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Winchester Cathedral is pleased to announce that it has received initial support* from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for a £10.5m HLF bid for repairs to the Cathedral fabric and development of a major project entitled ‘Kings and Scribes – The Birth of a Nation’. A grant of £475,000 has been awarded to fund the [...]
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Preached by Canon Roland Riem, using John 10.11-18, at Sung Eucharist on Sunday 29th April 2012, the Fourth Sunday of Easter. It’s good when bishops set theological motifs running through their ministry. The one who’s been helping with our font, my own bishop once, kept saying, ‘God does two things for us in Christ. He shares our lives [...]
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Preached by the Reverend Lionel Stock, using Nehemiah 7.73b – 8.12 and Luke 24.25-32, at Evensong on Sunday 29th April 2012, the Fourth Sunday of Easter. You really don’t know what’s been going on in Jerusalem? You must be the only one! You can come along with us if you like, and I’ll tell you, but I’m [...]
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A Royal Occasion – The Diamond Jubilee Service of Thanksgiving Hampshire residents are being invited to apply for a limited number of tickets to join His Royal Highness the Earl of Wessex at the Diamond Jubilee Service of Thanksgiving in Winchester Cathedral on Sunday 27th May 2012 at 3.30pm. The Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire, the Chairman [...]
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Preached by the Rt. Revd. Timothy Dakin, 97th Bishop of Winchester, Jeremiah 24:1-7; Philip 3:7-16, at his Enthronement Service, Saturday 21st April 2012. First, thank you for your welcome, and for all the help and support we’ve received as a family settling into Winchester. We’re delighted to be here, and look forward to many happy [...]
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Photo © Diocese of Winchester The 97th Bishop of Winchester has taken his seat during a service of enthronement at Winchester Cathedral, and now begins his ministry in the diocese. During the service on Saturday 21 April at 2.30pm the new Bishop knocked nine times on the great west door, in the traditional ceremony of [...]
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The 97th Bishop of Winchester is to take his seat during a service of enthronement at Winchester Cathedral, after which he will immediately begin work in the diocese. During the service on Saturday 21 April at 2.30pm the Chancellor of the Diocese will read the Archbishop’s mandate to Bishop Tim, before the Archdeacon of Canterbury [...]
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Preached by Canon Richard Lindley, using Luke 24, at Evensong on Sunday 15th April 2012, the Second Sunday of Easter. The themes of this afternoon’s readings are both ones I’ve tackled in recent sermons from this pulpit. So if you like to imagine you have computers with you, all I need do is send you the [...]
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Preached by the Dean, theVery Revd James Atwell, using scripture John 20.1–18 on Sunday 8th April 2012, Easter Day. Christian faith begins with Easter Day. If it had not been for Easter Day, not only would we not have a vivid account of the final week of Our Lord’s life, we would not know his teaching and his [...]
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Preached by Canon Roland Riem, using John 13, at the Concelebrated Eucharist of the Last Supper on Thursday 5th April 2012, Maundy Thursday. Can any of you recall whose motto that was? Here’s a clue… Great Uncle Bulgaria was one of a merry troupe of seven characters on our TV screens in the mid-70s, including Mme Cholet and Orinoco. [...]