Exeter Cathedral

You're invited! Come and study the most beautiful treasures in the collections of Exeter Cathedral Library & Archives… ✨ Discover how illustrations in early printed books were produced ✨ Get up close to woodcuts & lithographs ✨ Explore how text and image come together to convey meaning Book your place on this unique workshop: bit.ly/art-of-book #ExeterCathedral #YourCathedral

The Very Revd Stephen Waine Appointed as Interim Dean of Exeter Following the announcement of the retirement of The Very Revd Jonathan Greener as Dean of Exeter, The Very Revd Stephen Waine has been appointed Interim Dean of Exeter by the Bishop of Exeter. Stephen brings a wealth of experience in cathedral and parish ministry. Stephen served as Dean of Chichester from 2015-2023, where he provided leadership to the Cathedral for eight years. He currently serves as Vicar of six rural parishes in Dorset. Stephen will join Exeter Cathedral on Wednesday 1 July 2026, and will become Interim Dean from Saturday 1 August 2026. Read more at exeter-cathedral.org.uk/news-events/la… #ExeterCathedral

We're hosting a unique workshop… an introduction to Palaeography! 🔎 Explore 14th century medical + culinary recipes 🔎 Based exclusively on records in our Library & Archives 🔎 Learn about the Middle English language 🔎 Learning materials provided 🔎 No practical experience required Wednesday 15 April | 2pm-4:30pm Book your tickets today: bit.ly/medical-remedi… #ExeterCathedral #YourCathedral

Warmest thanks to The Very Revd Jonathan Greener, Dean of @ExeterCathedral, who will retire this July. A former Dean of Wakefield for 10 years, Jonathan was instrumental in our major cathedral restoration works. We wish Jonathan and Pamela every blessing in retirement.

Explore what's on this week at Exeter Cathedral 🔎 ✦ Reading the Reformation at Exeter Cathedral (17 March) ✦ Lenten reflections on The Lord's Prayer with Sue Gillingham (19 March) ✦ The Old Document Reading Group (19 March) ✦ Devon Philharmonic Orchestra (21 March) Find out more: exeter-cathedral.org.uk/whats-on #ExeterCathedral #YourCathedral

Join us in prayer for this week 🙏 Merciful Lord, you know our struggle to serve you: when sin spoils our lives and overshadows our hearts, come to our aid and turn us back to you again; through Jesus Christ our Lord. #ExeterCathedral #YourCathedral

Experience peace during our times of worship this week – you are always welcome. Here are the timings, with more details on our website: 🌱 Sunday 15 March 9am: Choral Eucharist – Mothering Sunday 4pm: Choral Evensong 🌱 Monday 16 March 8:15am: Morning Prayer 8:35am: Eucharist 12:30pm: Prayers for Wholeness & Healing 5:30pm: Choral Evensong 🌱 Tuesday 17 March 8:15am: Morning Prayer 8:35am: Eucharist 5:30pm: Choral Evensong 🌱 Wednesday 18 March 8:15am: Morning Prayer 8:35am: Eucharist 1:15pm: Eucharist 5:30pm: Evening Prayer 🌱 Thursday 19 March 8:15am: Morning Prayer 8:35am: Eucharist 5:30pm: Evening Prayer 🌱 Friday 20 March 8:15am: Morning Prayer 8:35am: Eucharist 11am: Special Service 5:30pm: Choral Evensong 🌱 Saturday 21 March 8:15am: Morning Prayer 8:35am: Eucharist 5:30pm: Choral Evensong Click this link for more details: exeter-cathedral.org.uk/worship #ExeterCathedral #YourCathedral

⚒️ Stonemasons Update! New grotesques are set to transform the presbytery… The South side of the presbytery is entering an inspired new chapter as our team of six masons begins work on 12 new grotesques. Inspired by the early medieval riddles and poems of The Exeter Book, each mason has selected two unique verses to serve as the creative soul for their carvings. This milestone follows the Fabric Advisory Committee’s approval of the sketch models on 4 March, officially moving the project from concept to creation. “We are currently sculpting full-sized 1:1 clay models, which will be cast in plaster to serve as precise guides for the final stone carvings. These 12 grotesques will be distributed across three pinnacles at the East end – four per pinnacle. The most easterly of the pinnacles is being completely replaced and so is the bottom half of the pinnacle next to it. The third pinnacle has already been restored but will have four of the grotesques indented into it. These rare Anglo-Saxon texts are unique to Exeter Cathedral and it is an honour to portray them in stone on the building itself.” – Owen, Stonemason #ExeterCathedral #YourCathedral

⚒️ Stonemasons Update! New grotesques are set to transform the presbytery… The South side of the presbytery is entering an inspired new chapter as our team of six masons begins work on 12 new grotesques. Inspired by the early medieval riddles and poems of The Exeter Book, each mason has selected two unique verses to serve as the creative soul for their carvings. This milestone follows the Fabric Advisory Committee’s approval of the sketch models on 4 March, officially moving the project from concept to creation. “We are currently sculpting full-sized 1:1 clay models, which will be cast in plaster to serve as precise guides for the final stone carvings. These 12 grotesques will be distributed across three pinnacles at the East end – four per pinnacle. The most easterly of the pinnacles is being completely replaced and so is the bottom half of the pinnacle next to it. The third pinnacle has already been restored but will have four of the grotesques indented into it. These rare Anglo-Saxon texts are unique to Exeter Cathedral and it is an honour to portray them in stone on the building itself.” – Owen, Stonemason #ExeterCathedral #YourCathedral

The Very Revd Jonathan Greener, Dean of Exeter, has announced that he is to retire this coming July. Jonathan has been Dean of Exeter since November 2017, having previously served as Dean of Wakefield in West Yorkshire for 10 years. He has led the cathedral community through a period of healing and consolidation in the early years, and more recently through a major development project, which has seen the building of a new cloister and Treasures Exhibition, and the renewal of the cathedral quire and East End. Jonathan says: “Earlier this week, I reached the venerable age of 65, so, after 18 years as a dean, I think it is time for me to retire and make way for a younger model. I have greatly enjoyed most of those 18 years, and the privilege to serve the Church in this way both in Wakefield and here in Exeter has been enormous. I simply love the building here at the heart of Exeter, and shall miss the community and the music hugely, as well as the opportunity to welcome people to a place that cannot fail to move and inspire. I am deeply grateful to everyone who has made Pamela and me so welcome in Devon, and supported and encouraged us in innumerable ways. We look forward to our move to Torquay, where we can still enjoy this wonderful county without getting under the feet of my successor.” Read more at exeter-cathedral.org.uk/news-events/la… #ExeterCathedral #YourCathedral

🥣Holy Week Soup Suppers 📆Monday 30 March, Tuesday 31 March & Wednesday 1 April 2026 at 6pm All are warmly invited to join us for a soup supper after evening worship during Holy Week. 🎟 Please book your ticket to attend: exeter-cathedral.org.uk/whats-on/event… #ExeterCathedral

#NoFilter needed for admiring the glorious morning sunrise in #Exeter this morning… 🌅 😍 #ExeterCathedral #LoveExeter instagram.com/p/DVscKrNDLl3/…

Next week! Take a unique tour to discover stories of the Reformation and its impact on Exeter Cathedral 🔍 Begun under the reign of King Henry VIII, the break with Rome led to a complete rethinking of the way people related to God, the Bible and the Church itself. The Cathedral and the lives of those who worked and worshipped in it were changed forever. Join us to discover stories of the Reformation in the Library and Archives and to take a closer look at evidence of the impact on the Cathedral building and decoration. ✦ Tuesday 17 March | 2pm-4pm ✦ Tickets: £20pp (places are limited; booking is essential) ✦ Tours begin in the Cathedral and end in the Cathedral Library and Archives ✦ Book here: exeter-cathedral.org.uk/whats-on/event… #ExeterCathedral #YourCathedral

Discover what's on this week at Exeter Cathedral: 📆 Library & Archives In Focus: “Women’s Work” at Exeter Cathedral (Monday 9 March) 📆 Exeter Philharmonic Choir - Solomon (Saturday 14 March) Find out more: exeter-cathedral.org.uk/whats-on #ExeterCathedral #YourCathedral

Prayer for the Week 🙏 Eternal God, give us insight to discern your will for us, to give up what harms us, and to seek the perfection we are promised in Jesus Christ our Lord. #ExeterCathedral #YourCathedral

Do join us for any of our services this week – you are always welcome. Here are the timings, with more details on our website: 🌱 Sunday 8 March 8am: Holy Communion 9am: Morning Prayer 10am: Choral Eucharist 4pm: Choral Evensong 6:30pm: In Conversation with Julia Golding 🌱 Monday 9 March 8:15am: Morning Prayer 8:35am: Eucharist 12:30pm: Prayers for Wholeness & Healing 5:30pm: Choral Evensong 🌱 Tuesday 10 March 8:15am: Morning Prayer 8:35am: Eucharist 5:30pm: Choral Evensong 🌱 Wednesday 11 March 8:15am: Morning Prayer 8:35am: Eucharist 1:15pm: Eucharist 5:30pm: Evening Prayer 🌱 Thursday 12 March 8:15am: Morning Prayer 8:35am: Eucharist 5:30pm: Choral Evensong 🌱 Friday 13 March 8:15am: Morning Prayer 8:35am: Eucharist 5:30pm: Choral Evensong 🌱 Saturday 14 March 8:15am: Morning Prayer 8:35am: Eucharist 5:30pm: Choral Evensong Click this link for more details: exeter-cathedral.org.uk/worship #ExeterCathedral #YourCathedral

WORKSHOP: A Friendly Introduction to Palaeography! 🔎 Explore 14th century medical + culinary recipes 🔎 Based exclusively on records in our Library & Archives 🔎 Learn about the Middle English language 🔎 Learning materials provided 🔎 No practical experience required Wednesday 15 April | 2pm-4:30pm Book your tickets: exeter-cathedral.org.uk/whats-on/event… #ExeterCathedral #YourCathedral

This Monday, discover the unexpected and highly-skilled roles that have been occupied by talented women here at Exeter Cathedral across the centuries 🔍 Hatter, seamstress, blacksmith, glazier, librarian, Chapter Canon… who else will you uncover with our Cathedral Librarian and Archivist? ✦ Library & Archives In Focus: “Women’s Work” at Exeter Cathedral ✦ Monday 9 March ✦ Free drop-in session, 1pm-3pm ✦ Exeter Cathedral Library & Archives #ExeterCathedral #YourCathedral

We recently caught up with comedian, actor + ex-Exeter Cathedral Choral Scholar @LloydGriffith – “Being a Choral Scholar at Exeter Cathedral was one of the best things I ever did… …and 20 years on, I still miss it very dearly. It’s not just the incredible music making, but everything that comes with it. I love the peace that Evensong can bring to a very busy day – offering a moment of togetherness and calm, also providing structure to your university week and term. Not only are you part of one of the country's most prestigious Cathedral choirs, but a part of a beautiful community of supportive people and I’m very lucky that we’re all still very close, two decades on. I'm almost certain I wouldn't be doing what I'm doing today had it not been for those four years in the choir at Exeter.” ––– Could you be one of our new Choral Scholars? Whether you’re studying at Exeter University or seeking a gap year experience, this is a unique opportunity that will help you on your career pathway. Find out more & apply here: bit.ly/ec-vacancies #ExeterCathedral #YourCathedral

Be inspired this Lent – we warmly invite you to join our two Lenten reflections (online via Zoom), shedding light on familiar words found in The Lord's Prayer. 🌱 ‘New Light on Familiar Words’ – Sue Gillingham, Canon Theologian | Thursday 19 March 2026, 7pm (on Zoom) 🌱 “We are bold to say…”, – Morwenna Ludlow, Canon Theologian | Thursday 26 March 2026, 7pm (on Zoom) Find out more: bit.ly/ec-lent #ExeterCathedral #YourCathedral