Advent and Christmas
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Morning Prayer is a simple, short spoken service which takes place at 7.30am on Monday to Saturday. It lasts for around 25 minutes.
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Advent and Christmas
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The Eucharist is celebrated each day, with the principal celebration taking place on Sunday morning at 11.15am.
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Advent
Christmas
Incarnation
Jesus
Joseph
Judgement
Mary
Archbishop Stephen Cottrell and Paula Gooder explore the mystery, wonder and also the darkness of the traditional Advent themes and the Christmas stories.
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Christmas
Faith
Hope
Mary
Lucy Winkett and Paula Gooder explore the pleasures, difficulties, and meanings of Christmas in good times and in bad.
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Christmas
Music
A Singing Assembly for Christmas, with an address by the Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral, Dr Paula Gooder, led by Tom Daggett and sung by the Vicars Choral. Learn the hymn 'O Come All Ye Faithful'.
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Advent
Bible
Christmas
Faith
Jesus
Redemption
The Christmas stories are some of the best-loved in the Bible, but their familiarity can mask their real, mind-boggling message. Paula Gooder unravels what these revolutionary stories really tell us about God, power, the poor, and the present day.
News article
20th January 2026
In December last year we had the pleasure of welcoming Dame Mary Berry to the Cathedral to film part of her Christmas special, ‘A Mary Berry Christmas’.
News article
17th December 2024
With their first Christmas services on the horizon, our new Girl Choristers had the opportunity to feature on CBBC’s Newsround.
Press release
6th December 2024
Last week, His Majesty King Charles III gave St Paul's Cathedral three Christmas trees from his Windsor Estate to mark the beginning of Advent.