We are pleased to announce the Christmas services that we plan to hold in the Cathedral this year.

Entry to the following services will be by pre-booked ticket only; Tickets for these services will be available to book on this page from Sunday 29th November at 7.00pm.

Wednesday 23rd December 5.30 pm – Lessons and Choral Music for Christmas
Christmas Eve
3.30 pm – Lessons and Choral Music for Christmas
[a repeat of the 23rd December service]
7.00 pm – First Eucharist of Christmas with organ music only
9.30 pm – First Eucharist of Christmas with choral music
Christmas Day
8.00 am – Holy Eucharist
9.15 am – Holy Eucharist with organ music only
11.15 am-  Holy Eucharist with choral music

Due to the reduced capacity of the Cathedral and the need for social distancing, we regret that only ticket-holders can be admitted into the Cathedral for these services.

If you are unable to book a ticket yourself, please ask somebody to help you. We request that one booking per (extended) household is made and seats will be allocated by us. These cannot be changed on arrival in the Cathedral, as the seating will be arranged in accordance with social distancing requirements.

CLICK HERE TO BOOK TICKETS

The Cathedral is now open

Following the Welsh national lockdown, the Cathedral is now open for visitors.
Opening times are:
Monday – Friday 2.00pm-4.00pm
Saturday – 1.00pm – 4.00pm
Sunday – 2.00pm – 4.00pm (The Cathedral will be closed to visitors on 29th November & 6th December)

Our Sunday services resume in the Cathedral with services at 9.00am and 11.15am.
Social distancing measures are in place and more information about attending services in the Cathedral can be found HERE

Advent & Christmas at Llandaff Cathedral

Tickets for our two Advent Services are now sold out.
For information about our Christmas services, please click here.

Sunday 29th November – Advent Sunday

• If you wish to attend a service in the Cathedral on Sunday, you can access the Orders of Service and Weekly Notes by scanning a QR code in the Cathedral. Alternatively you can download them below (Please note, our 11am service now starts at 11.15am):

9.00am Service Sheet

11.15am Service Sheet

Weekly Notes

Our Advent service at 4.30pm on Sunday is sold out. Due to the reduced capacity, only ticket-holders may be admitted into the Cathedral for this service. Click the link below to view the Order of Service:

A Sequence of Music and Readings for Advent service sheet

For our online offering, available to watch from 11.00am, Canon Mark leads a short service for Advent Sunday. The service includes the gospel for the day and a short homily as well as two hymns for all to sing: ‘O come, O come, Emmanuel’ and ‘Lo, he comes with clouds descending’. The Organ is played by Stephen Moore, Director of Music.

The Cathedral Choir sings:
Matin Responsory – attrib. Giovanni da Palestrina
We wait for thy loving kindness, O God – William McKie

Organ Music before the service: Rorate Caeli (The Advent Prose) – Jeanne Demessieux

Organ Music after the service: Toccata on ‘Veni Emmanuel’ – Andrew Carter

You can now give to the Cathedral online: For more information, click here.

Saturday 28th November

•  Today Canon Jan presents a special Thought for the Week! Long-time viewers of Canon Jan’s videos may remember her George & the Dragon story from St George’s Day earlier in the year. Today she gives us a sequel called George & the Dragon experience the Pandemic… Watch the video below where you can also watch the original from April.

Click here to view the text version of the video.

 

Wednesday 25th November

•  Thought for the Week is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Revelation 5. 11-13) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Week below or click here to view the text version.

Come back on Saturday to watch an extra Thought for the Week…

Sunday 22nd November – The Feast of Christ the King

• If you wish to attend a service in the Cathedral on Sunday, you can access the Orders of Service and Weekly Notes by scanning a QR code in the Cathedral. Alternatively you can download them below (Please note, our 11am service will start at 11.15am from Sunday 29th November):

9am Service Sheet

11am Service Sheet

Weekly Notes

For our online offering, available to watch from 11.00am, Canon Mark leads a short service for Christ the King. The service includes the gospel for the day and a short homily as well as two hymns for all to sing: ‘Crown him with many crowns’ and ‘Christ triumphant, ever reigning‘. The Organ is played by Stephen Moore, Director of Music.

Organ Music before the service: Priere – Rene Vierne

Organ Music after the service: Crown Imperial – William Walton

You can now give to the Cathedral online: For more information, click here.

You can watch all Cathedral videos on YouTube, by clicking here

To watch videos from 22nd November, please click here.

Wednesday 18th November

•  Thought for the Week is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Ephesians 4. 1-6) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Week below or click here to view the text version.

Sunday 15th November – The Third Sunday of the Kingdom

• If you wish to attend a service in the Cathedral on Sunday, you can access the Orders of Service and Weekly Notes by scanning a QR code in the Cathedral. Alternatively you can download them below:

9.00am Service Sheet

11.00am Service Sheet

Weekly Notes

For our online offering, available to watch from 11.00am, Canon Mark leads a short service for the Third Sunday of the Kingdom. The service includes the gospel for the day and a short homily as well as two hymns for all to sing: ‘The kingdom of God is justice and joy’ and ‘How great thou art’. The Organ is played by Stephen Moore, Director of Music.

Organ Music before the service: Lantana (Plymouth Suite) – Percy Whitlock

Organ Music after the service: Allegro Risoluto – Percy Whitlock

You can now give to the Cathedral online: For more information, click here.

You can watch all Cathedral videos on YouTube, by clicking here

 

 

 

Llandaff Open Doors 2020 is here!

Each year the Friends of Llandaff Cathedral organise a series of events as part of CADW’s Open Doors event, taking people inside special places across Llandaff that normally wouldn’t be seen by visitors. This year’s event was cancelled but we’re delighted to have been able to create this virtual open doors event to bring you as authentic an experience as possible.

After watching the videos you may wish to learn even more about Llandaff Cathedral. A new Cathedral Guide Book was published in February to mark our 900th anniversary, written by Cathedral Archivist Dr John Kenyon, and you can purchase a copy for just £5 by clicking here.

Introductions to Llandaff Opens Doors 2020 by Canon Dr Jan van der Lely (Canon Chancellor of Llandaff Cathedral) and Linda Quinn (Chair of Llandaff Open Doors)

A Guided Tour of Llandaff Cathedral, with Arthur Impey

An Organ Demonstration with Stephen Moore, Director of Music

Inside the Cathedral Archives, with Dr John Kenyon

Tour of the Bell Tower with Pat Moore, Cathedral Bellringer

The Story of Llandaff by Geoff Barton-Greenwood, Chairman of the Llandaff Society

Watch the videos below to take a virtual tour of Howells School, Llandaff

The Great Hall

The Stone Hall

The Sports Pavilion