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Christmas & Advent 2024

  • Nine Lessons and Carols - 22nd Dec
    Nine Lessons and Carols - 22nd Dec
    22 Dec 2024, 19:30 – 21:00
    22 Dec 2024, 19:30 – 21:00
    Our traditional service to bring in Christmas, featuring carols sung by our renowned Cathedral Choir.
  • Nine Lessons and Carols - 24th Dec
    Nine Lessons and Carols - 24th Dec
    24 Dec 2024, 19:30 – 21:00
    24 Dec 2024, 19:30 – 21:00
    Our traditional service to bring in Christmas, featuring carols sung by our renowned Cathedral Choir.
  • Midnight Mass
    Midnight Mass
    24 Dec 2024, 23:30 – 25 Dec 2024, 01:00
    24 Dec 2024, 23:30 – 25 Dec 2024, 01:00
    A late-night Mass to bring in Christmas Day.
  • Christmas Day Eucharist
    Christmas Day Eucharist
    25 Dec 2024, 10:30 – 11:50
    25 Dec 2024, 10:30 – 11:50
    A grand service to celebrate Christmas morning.
  • Children's Nativity Service
    Children's Nativity Service
    24 Dec 2024, 14:00 – 15:00
    24 Dec 2024, 14:00 – 15:00
    A free Christmas celebration for kids and their families! Santa Claus has run out of gifts, and his reindeer have run away. But there’s one book lying at the bottom of his sack that he doesn’t recognise...
  • Silent Night, Holy Night
    Silent Night, Holy Night
    23 Dec 2024, 17:30 – 18:30
    23 Dec 2024, 17:30 – 18:30
    A quiet, reflective and peaceful service of poetry and prayers to inspire calm amid the seasonal rush.
  • Children's 'Come & Sing' Carols!
    Children's 'Come & Sing' Carols!
    14 Dec 2024, 13:30 – 16:30
    14 Dec 2024, 13:30 – 16:30
    A fun, free singing afternoon for children aged P3-7, learning and singing popular Christmas carols.
  • Bach Magnificat: Music and Readings for Gaudete Sunday
    Bach Magnificat: Music and Readings for Gaudete Sunday
    Multiple Dates
    15 Dec 2024, 15:30 – 16:45
    15 Dec 2024, 15:30 – 16:45
    Hear the Cathedral's Youth Choir, Benedicite, and the lay clerks of the Cathedral Choir perform J S Bach's Magnificat on this third Sunday of Advent. Free entry.
  • Community Carols
    Community Carols
    19 Dec 2024, 15:00 – 16:00
    19 Dec 2024, 15:00 – 16:00
    Come and join us for carols at the Cathedral! Followed by seasonal refreshments.

Services with our Choir

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Concerts

  • Fever: Candlelight Concerts
    Fever: Candlelight Concerts
    13 Dec 2024, 19:15 – 21:05
    13 Dec 2024, 19:15 – 21:05
    Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations never before used for this purpose in Edinburgh.
  • Fever: Candlelight Concerts
    Fever: Candlelight Concerts
    13 Dec 2024, 21:15 – 23:05
    13 Dec 2024, 21:15 – 23:05
    Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations never before used for this purpose in Edinburgh.
  • Bach Magnificat: Music and Readings for Gaudete Sunday
    Bach Magnificat: Music and Readings for Gaudete Sunday
    Multiple Dates
    15 Dec 2024, 15:30 – 16:45
    15 Dec 2024, 15:30 – 16:45
    Hear the Cathedral's Youth Choir, Benedicite, and the lay clerks of the Cathedral Choir perform J S Bach's Magnificat on this third Sunday of Advent. Free entry.

Events at the Cathedral

  • Young Families Group
    Young Families Group
    Multiple Dates
    Sat, 14 Dec
    St Mary's Cathedral
    14 Dec 2024, 10:00 – 12:00
    St Mary's Cathedral, Palmerston Pl, Edinburgh EH12 5AW, UK
    14 Dec 2024, 10:00 – 12:00
    St Mary's Cathedral, Palmerston Pl, Edinburgh EH12 5AW, UK
    A chance for parents and young children to meet, chat and play together in a relaxed environment.