Eucharist with address and foot-washing, followed by The Watch and Compline

for 2 hours
Chester Cathedral
St Werburgh Street Chester, CH1 2DY, United Kingdom

Maundy Thursday gets its name from the Latin word mandatum meaning to command, as we remember Jesus' command: 'Love one another as I have loved you'.

It is the day when we remember Jesus sharing the Last Supper with his disciples and commanding them to do the same with bread and wine in the future. Jesus also washed the disciples' feet, and this will be recreated in the Cathedral as a reminder of the kind of service we are meant to demonstrate in our love for one another.

At the end of the service, the Cathedral is stripped of all ornamentation and we remember Jesus’ agony and arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane, when his disciples abandoned him. Can we stay and watch with him?

Preacher: The Revd Canon Prof Paul Middleton, Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Chester University and Canon Ecumenical at Chester Cathedral

Sung by the Nave Choir

Entrance for this service will be through the Southwest porch

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Eucharist with address and foot-washing, followed by The Watch and Compline

for 2 hours
Chester Cathedral
St Werburgh Street Chester, CH1 2DY, United Kingdom

Maundy Thursday gets its name from the Latin word mandatum meaning to command, as we remember Jesus' command: 'Love one another as I have loved you'.

It is the day when we remember Jesus sharing the Last Supper with his disciples and commanding them to do the same with bread and wine in the future. Jesus also washed the disciples' feet, and this will be recreated in the Cathedral as a reminder of the kind of service we are meant to demonstrate in our love for one another.

At the end of the service, the Cathedral is stripped of all ornamentation and we remember Jesus’ agony and arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane, when his disciples abandoned him. Can we stay and watch with him?

Preacher: The Revd Canon Prof Paul Middleton, Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Chester University and Canon Ecumenical at Chester Cathedral

Sung by the Nave Choir

Entrance for this service will be through the Southwest porch

More info Join online

Safeguarding

Chester Cathedral is committed to being a safe and caring place for all. This means that we must promote a safe environment and culture, safely recruit and support all staff and volunteers, respond promptly to every safeguarding concern or allegation and to those that may pose a present risk to others, care pastorally for survivors of abuse and other affected persons and for those who are the subject of concerns or allegations. We will do this in line with best practice by following the practice guidance of the Church of England.

If you have any safeguarding concerns or issues of a safeguarding matter then please contact our Cathedral Safeguarding Officer, Sharon Scarlett at [email protected] or 01244 500 953.

Alternatively, the Diocesan Safeguarding Team can be contacted at [email protected] or on 01928 718834 (option 4).

However, if someone is in immediate danger or harm, call 999 and ask for the Police.

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