Cathedral Services

We attended a lot of services in the cathedral during our week in Canterbury - but unfortunately were unable to take pictures at those times. Afterwards we were able to photograph some of the areas. Here is the ornately carved pulpit where the preacher stands on Sunday mornings.














Here is the vaulted ceiling of the main sanctuary...


















It's hard to imagine how they built these columns - and erected them - so many years ago...

There are also small side chapels...

...with stained glass windows.














Matins (at 7:30 am) and evensong (at 3:30 pm) were held in the quire at the front of the church, in pews facing each other. Following matins, we went to the crypt for Eucharist. No photographs were allowed there at any time!


















On Sunday morning there was a larger service where we all sat in the main sanctuary. But my favorite service was daily evensong with the boys' choir singing the whole service - sitting in pews next to us, with their angelic voices. (Occasionally we noticed beaming parents who had come to hear a child sing.)