Everyone is welcome to join us for this service

Evensong is normally sung by the cathedral choir every day during term time except Wednesdays. For more details please see the weekly Music Scheme

All are welcome to join us for this service

Everyone is welcome to join us for our Cathedral Eucharist. This service is also live streamed

All are welcome to join us for Morning Prayer

Evensong is normally sung by Hereford Cathedral Choir during term times. Please check the weekly music scheme for more details.

This service takes place in the Lady Chapel

All are welcome to join us for this service

Everyone is welcome to join us as we mark Ash Wednesday:

8 am
Morning Prayer & Litany
10.30 am
Holy Communion with ashing
5.30 pm
Choral Eucharist with ashing and hymns

8 am
Holy Communion from the Book of Common Prayer (1662)

10 am
Procession of Palms and Cathedral Eucharist
We gather on the forecourt of the Bishop’s Palace.
Preacher: The Bishop

11.30 am
Morning Prayer

3.30 pm
Evening Prayer (sung by Hereford Cathedral Voluntary Choir)

he annual performance of one of J S Bach’s great Passion settings has been an annual feature of Hereford Cathedral’s musical calendar since 2002, and Bach’s exquisite and unparalleled music perfectly expresses the profound and emotional atmosphere of Holy Week.

This year the cathedral choir will present the St John Passion, the shorter and more immediately dramatic of the two settings, accompanied by Marches Baroque; the soloists will be led by Ruairi Bowen as the Evangelist.

Peter Dyke will conduct this work for the first time at Hereford, during the interregnum following the retirement of Geraint Bowen.

He said ‘The St John Passion is a very special work for me. It’s the first great choral work I got to know as a singer, as an 11-year-old treble. I remember being captivated by Bach’s beautifully expressive chorale harmonies and the drama of the opening chorus. I’m hugely looking forward to it!’

The St John Passion will take place on Tuesday 31 March at 7.30 pm.

Tickets are available in the Front Nave (which includes the front and mid section of the nave) and the Rear Nave. Tickets cost £25 and £18 respectively.

If you have any questions about this event, or accessibility, please contact [email protected] or call 01432 374 202

With thanks to sponsors, the William A Cadbury Charitable Trust and Hereford Cathedral Perpetual Trust.

8 am - Morning Prayer

5.30 pm - Evening Prayer

7.30 pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper with washing of feet
This service is sung by Hereford Cathedral Voluntary Choir and concludes with a procession to the altar of repose in All Saints’ Church
Preacher: The Bishop

8 am - Morning Prayer & Litany

10 am -Service for children and families

12 noon – 1.20 pm - Preaching of the Passion
Preacher: The Bishop

1.30 pm – 3 pm - Liturgy of the Passion
Preacher: The Bishop

Join the Hereford Cathedral team this Good Friday for a relaxed and informal family service. In this interactive and engaging session families can discover the Easter story by exploring the cathedral together with the Education & Family team.

Starting in the nave we will journey together to the Lady Chapel to learn about the Last Supper, experience the Easter Garden as well as talking about and understanding the trial and crucifixion. After the service everyone is welcome to join us for hot cross buns.
This service is particularly aimed at primary school aged children but all are very welcome to attend. There will be lots of moving around the cathedral and we kindly ask that children are accompanied at all times by a responsible adult. This service should last approximately 45 minutes.

8 am - Morning Prayer

5.30 pm - Choral Evensong
with Blessing of the Easter Garden

8 pm - Paschal Vigil and First Eucharist of Easter
This service begins at St Francis Xavier Church, Broad Street and concludes in the cathedral.

Everyone is welcome to join us to celebrate Easter.

8 am
Holy Communion with hymns from the Book of Common Prayer 1662

10 am
Cathedral Eucharist
Preacher: The Bishop

11.30 am
Choral Matins
Preacher: The Dean

3.30 pm
Choral Evensong

Join us for the annual Easter Monday Organ Recital performed by our Assistant Director of Music, Peter Dyke.

Come along for 1.15pm to hear a selection of music on our famous Father Willis organ, perhaps combining your visit with refreshments in the cathedral cafe. The concert includes large-screen video presentation from the organ loft.

The recital begins at 1.15 pm, and will last approximately 45 minutes. Admission is free, with a retiring collection.