All are welcome at York Minster on Thursday 1 August for a special service to mark Yorkshire Day.

The Service of Prayer and Thanksgiving is hosted by The Yorkshire Society and will include music sung by the York Philharmonic Male Voice Choir and a procession with a flag presented at the Altar by Cadets.

Reflections will be shared by Professor Avtar Matharu, Chair of York Interfaith Group; Shamim Eimaan, a Ugandan refugee who has lived in York for almost four decades; and Bianca Vartic, a new resident of York. The Reverend Tim Goode, York Minster’s Canon for Congregational Discipleship and Nurture, will preach.

The Service of Prayer and Thanksgiving will take place in the cathedral’s nave on Thursday 1 August starting at 11am and will last around an hour. All are welcome, no booking required.