021 Due to the recent government announcement, Rochester Cathedral will be closed to visitors and worshippers until further notice. No services will be open for in-person worshippers. Three services a week will be livestreamed on our website and Facebook.

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January 05, 2021

Choral Evensong

January 05, 2021/ Lesley Olley
Choral Evensong

Catch up on previous services here

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December 07, 2020

Rochester Cathedral Crypt used as a testing centre

December 07, 2020/ Rochester Cathedral
Rochester Cathedral Crypt used as a testing centre

Testing centre closing 31st March Rochester Cathedral’s Crypt is now a community testing centre for people without symptoms as part of Medway’s fight against coronavirus. In this short video, the Very Rev’d Dr Philip Hesketh, Dean of Rochester speaks about Christmas and the Cathedral’s additional new role.

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November 20, 2020

Project Funding Update

November 20, 2020/ Rochester Cathedral
Project Funding Update

Vital restoration work continues through 2020 thanks to funding sourced by the Rochester Cathedral Trust

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November 11, 2020

Aled Jones at Rochester Cathedral→

November 11, 2020/ Lesley Olley
Aled Jones at Rochester Cathedral

Tuesday 18th May 2021 | 19:00

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November 09, 2020

Join with us in prayer→

November 09, 2020/ Lesley Olley
Join with us in prayer

Visit this page if you would like your prayers to join with the Cathedral prayer team and to pray for a specific need for you or for someone else.

Join with us in prayer

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November 08, 2020

Act of Remembrance

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Act of Remembrance

Recorded live at Rochester Cathedral, with the Bishop of Rochester, Dean of Rochester, music from the Cathedral organists and lay clerks.

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November 01, 2020

In the light of the second lockdown

November 01, 2020/ Lesley Olley
In the light of the second lockdown

Call to pray at 6pm each day

I will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. Psalm 91:1–2

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October 26, 2020

Organ Recital by Jeremy Lloyd

October 26, 2020/ Lesley Olley
Organ Recital by Jeremy Lloyd

If you missed Sunday’s organ recital, find the recording here!

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October 15, 2020

Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse

October 15, 2020/ Lesley Olley
Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse

The recent report by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) into the Anglican Church has highlighted the shameful extent to which the abuse of children in the Church of England was prevalent. Read more here…

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October 15, 2020

Abigail's Wave of Light: baby loss awareness week

October 15, 2020/ Lesley Olley
Abigail's Wave of Light: baby loss awareness week

Abigail’s Footsteps will again join in partnership with Rochester Cathedral for 'Wave of Light' on Thursday 15th October 2020, to mark the end of Baby Loss Awareness Week, a short service, including prayer and poems will be streamed via Abigail’s Footsteps Facebook page at 19:00.

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October 12, 2020

Safeguarding Sunday – a sermon by Canon Precentor Matthew Rushton

October 12, 2020/ Lesley Olley
Safeguarding Sunday – a sermon by Canon Precentor Matthew Rushton

Sunday 11th October was dedicated to Safeguarding – timely considering this week’s publication of the report by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, detailing the safeguarding failings of the Church of England

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