Lent begins on Ash Wednesday which this year is 18 February. Below are some suggestions from among this year's Lent books.
Read MoreOur Cathedral Shop is now open seven days a week, and we’d love you to pop in for a browse. From Cathedral‑themed gifts and elegant jewellery to beautiful greeting cards, and not forgetting The Dean’s Tipple, our own locally distilled, zesty gin – there’s something for everyone!
Read MoreThis spring, from 6 to 14 March 2026, the Festival of Early Music returns to Portsmouth Cathedral with a clear and confident message: early music is for everyone. The festival invites people of all ages and backgrounds to discover the colour, emotion and relevance of music from centuries past, in a programme designed to be welcoming, accessible and full of life.
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Join us online for today’s Christmas Carol Service, live on our YouTube channel, and sing along from the comfort of your home.
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Step into the festive season with an enchanting line-up of events at Portsmouth Cathedral.
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Portsmouth Cathedral is joining forces with Portsmouth City Council and the Society of St James (SSJ) to provide a warm, safe place for people experiencing homelessness this winter.
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Preparations are well underway for our much-loved Christmas Fair, and you are warmly invited to get involved!
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In the world of bellringing, striking competitions (where teams of bellringers compete to ring the most accurately struck piece of ringing) are the most competitive and exciting thing we undertake, and of those, it is striking competitions on 12 bells that are the pinnacle of skills and technical challenge.
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A Summer campaign highlighting all creatures Great and Small at the Cathedral.
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In the addresses throughout the week, with the help of music by Dieterich Buxtehude, Membra Jesu Nostri, we will reflect upon the Body of Christ. We shall together think about the feet, knees and hands of Jesus on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. On Maundy Thursday as we celebrate the Institution of the Eucharist, we shall explore what it means to receive Christ’s Body and Blood. On Good Friday our focus will be on the broken heart of Jesus and on Easter Day as we proclaim that Christ is Risen, we will ask ourselves what it means to come face to face with Jesus in our daily lives.
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