How you can join us on Easter Day

This year, we are extremely fortunate that the BBC will be live broadcasting three of the Cathedral’s Easter Sunday services on radio and TV - including our 10am Easter Sunday Eucharist with the Archbishop of Canterbury – allowing many millions to share with us in this celebration of Christ’s resurrection.

Because of the practical requirements of these broadcasts, and the extremely tight turnaround between services, we made the decision to hold these three services in the Quire. To enable us to best manage the limited capacity in the Quire, and in part due to UK broadcasting requirements, free pre-booking of these limited places was required for attendance at our 10am service (we also had to change the service from 11am to 10am).

This decision was made during Lent as soon as the BBC confirmed the schedules, and was advertised widely, but we do appreciate the disappointment of those who were unaware of this change from previous years, or who were unsuccessful in reserving a space, and we apologise for this.

Our 10am Easter Sunday Eucharist is now fully booked. If you are unable to attend this service in person, there are several other ways you can worship with us on Easter Day.

All are welcome to join us for our Easter Day services:

• 8.10am Holy Communion in the Quire - The Archbishop of Canterbury will preach at this service and deliver his Easter Address. This is the same as the Address he will give at the 10am service. Our choir will sing the same settings as at 10am.
  Everyone is welcome and the service is not ticketed, though everyone must be seated by 7.40am as this service will be live broadcast on BBC Radio 4. LATECOMERS CANNOT BE ADMITTED.
  
  
• 10am Easter Sunday Eucharist broadcast – This service will be live broadcast on BBC One and available on the BBC iPlayer. The Archbishop of Canterbury will preach at this service and deliver his Easter Address. This is the same as the Address he gave at the 8.10am service, and our choir will sing the same settings.
  For those unable to watch the BBC broadcast, the service will be live streamed on the Cathedral’s YouTube channel at or via our Online Worship page.
  

  Please note, if attending in person:

  Doors open at 9:15 - all pre-booked congregation members must be seated by 9:40 - after which any people queuing will be admitted to remaining spaces, on a first come, first seated basis.
  LATECOMERS CANNOT BE ADMITTED.

  Due to broadcast requirements, the congregation will be seated on a first come, first seated basis. Some seating will have poor to no sightlines of the service.

• 12pm Said Holy Communion – This service in the Crypt is open to all and is not ticketed. Entry via North Ramp Door only.
  
  
• 3pm Choral Evensong - Everyone is welcome to this beautiful sung service. It is not ticketed, though everyone must be seated by 2.40pm as this service will be live broadcast on BBC Radio 3. LATECOMERS CANNOT BE ADMITTED.

Also, on Holy Saturday (30^th March) at 7.30pm, we will hold the Easter Vigil, when we will light the Easter fire and the new Paschal Candle and share in the first Holy Communion of Easter with choristers, hymns and music. Everyone is welcome at this deeply moving service as we experience darkness then light.

Easter Sunday services will also take place in our many local churches – see A Church Near You

Please see our full list of Holy Week and Easter services here.