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Manchester Cathedral is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Manchester, seat of the Bishop of Manchester and the city's parish church. Welcoming those of all faiths and none. www.manchestercathedral.org
π’What's on this weekπ’
Handel - Messiah
Always one of the highlights of the Manchester Baroque season, Messiah is a wonderful way to mark the start of Advent and the festive season.
π Saturday 6th December, 7pm @mancathedral.bsky.social
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Graphic of red ribbon with words world aids day 1 December
I spent a number of years as a HIV nurse. By then, the meds meant people could live full lives, but the stigma still existed. And access to preventative measures & meds varies
This #WorldAidsDay, as I lead prayers at @mancathedral.bsky.social, I'll be praying for justice, awareness & reduced stigma
Lunchtime conversation with the South Manchester Credit Union Sunday 11th January 2026 12.30pm, cathedral library South Manchester Credit Union is owned & run by its members Saving through the credit union creates positive, local social impact You can apply for loans, join a Christmas saving club & much more For every green loan issued, a tree is planted! Come and find out more! Free to attend, no need to book. Further information: canon.missioner@manchestercathedral.org
SAVE THE DATE!
Sunday 11th January 2026, 12.30pm
We are delighted to be hosting speakers from @smcreditunion.bsky.social on 11th January
If you can't make the discussion, you can contact them directly to find out more and see how your church can support this community based organisation
Do come and join us for some beautiful and joyful festive services
#Advent #Christmas
This sounds BRILLIANT!
A Chime for Manchester.
Manchester Cathedral launches A Chime for Manchester to mark the centenary of its bells.
Read more ‡οΈ
https://englishcathedrals.co.uk/latest-news/manchester-cathedral-launches-a-chime-for-manchester-to-mark-the-centenary-of-its-bells/
Lunchtime conversation with the South Manchester Credit Union Sunday 11th January 2026 12.30pm, cathedral library South Manchester Credit Union is owned & run by its members Saving through the credit union creates positive, local social impact You can apply for loans, join a Christmas saving club & much more For every green loan issued, a tree is planted! Come and find out more! Free to attend, no need to book. Further information: canon.missioner@manchestercathedral.org
SAVE THE DATE!
Sunday 11th January 2026, 12.30pm
We are delighted to be hosting speakers from @smcreditunion.bsky.social on 11th January
If you can't make the discussion, you can contact them directly to find out more and see how your church can support this community based organisation
Did you hear our bells on the radio this morning? They are 100 years old today. Catch up on BBC Sounds from 08.25 am.
Watch out this evening for features on BBC Northwest Tonight and ITV Granada reports and do come to our launch itself, which begins at 6.30pm today!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Really enjoyed this gathering
The best bit was, as I said in my talk, the recognition that a #NetZero world can improve our standards of living & wellbeing
Not just by reducing bills, but also by sharing resources and connecting with our communities in ways that build friendship & neighbourliness
Last night was our annual Our Faith Our Planet conference. Speakers shared perspectives from different faiths, read poems, gave updates on eco projects happening across Greater Manchester and delegates even had the opportunity to participate in a quiz!
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MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL Advent & Christmas 2025 Advent procession 5.30pm | Sunday 30th November | A service of music and readings for Advent The Lord Mayor's Carol Service 7.00pm | Wednesday 3rd December Handel's Messiah 7.00pm Saturday 6th December | Ticketed event manchesterbaroque.co.uk Family Carols 7.30pm Saturday 13th December | Ticketed event manchestercathedral.org Christmas Singalong for Shoppers 12.15pm Saturday 20th December Drop in for a break from shopping and join in with some festive singing A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 7.30pm Monday 22nd December
MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL Advent & Christmas 2025 Blessing of the Crib 12 Noon Christmas Eve Children are invited to dress up and take part in the Nativity story Midnight Mass with the Bishop of Middleton 11.30pm | Christmas Eve | Incense will be used at this service Sung Eucharist with the Bishop of Manchester 10.30am | Christmas Day | Incense will be used at this service The First Sunday of Christmas Holy Eucharist with the Bishop of Middleton 10.30am | Sunday 28th December Epiphany Procession 5.30pm | Sunday 4th January | A joint service with St Ann's, Manchester
Our Advent and Christmas service schedule is out!
Come along and join us for some beautiful services, carol singing and festive celebrations at the cathedral
Interfaith Week is next week and we are delighted to be hosting this conversation on Hindu-Christian dialogue
All welcome
It was Wednesday, July 17, 2024. The doors of the lift closed and descended from the 28th floor of the building. I felt grateful for Carmen's dinner. It seemed as if I could still smell the fried beef. Before she moved to England, she was a church-mate of my secondary school classmate. I met her in person for the first time only 40 days ago when I walked into the arrival hall of the Manchester Airport after the 14-hour flight with my buddy, a little toy bear in a blue shirt. I was going to move into an apartment in the same building on Sunday, putting an end to my "hotel-long-stay life". Three days ago, the leasing office staff showed me the rented apartment, which was in fact much more spacious and bright than the one I saw in the video. Let me thank the apartment for choosing me. I had bought a thick blanket and some basic kitchenware, which were now temporary stored at Carmen's home. Tomorrow, I had to get up at 5 am so as to wash the bedding in the hotel-guest self-service laundry room, which was used to be busy in the evening. What else I had to buy and to prepare? Settling up a new home and a new life in this unfamiliar city and unfamiliar country was a big challenge. Could I do so all by myself? Yes, I could. In the past 2 years, to prepare for this move, I had completed so many new tasks that I had never thought of. Yet, when the lift was descending, I still felt as if my heart was floating in the air. I left the building, and soon by-passed the Sainsbury Local. It was fresh but much cooler than the summer in Hong Kong. I reached the Victoria Bridge. The chill and the blue sky brought me back to reality. I soon realised that the bells of the Manchester Cathedral had filled the evening air. Why did the bells ring at this time of the evening? This place was interesting: a busy city centre but with the sound of the cathedral bells. While the future was uncertain, I would go on and try my best.
In the next of our cathedral bells stories, Alexandra remembers how hearing them shortly after arriving from Hong Kong, helped her settle into this new city
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MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL Advent & Christmas 2025 Advent procession 5.30pm | Sunday 30th November | A service of music and readings for Advent The Lord Mayor's Carol Service 7.00pm | Wednesday 3rd December Handel's Messiah 7.00pm Saturday 6th December | Ticketed event manchesterbaroque.co.uk Family Carols 7.30pm Saturday 13th December | Ticketed event manchestercathedral.org Christmas Singalong for Shoppers 12.15pm Saturday 20th December Drop in for a break from shopping and join in with some festive singing A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 7.30pm Monday 22nd December
MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL Advent & Christmas 2025 Blessing of the Crib 12 Noon Christmas Eve Children are invited to dress up and take part in the Nativity story Midnight Mass with the Bishop of Middleton 11.30pm | Christmas Eve | Incense will be used at this service Sung Eucharist with the Bishop of Manchester 10.30am | Christmas Day | Incense will be used at this service The First Sunday of Christmas Holy Eucharist with the Bishop of Middleton 10.30am | Sunday 28th December Epiphany Procession 5.30pm | Sunday 4th January | A joint service with St Ann's, Manchester
Our Advent and Christmas service schedule is out!
Come along and join us for some beautiful services, carol singing and festive celebrations at the cathedral
The bells at Manchester Cathedral will always hold a special place in both my husbands and my heart. We recently got married in July & it was one of the happiest days of our lives. There were so many special moments throughout the day, but the crowd that the Church bells drew in outside the Cathedral created such an incredible atmosphere for both us and our guests. As the bride, I remember getting closer to the Cathedral and hearing the bells for the first time on our wedding day, I had such a flutter of excitement and couldn't believe how many had gathered outside! When we were officially married, the bells rang again and there was so much happiness and love from our families and guests as confetti was thrown. We're both so privileged to go back to that special day with every Sunday we attend church and hear the bells ring!!
As we continue to share stories and memories of our cathedral bells, Hanni tells us why they mean so much to her and her husband Jack, who were married in the cathedral this summer
Join us on Nov 10th at 6.30pm as we launch our new bell appeal!
The bells at Manchester Cathedral will always hold a special place in both my husbands and my heart. We recently got married in July & it was one of the happiest days of our lives. There were so many special moments throughout the day, but the crowd that the Church bells drew in outside the Cathedral created such an incredible atmosphere for both us and our guests. As the bride, I remember getting closer to the Cathedral and hearing the bells for the first time on our wedding day, I had such a flutter of excitement and couldn't believe how many had gathered outside! When we were officially married, the bells rang again and there was so much happiness and love from our families and guests as confetti was thrown. We're both so privileged to go back to that special day with every Sunday we attend church and hear the bells ring!!
As we continue to share stories and memories of our cathedral bells, Hanni tells us why they mean so much to her and her husband Jack, who were married in the cathedral this summer
Join us on Nov 10th at 6.30pm as we launch our new bell appeal!
A brilliant morning at Messy Church today. Huge thanks to artist, Rob Floyd, for joining us and for all who came to take part
29.10.2025 13:32 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 028 October 1787 Abolitionist Thomas Clarkson preached a sermon at the now @mancathedral.bsky.social invited by local campaigners. The speech rallied the people of Manchester against the slave trade. Within months Manchester had initiated UKβs first mass anti-slave trade petition campaign.
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A CHIME FOR MANCHESTER I commenced worship at the cathedral in 1999 when my mother became very ill. She passed away that November, aged 88. I was her sole carer, a single man, for more than 30 years. Then, in August 2019 Marina and I were married at the cathedral! On arriving at the cathedral on Sunday mornings I could hear the peal of bells from a distance. This meant so much to me as the peal offered something eternal, solace and the truth for all of eternity as does the eucharist. Such is the meaning of the church bells.
On Nov 10th, we are launching a special appeal for our bells. The sound of church bells is very special and we will be sharing some stories and memories people have of the cathedral bells over the next few months
We begin with Basil, who has found solace and hope in the sound of the bells ringing
Solomon is wearing a white alb and standing at a wooden lectern at the high altar in the cathedral
This morning, Solomon John, an ordinand on placement with us, preached his first sermon at the cathedral at the 9am service
We are delighted to have Solomon with us for a long term placement and pray for his continuing development as he prepares for ordained ministry
We are sad to report that The Very Revd Ken Riley, Dean of Manchester from 1993 to 2005 has died
You can read a statement by our current Dean, The Very Revd Rogers Govender, and an obituary written by Jane Riley, on our website:
manchestercathedral.org/news-events/...
Come and join us as we celebrate the 100th birthday of our bells and launch an appeal for their next 100 years! Monday 10th November 6.30pm
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On November 2nd at 5.30pm, we will be holding our annual Eucharist for the Commemoration of the Faithful Departed. If you would like to add a name of a loved one, to the list that will be read out, please email office@manchestercathedral.org
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Cards with words and pictures on them. Words include: Moon; Rainbow; Earth and Mars: Higs and Dogs and Frogs; Whales and Snails and Quails; Sunshine
Prepped for our next Messy Church @mancathedral.bsky.social today. It includes a certain primary school banger
19.10.2025 19:17 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Members of the cathedral staff, volunteers and clergy, were able to get a tour of Salford Cathedral, which is nearing the end of its restoration
Great to see the building being lovingly restored, with investment in sustainable features
A busy morning at the Cathedral!
We are grateful to Mr Rob Knight and to Canon Jo Calladine, chaplain, from HMP Manchester for joining us. Canon Jo talked about giving thanks, a theme addressed in Sunday School. And then, an engaging Bible study as the group continued to explore the book of Job
Tomorrow, Sunday Oct 12th, marks the beginning of Prisons Week
We will be joined by The Revd. Canon Jo Calladine, a chaplain at HMP Manchester, who will be preaching at our main 10.30am Eucharist service. The Governor of HMP Manchester, Rob Knight, will also be speaking. All are welcome
A reminder that the cathedral will be closed to visitors today between 11am and 1.30pm.
Thank you for your understanding and apologies for any inconvenience caused
The cathedral will be closed to visitors on Friday 10th October between 11am and 1.30pm. Our public services on Friday will be as follows
Morning Prayer followed by Holy Communion 9am
Evening Prayer 4.30pm
Thank you for your understanding and apologies for any inconvenience caused'
Manchester cathedral with tree in foreground
The night has passed, and the day lies open before us;
let us pray with one heart and mind
On behalf of the Cathedral Chapter I am delighted with the appointment of Bishop Sarah as the next Archbishop of Canterbury. We send warm wishes to her in this time of preparation for this call. May Godβs Spirit guide her as she leads us in mission in these challenging times!
Dean of Manchester
