Type your search below

349 results

Scroll to explore

18 Feb. 2024

The River Within - Canon Victoria Johnson, Precentor

...free from loss, pain or challenge, nor free from testing and temptation in the wilderness. Baptism is not the end of a Christian journey but the beginning, it is the...

Read more

29 Apr. 2018

Arise, shine, for your light has come - Canon Dr Christopher Collingwood (Chancellor)

...least from Handel’s oratorio, Messiah. Take this, for example: Comfort, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her that her warfare is accomplished,...

Read more

08 May. 2022

Resurrection life - Honorary Minor Canon Peniel Rajkumar

...with York Minster, I was gently reminded that I had a hard example to emulate, because one Indian many would associate with Yorkshire would be the Indian cricketing legend Sachin...

Read more

01 Dec. 2020

York Minster launches Chorister auditions for 2021

...by Robert Sharpe, Director of Music at York Minster. Choristers perform at services, high profile occasions, events and concerts. They will also have the opportunity to take part in broadcasts...

Read more

03 Sep. 2024

York Minster announces chorister auditions for 2025

...heritage back to AD627. In recent years, choristers have performed for His Majesty King Charles III, as well as featuring on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM. Alongside high profile...

Read more

11 Feb. 2024

And Jesus was transfigured before them - The Very Revd Dominic Barrington, Dean of York

...biochemist and administrator, and a pair of comedy writers have in common? I have two answers to the question. And I’ll give you the less important one now: this past...

Read more

10 Nov. 2020

Shards of glass, broken and scattered: A reflection for Remembrance 2020

The village of Youlgreave in Derbyshire lies in a typical Peak District setting. Some of you may know it. A few miles outside Bakewell, quite high up, it catches the...

Read more

22 Oct. 2018

Dismantling the Grand Organ

...Minster’s Grand Organ has been at the heart of daily worship at the cathedral. But this constant use combined with the heavy footfall in the Minster which throws up dirt...

Read more

18 Jun. 2023

How to be good - Canon Victoria Johnson, Precentor

...does it make us good? On the panel, we talked about the good that religion can do- the grass roots ‘good’ of kindness, compassion and community- the practical ‘good’ that...

Read more

12 Aug. 2018

Living in the Now. - the Reverend Canon Michael Smith (Pastor)

...later he says that the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and the end of the age as we know it is imminent. Perhaps what this passage...

Read more

27 Oct. 2020

Divine Inspiration - The Reverend Canon Michael Smith (Pastor)

...Those who see the bible as a work of art with many layers of meaning have a tendency to interpret the bible to suit their argument – for example, they...

Read more

22 Sep. 2019

Farewell Sermon for Canon Peter and Heather Moger – The Reverend Canon Dr Christopher Collingwood (Chancellor)

...readings and preach about something else! I am actually going to preach about the anthem myself, but perhaps I might say in passing that there’s actually quite a lot in...

Read more

Stay up to date with York Minster

  • Event alerts
  • Seasonal services
  • Behind the scenes features
  • Latest Minster-inspired gifts