On Tuesday 13 April we held an open session for all members of the Cathedral community on Zoom. At the event Dean Anthony and Richard Abraham, Chief Operating Officer, fed back how our community consultation helped to shape the Cathedral Vision statement (Portsmouth Cathedral: A beacon and safe haven, anchored in Jesus Christ) and the six strategic objectives.
Read MoreFollowing the sad news of the death of HRH the Duke of Edinburgh yesterday, Portsmouth Cathedral will be holding a Choral Evensong in Commemoration and Thanksgiving for his life, this Sunday, 11 April at 7pm.
Read MoreThirty years ago, on 9 April 1991, the trawler Wilhelmina J set out from Old Portsmouth to trawl for scallops in the English Channel. Shortly before 2am on 10 April, in thick fog off the Sussex coast, the boat was struck by the Zulfikar, a Cypriot cargo vessel.
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Read MoreOn this sad day for our nation and for Her Majesty the Queen, we at Portsmouth Cathedral join the rest of the people of this diocese in expressing our condolences as she mourns the death of her husband His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. We assure her and all the members of the Royal family of our continuing prayers at this time.
Read MoreDid you know on 5 April 1684, the evacuated Tangier Garrison landed in Portsmouth. How did this country come to have a garrison in North Africa?
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Read MorePortsmouth Cathedral welcomes lifeline funding from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage.
Read MoreHER Majesty the Queen today (April 1) honoured a Portsmouth churchwarden for her Christian service to the nation.
Read MoreDid you know on 5 April 1684, the evacuated Tangier Garrison landed in Portsmouth. How did this country come to have a garrison in North Africa?
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Read MoreLast week’s Did You Know considered the way Becket’s assassins demonstrated their penitence (saying sorry and turning away from sin) after his murder. We continue the focus on penitence this week, as we look at the season of Lent.
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Read MorePortsmouth Cathedral are inviting bereaved families, friends and loved ones to remember all those whom we have lost due to Covid-19 over the past year.
Read MoreLent is a period extending from Ash Wednesday - the day after Pancake/Shrove Tuesday - to Holy Saturday - the day before Easter Sunday - observed as a time of penance and fasting in the Christian calendar.
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Read MoreIn 1981 Ken Makins, the Surveyor of the Fabric, alerted the Cathedral Council that some bricks in the temporary west wall of the cathedral were failing. The utilitarian red brick wall had been hurriedly erected in 1939, when the start of the Second World War halted Sir Charles Nicholson’s extension. Remedial work was begun; but in June 1982 repairs were halted, while discussion proceeded on more substantial changes.
Read MoreCanon Kathryn’s full interview with Revd Richard Coles.
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