Limited Tickets Available for Mozart's Requiem

Sunday, September 29, 4 pm

The Washington National Cathedral Choir & Orchestra perform Mozart’s choral masterpiece Requiem. Originally commissioned by an “unknown, gray stranger,” the score later became the centerpiece of the film Amadeus. This program is accompanied by The Deer’s Cry and Berliner Messe by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt.

Livestream tickets also available.

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UPCOMING SERVICES & OFFERINGS

Holy Eucharist

Sunday, September 15, 11:15 am

Join us for a service of Holy Eucharist on the seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost; Proper 19. The Very Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith preaches and the Rev. Spencer Brown presides.

Available in-person or online.

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Blessing of the Animals

Sunday, October 6, 2 pm

Join us for our yearly Blessing of the Animals service, honoring the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals and the environment. All God’s critters and their caretakers are invited to gather outside at the west front of the Cathedral for a special blessing.

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AT THE CATHEDRAL

Cathedral Giving Day: Match is Live

Thursday, September 26

Double your gift and dedicate it to what moves you: support earthquake repair, Great Organ restoration, upgrading the audio in the Nave so no one misses a moment—or simply tell us you want your gift to go wherever it’s needed most. Whatever you choose, your impact will be doubled until the matching funds are exhausted.

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Online Compassion Class

Tuesdays, October 1, 8, 15 and 22, 7 pm

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Using the greatest commandment as a guide, we’ll explore how we love God, ourselves, and our neighbors with a grounded and compassionate heart. This class will combine teaching, personal reflection, spiritual practice and small group sharing as we explore the topic of compassion.

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Register for the National Acolyte Festival

Saturday, October 12, 9:00 am-2:00 pm

Join acolytes, servers, and vergers from near and far on Saturday, October 12, for the Cathedral’s annual day of celebration, fellowship and learning.

The day begins as participants join in the longest and most colorful procession imaginable—the Grandest of Processions—as we prepare to gather around Christ’s table for a festival Holy Eucharist.

Following the service, participants are invited to spend the afternoon exploring the Cathedral and joining a variety of workshops. Perfect your thurible techniques, help build the LEGO Cathedral create a liturgical streamer, and take a look at Cathedral treasures.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Sunday Sermon: The Rev. Canon Jan Naylor Cope

"So today, as you explore the essence of faith, I invite you: come together, everyone. Let us have an active faith, to be doers of the Word—doers of the Word, touching and transforming this broken and hurting world. One person at a time."

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