Sunday 20th December 2020 Tuesday 22nd December 2020 Saturday 26th December 2020 THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr 07.45 Morning Prayer 08.45 Morning Prayer 09.45 Choral Mattins (Choristers & Lay Clerks) Livestreamed 17.30 Cloister Garth Carols CANCELLED 09.00 Holy Communion (St Peter’s Chapel) Responses: Shephard Benedicite: Plainsong Psalm 144.1-10 19.00 A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols Benedictus: Elgar Hymn to the Virgin: Britten Streamed on website and social media Sunday 27th December 2020 JOHN, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST Voluntary ~ Prelude & Fugue in C minor: Mendelssohn Wednesday 23rd December 2020 11.00 The Cathedral Eucharist 11.00 The Cathedral Eucharist (Choristers & Lay Clerks) Haydn: Little Organ Mass Preacher: The Canon Precentor Preacher: The Canon Precentor 07.45 Morning Prayer 15.15 Evening Prayer (said) Voluntary ~ Fugue on the Magnificat: J. S. Bach 17.30 Cloister Garth Carols CANCELLED Thursday 24th December 2020 15.15 Choral Evensong (Lay Clerks) Livestreamed Christmas Eve Responses: Ebdon Antiphon: O Clavis David Psalm 113 07.45 Morning Prayer Shepherd: First Service 23.30 The Eucharist of Christmas Night entry by ticket only Ave Maria: Biebl (Choristers & Lay Clerks) Voluntary ~ Prelude & Fugue in D minor: Walther Vierne: Messe Solenelle This is the truth: Vaughan Williams Monday 21st December 2020 In the bleak midwinter: Darke Preacher: The Bishop of Rochester Voluntary ~ Finale from Symphony No. 6: Widor 07.45 Morning Prayer 17.30 Cloister Garth Carols CANCELLED Friday 25th December 2020 CHRISTMAS DAY 19.00 A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 11.00 The Eucharist of Christmas Morning entry by ticket only Streamed on website and social media (Choristers & Lay Clerks) Livestreamed Dove: Missa Brevis Away in a manger (Normandy) Preacher: The Dean Voluntary ~ Toccata in D major: Lanquetuit Please check our website http://www.rochestercathedral.org for any changes to the times of services that may have been made. Director of Music & Organist - Francesca Massey Dean - The Very Reverend Philip Hesketh Canon Precentor - The Reverend Canon Matthew Rushton Assistant Director of Music & Sub Organist - Jeremy Lloyd Residentiary Canons - The Reverend Canon Sue Brewer, The Reverend Canon Chris Dench (Vice Dean) Canon Chancellor - The Reverend Canon Gordon Giles Sunday 27th December 2020 Tuesday 29th December 2020 Saturday 2nd January 2021 JOHN, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170 Basil the Great and Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishops, Teachers of the Faith, 379 and 389 08.45 Morning Prayer 11.00 The Cathedral Eucharist 15.15 Evening Prayer (said) 08.45 Morning Prayer Preacher: The Canon Precentor 15.15 Evening Prayer (said) Wednesday 30th December 2020 Sunday 3rd January 2021 THE SECOND SUNDAY OF CHRISTMAS 08.45 Morning Prayer th Monday 28 December 2020 15.15 Evening Prayer (said) The Holy Innocents 11.00 The Cathedral Eucharist Preacher: The Dean 08.45 Morning Prayer Thursday 31st December 2020 09.00 Holy Communion (St Peter’s Chapel) 15.15 Evening Prayer (said) 15.15 Evening Prayer (said) 08.45 Morning Prayer 15.15 Evening Prayer (said) Friday 1st January 2021 The Naming and Circumcision of Jesus 08.45 Morning Prayer Please check our website http://www.rochestercathedral.org for any changes to the times of services that may have been made. Director of Music & Organist - Francesca Massey Dean - The Very Reverend Philip Hesketh Canon Precentor - The Reverend Canon Matthew Rushton Assistant Director of Music & Sub Organist - Jeremy Lloyd Residentiary Canons - The Reverend Canon Sue Brewer, The Reverend Canon Chris Dench (Vice Dean) Canon Chancellor - The Reverend Canon Gordon Giles .