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Holy Communion is celebrated on Sundays and weekdays at 8am and on Thursdays and Saints’ Days at 12 noon also. Mattins is said on weekdays at 7.40am. Choral services are sung by Lay Clerks & Boy Choristers unless otherwise stated.

Canon-in-residence and Vice-Dean: 1st - 15th Canon Steve Pittis, 16th - 31st Canon Michael St.John-Channell


March
21  Sunday - The Fifth Sunday of Lent – Passiontide begins - Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, Reformation Martyr, 1556
0800 Holy Communion (Canon Michael St.John-Channell)
0945 MATTINS – Girl Choristers and Lay Clerks
Responses: Tomkins
Venite:  Ouseley (in A flat)
Benedicite: Stanford
Benedictus: Gibbons  Short Service
Anthem: Gibbons  O Lord, in thy wrath
Sermon: Canon Roland Riem
Voluntary: Harris  A Fancy
1100

SUNG EUCHARIST
President: The Dean  Homily: Canon Michael St.John-Channell
Setting: Byrd  Mass for five voices
Voluntary: Bruhns  “Great” Praeludium in E Minor
Coffee will be served in the South Nave Aisle after this service – all are welcome

1530 EVENSONG
Responses: Byrd
Canticles: Howells  Winchester Service
Anthem: Greene  Lord, let me know mine end
Sermon: The Revd Canon John Turpin, Vicar, Ringwood
Voluntary: Howells  Rhapsody IV
22  Monday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1730 Evensong - said
Cathedral Choir in recording session
23  Tuesday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1730 Evensong - said
Cathedral Choir in recording session
24  Wednesday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
0835 Cathedral Stillness
1730 Evensong - said
Cathedral Choir in recording session
25  Thursday - THE ANNUNCIATION OF OUR LORD TO THE BVM
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1200 Holy Communion
1630 Evensong - said
Cathedral Choir in recording session
26  Friday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1730 Evensong - said
2000 Compline - Winchester Cathedral Nave Choir
27  Saturday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1730 EVENSONG
Responses: Smith
Canticles: Mathias  Jesus College Service
Anthem: Walton  A Litany
Voluntary: Mathias  Berceuse
28  Sunday - PALM SUNDAY
0735 Mattins - said (Canon Roland Riem)
0800 Holy Communion (Canon Roland Riem)
1000 Procession from Westgate to the Cathedral
1030 SUNG EUCHARIST
President: Canon Michael St.John-Channell
Introits: Malcolm  Ingrediente Domine
Weelkes  Hosanna to the son of David
Litany:  Sweeney
Setting: Vierne  Messe solennelle
Voluntary: Vierne  Final (Symphonie III)
Coffee will be available in the Prior’s Hall after this service.  All are welcome.
1530 EVENSONG – Girl Choristers and Lay Clerks
Responses: Tomkins
Canticles: Byrd  Great Service
Anthem: Vittoria  Pueri Hebraeorum
Sermon:  Canon Steve Pittis
Voluntary: Jackson  Vivace (Organ Sonata No. 3)
1800 Taize Service (The Dean)
29  Monday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1200 Holy Communion
1730 EVENSONG – Men’s Voices in the Lady Chapel
Responses: Byrd/Quinney
Canticles: Dufay  Tone V
Anthem: Tallis  The Lamentation of Jeremiah (ii)
30  Tuesday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1200 Holy Communion
1730 EVENSONG
Responses: Smith
Canticles: Bevan Service on Tones VIII & III
Anthem: JS Bach  Komm, Jesu, komm
31  Wednesday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
0835 Cathedral Stillness
1200 Holy Communion
1730 Evensong - said

March

1  Thursday - MAUNDY THURSDAY
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1100

SOLEMN EUCHARIST with Blessing of Oils and Renewal of Ordination Commitment
President & Sermon: The Bishop
Setting: Mozart Spatzenmesse K 220
Voluntary: JS Bach Pièce d’Orgue BWV 572

1730 Evensong - said
1900

CONCELEBRATED EUCHARIST OF THE LAST SUPPER
President & Homily: Canon Roly Riem
Setting: Martin  Mass for double choir
Motet: Duruflé  Ubi caritas
Watch by the Altar of Repose (Holy Sepulchre Chapel) till 9.30 pm
Final reading and prayers: The Dean

2  Friday - GOOD FRIDAY
0830 Mattins - said
1200

THE THREE HOURS
12—1.15: The Preparation  (Canon Steve Pittis)
1.15: The Vigil of Silence concluding with Hymn
1.30:  The Litany in Procession: Tallis
1.40: The Liturgy of Good Friday (The Dean)
Vittoria  St. John Passion
Sanders  The Reproaches
Poulenc  Tenebrae factae sunt
Lotti  Crucifixus

1730

EVENSONG – Girl Choristers
Responses: Plainsong
Canticles: Tone I
Anthem: Vittoria O vos omnes

3  Saturday - EASTER EVE
0800 Holy Communion
0830 Mattins - said
1730 Evensong - said
2000

VIGIL, SERVICE OF LIGHT, CONFIRMATION &  FIRST EUCHARIST OF EASTER sung by the Winchester Cathedral Chamber Choir
President: The Bishop  Sermon:
Canon Michael St.John-Channell
Setting: Palestrina  Missa ‘Papae Marcelli’
Motet: Palestrina  Lauda anima mea
Voluntary: Tournemire  Choral-Improvisation sur le ‘Victimae Paschali’

4  Sunday - EASTER DAY
0800 Holy Communion and Blessing of the Easter Garden (Canon Roland Riem)
1000

FESTAL EUCHARIST - Boy and Girl Choristers with Lay Clerks
Broadcast live on BBC 1 – please be seated by 9.30
President: The Dean
Homily: The Bishop
Introit: Sweeney  Quem quaeritis
Setting: Peeters  Missa Festiva
Comm Motet:  arr Wood  This joyful Eastertide
Voluntary: Gigout  Grand Choeur Dialogué

1145

MATTINS – Winchester Cathedral Chamber Choir
Responses: Plainsong
Easter Anthems: Tallis
Te Deum: Woodward/Jones
Jubilate: Boyce in A
Anthem: Shephard The Easter Song of Praise
Voluntary: Howells Saraband for the Morning of Easter

1600

EVENSONG
Responses: Rose
Canticles: Stanford in C
Anthem: SS Wesley  Blessed be the God and Father
Voluntary: Vierne  Final (Symphonie I)

5  Monday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1730 Evensong (normally Choral)
6  Tuesday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1730 Evensong (normally Choral)
7  Wednesday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1730 Evensong (normally Choral)
8  Thursday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1200 Holy Communion (Thursdays and Saints` Days only)
1730 Evensong (normally Choral)
9  Friday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1730 Evensong (normally Choral)
10  Saturday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1730 Evensong (normally Choral)
11  Sunday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1730 Evensong (normally Choral)
12  Monday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1730 Evensong (normally Choral)
13  Tuesday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1730 Evensong (normally Choral)
14  Wednesday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1730 Evensong (normally Choral)
15  Thursday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1200 Holy Communion (Thursdays and Saints` Days only)
1730 Evensong (normally Choral)
16  Friday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1730 Evensong (normally Choral)
17  Saturday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1730 Evensong (normally Choral)
18  Sunday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1730 Evensong (normally Choral)
19  Monday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1730 Evensong (normally Choral)
20  Tuesday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1730 Evensong (normally Choral)


Please find links below to Events in the Cathedral in the coming months.

• General Listing
• Themed Lunches

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Contacts
General Enquiries: 01962 857200; Fax: 01962 857201
cathedral.office@winchester-cathedral.org.uk
This List: Emma Law: 01962 857212; Fax: 01962 857201
emma.law@winchester-cathedral.org.uk
Media: Cathedral Press Officer: 01962 857217 / 07968 549628
pressoffice@winchester-cathedral.org.uk

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Themed Lunches and Suppers at the Visitors' Centre

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