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Compline on the Third Sunday of Advent, 2025

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on December 14, 2025 with No Comments

Compline on the Third Sunday of Advent | December 14, 2025 Order of Service in Advent | Each week’s repertoire is posted here. The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/compline-2025-the-third-sunday-of-advent-gaudete/ December 14, 2025 • The Third Sunday of Advent: GAUDETE ORISON: Comfort, comfort ye my people (Tune: PSAUME 42) – mel. Louis Bourgeois (c. 1510-1559); adapt. Claude Goudimel (1514-1572) PSALM 146:4-9 – Plainsong, Tone IV.2 HYMN: Love divine, all loves excelling (Tune: HYFRYDOL) – Rowland Hugh Prichard (1811-1887) … Read More

The Third Sunday of Advent, 2025

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on December 14, 2025 with No Comments

The Third Sunday of Advent | December 14, 2025 Service Leaflet LEAFLETS The Service Leaflet contains all you need to fully participate in each liturgy from home. NEWSLETTER The weekly cathedral newsletter contains important announcements, offerings, and events, can be found here. Click here to add yourself to cathedral emails lists. The weekly cathedral prayer list, which includes the Anglican, Diocesan, and Cathedral Cycles of Prayer along with prayer requests from the community, can be found here. Information about making … Read More

Epiphany Celebration with Burning of the Greens & Chili Supper, 2026

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on December 9, 2025 with No Comments

SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, 2026, 5:30 P.M., in the cathedral nave and parking lot. Registration requested. Join us for an evening of worship, tradition, and fellowship as we mark the end of the season of Christmas and observe great feast of the revealing of the Light of Christ in the world SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: 4:30 p.m. – Choral Evensong. We begin with an evensong liturgy incorporating scripture readings for the feast of the Epiphany, in the nave and livestreamed. 5:30 p.m. – The … Read More

Taizé Prayer in the Second Week of Advent, 2025

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on December 9, 2025 with No Comments

Prayer in the Style of Taizé in the Second Week of Advent | Tuesday, December 9, 2025 Learn more about Taizé at Saint Mark’s here. Service Leaflet LEAFLETS The Service Leaflet contains all you need to fully participate in each liturgy from home. NEWSLETTER The weekly cathedral newsletter contains important announcements, offerings, and events. Click here to add yourself to cathedral emails lists. ARCHIVES Video of past services can be seen here. Audio and printed text of sermons can be found … Read More

2026 Martin Luther King, Jr., Afternoon of Service

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on December 9, 2025 with No Comments

SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 12:30 P.M., Bloedel Hall, registration requested. Lunch is available (suggested donation: $8/adult; $25/family max.). “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'” —The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On the Sunday of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, people all ages and abilities are invited to gather at the cathedral in the afternoon for a variety of projects in the service of our community partners. There will be activities in service … Read More

Compline on the Second Sunday of Advent, 2025

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on December 7, 2025 with No Comments

Compline on the Second Sunday of Advent | December 7, 2025 Order of Service in Advent | Each week’s repertoire is posted here. The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2025/12/07/compline-2025-the-second-sunday-of-advent/ December 7, 2025 • The Second Sunday of Advent ORISON (H 55): Redeemer of the nations, come (Tune: VENI REDEMPTOR GENTIUM) – Plainsong, Mode I, Einsiedeln MS., 12th cent. PSALM 72:1-7,18-19 – Plainsong, Tone I.1 HYMN: Hail to the Lord’s Anointed (Tune: ES FLOG EIN KLEINS WALDVÖGELIEN) – … Read More

Choral Evensong on the 2nd Sunday of Advent, 2025

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on December 7, 2025 with No Comments

Choral Evensong on the Second Sunday of Advent | December 7, 2025 Service Leaflet | Learn more about Evensong at Saint Mark’s here. LEAFLETS The Service Leaflet contains all you need to fully participate in each liturgy from home. NEWSLETTER The weekly cathedral newsletter contains important announcements, offerings, and events. Click here to add yourself to cathedral emails lists. ARCHIVES Video of past services can be seen here. Audio and printed text of sermons can be found here.

The Second Sunday of Advent, 2025

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on December 7, 2025 with No Comments

The Second Sunday of Advent | December 7, 2025 Service Leaflet LEAFLETS The Service Leaflet contains all you need to fully participate in each liturgy from home. NEWSLETTER The weekly cathedral newsletter contains important announcements, offerings, and events, can be found here. Click here to add yourself to cathedral emails lists. The weekly cathedral prayer list, which includes the Anglican, Diocesan, and Cathedral Cycles of Prayer along with prayer requests from the community, can be found here. Information about making … Read More

Compline on the First Sunday of Advent, 2025

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on November 30, 2025 with No Comments

Compline on the First Sunday of Advent | November 30, 2025 Order of Service in Advent | Each week’s repertoire is posted here. The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/compline-2025-the-first-sunday-of-advent/ November 30, 2025 • The First Sunday of Advent ORISON: Matin Responsory – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) PSALM 122 – Plainchant, Tone I.2 HYMN: “Sleepers,wake!” A voice astounds us (Tune: WACHET AUF) – mel. Frewdenspiegel dess ewigen Lebens, 1599; harm. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) NUNC DIMITTIS – Richard … Read More

The First Sunday of Advent, 2025

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on November 30, 2025 with No Comments

The First Sunday of Advent | November 30, 2025 Service Leaflet LEAFLETS The Service Leaflet contains all you need to fully participate in each liturgy from home. NEWSLETTER The weekly cathedral newsletter contains important announcements, offerings, and events, can be found here. Click here to add yourself to cathedral emails lists. The weekly cathedral prayer list, which includes the Anglican, Diocesan, and Cathedral Cycles of Prayer along with prayer requests from the community, can be found here. Information about making … Read More

The “O” Antiphons Advent Liturgy, 2025

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on November 30, 2025 with No Comments

The “O” Antiphons: Advent Procession with Lessons and Carols | Sunday, November 30, 2025, 7 p.m. Learn more about this liturgy and its history on the “O” Antiphons page here. Service Leaflet LEAFLETS The Service Leaflet contains all you need to fully participate in each liturgy from home. NEWSLETTER The weekly cathedral newsletter contains important announcements, offerings, and events. Click here to add yourself to cathedral emails lists. ARCHIVES Video of past services can be seen here. Audio and printed text … Read More

Thanksgiving Day, 2025

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on November 27, 2025 with No Comments

Thanksgiving Day Eucharist | Thursday, November 27, 10 a.m. Service Leaflet LEAFLETS The Service Leaflet contains all you need to fully participate in each liturgy from home. NEWSLETTER The weekly cathedral newsletter contains important announcements, offerings, and events, can be found here. Click here to add yourself to cathedral emails lists. The weekly cathedral prayer list, which includes the Anglican, Diocesan, and Cathedral Cycles of Prayer along with prayer requests from the community, can be found here. Information about making … Read More

Wisdom School – Silence and Honey Cakes: Lessons from the Desert for Modern Communities

by Josh Judd-Herzfeldt on November 25, 2025 with No Comments

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2026, 9 A.M.–12:30 P.M. in person in Bloedel Hall and online via Zoom, registration required. with the Rev. Sr. Miriam Elizabeth Bledsoe, OSH From the beginning, we were created for belonging and community. And yet, community also comes with many challenges, including the temptations of individualism, conformity, competition and power. How do we discern and nourish the truth of who we are and who our neighbor is? How do we manage the variations of gifts, limitations, calls and … Read More

Wisdom School: Wilderness Spirituality

by Josh Judd-Herzfeldt on November 25, 2025 with No Comments

SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 2026, 9:30 A.M.–12:30 P.M. in person in Bloedel Hall and online via Zoom, registration required. with The Rt. Rev. Phil LaBelle, bishop of olympia For centuries, Christians have been following Jesus’ lead and heading into the wilderness to find God. Wilderness experiences—both those intentionally taken in the natural world and those unplanned and taken metaphorically —strip away what’s unnecessary in our lives and give us an opportunity to pay attention to the inner workings of the soul. … Read More

Between Two Worlds: Thresholds of Expectant Hope in Advent

by Josh Judd-Herzfeldt on November 24, 2025 with No Comments

AN ADVENT QUIET MORNING WITH THE VERY REV. KATE MOOREHEAD CARROLL SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2025, 9 A.M.–12:30 P.M. Using the witness of sacred scriptures, the wealth of wisdom gleaned from life’s experiences, and the grace given in prayerful waiting, participants will be invited to explore meaning found amidst the ambiguity of life in these remarkable times. Note that the video recording started several minutes into the presentation. About the Presenter The Very Rev. Kate Moorehead Carroll is the 10th Dean … Read More

The Last Sunday after Pentecost—The Reign of Christ, 2025

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on November 23, 2025 with No Comments

The Last Sunday after Pentecost—The Reign of Christ | November 23, 2025 Service Leaflet LEAFLETS The Service Leaflet contains all you need to fully participate in each liturgy from home. NEWSLETTER The weekly cathedral newsletter contains important announcements, offerings, and events, can be found here. Click here to add yourself to cathedral emails lists. The weekly cathedral prayer list, which includes the Anglican, Diocesan, and Cathedral Cycles of Prayer along with prayer requests from the community, can be found … Read More

Compline for the Reign of Christ, 2025

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on November 23, 2025 with No Comments

Compline on the Last Sunday after Pentecost—The Reign of Christ | November 23, 2025 Order of Service | Each week’s repertoire is posted here. The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/compline-2025-the-last-sunday-after-pentecost-the-reign-of-christ/ November 23, 2025 • The Last Sunday after Pentecost: The Reign of Christ (Proper 29C) ORISON: O Jesus, crowned with all renown (Tune: KINGSFOLD) – English melody; harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958); arr. Gregory Bloch PSALM 46 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Now thank we all … Read More

Cathedral Commons—Forum on The Council of Nicaea

by Josh Judd-Herzfeldt on November 20, 2025 with No Comments

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2025 A Cathedral Commons Forum with the Rev Canon Rich Weyls This past summer marked the 1700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea (325). Martin Luther considered it “the most sacred of all councils.” The decrees of the Council helped us find language to describe what we mean when we say “God.” We will explore the historical context of the Council while reflecting upon its rich theology in order to discover significance for today. Rather than … Read More

2025 Alternative Gift Market!

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on November 20, 2025 with No Comments

UPDATE (December 12): This year’s Alternative Gift Market and Giving Tree raised an amazing combined total of over $12,900 in cash and gift cards for the Threshold Fund and our community partners: Casa Latina, Lambert House, Lowell Elementary, L’Arche Seattle, L’Honey Tacoma, Operation Nightwatch, and Seattle Seafarers. Plus, on top of that, a sleigh full of toys for Mary’s Place and eleven warm and colorful outfits for Lowell students! A team of more than forty people made the 2025 Alternative … Read More

Christmas Memorials and Thanksgivings, 2025

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on November 18, 2025 with No Comments

DONATIONS RECEIVED BY DECEMBER 15 WILL BE PRINTED IN THE CHRISTMAS BULLETINS. Help underwrite the beautiful flowers and special music of the season by making a special contribution in honor or memory of someone. Please fill out the form here or below, or use the paper form inserted in your bulletin on Sunday. Then you can make your gift online at saintmarks.org/give, or donate by check in the offering plate, to the cathedral office, or by mail (instructions may be … Read More

The Longest Night 2025: A Service for All Who Grieve in These Days

by Josh Judd-Herzfeldt on November 18, 2025 with No Comments

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 7 P.M., in the cathedral nave Each year Saint Mark’s offers a service for those for whom the holiday season brings a mix of emotions, and for anyone for whom grief is a companion in life. The service (formerly known as “Blue Christmas”) is held near the winter solstice, marking time with intention in the candlelit cathedral while holding space for those present to pray, remember loved ones, and (if desired) have anointing by the priests before … Read More

Compline on the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost 2025

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on November 16, 2025 with No Comments

Compline on the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost | November 16, 2025 Order of Service | Each week’s repertoire is posted here. The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/compline-2025-the-twenty-third-sunday-after-pentecost/ November 16, 2025 • The 23rd Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 28C) ORISON: New songs of celebration render (Tune: RENDEZ A DIEU) – mel. attr. Loys Bourgeois (c. 1510-c. 1561); harm. Claude Goudimel (c. 1514-1572) PSALMS 98 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Disposer supreme, and judge of the earth (Tune: … Read More

The 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, 2025

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on November 16, 2025 with No Comments

The 23rd Sunday after Pentecost | November 16, 2025 Service Leaflet LEAFLETS The Service Leaflet contains all you need to fully participate in each liturgy from home. NEWSLETTER The weekly cathedral newsletter contains important announcements, offerings, and events, can be found here. Click here to add yourself to cathedral emails lists. The weekly cathedral prayer list, which includes the Anglican, Diocesan, and Cathedral Cycles of Prayer along with prayer requests from the community, can be found here. Information about … Read More

Funeral Liturgy for Corey Streat

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on November 15, 2025 with No Comments

Funeral Liturgy for Corey Streat | Saturday, November 15, 11 a.m. Service Leaflet LEAFLETS The Service Leaflet contains all you need to fully participate in each liturgy from home. NEWSLETTER The weekly cathedral newsletter contains important announcements, offerings, and events. Click here to add yourself to cathedral emails lists. ARCHIVES Video of past services can be seen here. Audio and printed text of sermons can be found here.

Thin Places: Climate Change & Seeing Earth Whole

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on November 14, 2025 with No Comments

Thin Places: Climate Change and Seeing Earth Whole | Friday, November 14, 7:30 p.m. a presentation by climate scientist and deacon the Rev. Lisa Graumlich, Ph.D. Direct Vimeo link | Learn more about this event here. LEAFLETS The Service Leaflet contains all you need to fully participate in each liturgy from home. NEWSLETTER The weekly cathedral newsletter contains important announcements, offerings, and events. Click here to add yourself to cathedral emails lists. ARCHIVES Video of past services can be seen … Read More