Join us as we mark the beginning of Lent with our Ash Wednesday services.

On the 5th March said celebrations of Holy Communion will be held at 08:00 and 13:00. Our Sung Eucharist will be at 17:30. The imposition of ashes will take place during all three services. All are welcome to join us at these services.

Please note, Mars will be closed to visitors all day on the 5th. Rochester Cathedral remains open for worship throughout the day.

Our annual Blessing of the Plough service where we celebrate Kent’s farming traditions. All are welcome to join us.

All are welcome at our annual Blessing of Chalk service

The principal service of Christmas day, with Holy Communion, sermon and carols for both the congregation and Cathedral

Our traditional Holy Communion on Christmas morning.

A traditional Christmas Carol Service with our Lay Clerks and Choristers on Christmas Eve

This is the service for children aged 0-100. Featuring our Sunday Club and Choir

Choristers, candles and carols for everybody to join in: nothing compares with the experience of a traditional carol service in Rochester Cathedral, which has witnessed over a thousand Christmases. 

Choristers, candles and carols for everybody to join in: nothing compares with the experience of a traditional carol service in Rochester Cathedral, which has witnessed over a thousand Christmases. 

Information on the Remembrance Sunday Civic service. A small number of seats will be available to the public on a first come, first served basis.

On All Souls’ Day Saturday 2nd November at 1515 there will be a Requiem Eucharist, sung by the Cathedral Voluntary Choir. It will include excerpts from Faure’s Requiem.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. To commemorate this historic day, Rochester Cathedral will be holding a special Evensong at 17:30 on the 6th June. All are welcome to join us at this service.

This Sunday our Old Choristers Association will join together for Evensong. The service will include a preview of a special recording made back in 1926 being played in the Cathedral for the first time in 98 years.

Join us on Easter Day. Services are free and open to all to attend.

05:30 The Easter Liturgy with baptisms and confirmations

08:00 Holy Communion (BCP)

10:30 The Eucharist of Easter Day

15:15 Solemn Evensong, Procession and Blessing of the Easter Garden

09:30 Choral Mattins

Three Hours’ Devotion:

12:00 Preaching the Cross

13:45 The Liturgy of Good Friday

10:30 The Chrism Eucharist

20:00 The Liturgy of Maundy Thursday

Join us as we celebrate Mothering Sunday with an all-age Eucharist.

Everyone is welcome to join us.

To mark the beginning of Lent, said celebrations of Holy Communion (all with the imposition of ashes) will be held in the Cathedral on Wednesday 14th February at 08:00 and at 13:00. There will also be a Sung Eucharist with the imposition of ashes at 17:30.

All are welcome to join us for our Candlemas service

Today, we honor Plough Sunday, a time-honored tradition that welcomes Kent's farming and agricultural communities to our cathedral.

Our Epiphany Eucharist

The principal service of Christmas day, with Holy Communion, sermon and carols for both the congregation and Cathedral

Our traditional Holy Communion on Christmas morning.

A traditional Christmas Carol Service with our Lay Clerks on Christmas Eve

This is the service for children aged 0-100. Featuring our Sunday Club and Choir

The Cathedral Eucharist for Advent Four

Choristers, candles and carols for everybody to join in: nothing compares with the experience of a traditional carol service in Rochester Cathedral, which has witnessed over a thousand Christmases.