• Evening Prayer Online

    Evening Prayer Online

    MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 6 P.M. Lay readers from Seattle-area congregations including the cathedral lead a spoken service of daily prayer following the form of the Book of Common Prayer 1979, every weekday evening at 6 p.m. The service lasts approximately 30 minutes. Learn more here. Join online using this Zoom link. Evening Prayer is always cancelled when the cathedral office is closed for holidays or other reasons, or when a special liturgy is being offered in the nave on a weekday evening.

  • Cathedral Commons: Exploring Icons

    Cathedral Commons

    WEDNESDAY, FEBRAURY 12, 6:45–8:15 P.M., in Bloedel Hall and on Zoom. Free, no registration required. Optional Community Dinner at 6 p.m. ($6/child; $8/adult; $25/max. family) Byzantine iconography is an ancient and deeply prayerful art form in the Christian tradition, dating back nearly to the apostolic times. Over the centuries, it has evolved and developed as the faith spread throughout the world. Iconography follows a highly systematic and disciplined process which has been handed from teacher to student for centuries. It’s also … Read More

  • A Brush with God: An Icon Workshop

    THURSDAY–SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13–15, 2025, registration required. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 6:30–9 P.M. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 6:30–9 P.M. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 9 A.M.–4 P.M. (additional session Sunday afternoon, February 16, if needed)  Byzantine Iconography is a highly structured and disciplined art form which combines prayer and painting techniques to create serene images of Christ, Mary, the angels and the saints following centuries old guidelines. Peter Pearson has been studying and painting icons for more than fifty years and teaching others to do so for over … Read More

  • Evening Prayer Online

    Evening Prayer Online

    MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 6 P.M. Lay readers from Seattle-area congregations including the cathedral lead a spoken service of daily prayer following the form of the Book of Common Prayer 1979, every weekday evening at 6 p.m. The service lasts approximately 30 minutes. Learn more here. Join online using this Zoom link. Evening Prayer is always cancelled when the cathedral office is closed for holidays or other reasons, or when a special liturgy is being offered in the nave on a weekday evening.

  • Monthly Climate Conversations

    Monthly Climate Conversations

    THE SECOND THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH, 6:30–7:30 P.M., online via Zoom NOTE: There will be no Climate Conversation in March. Conversations resume April 10. Join fellow parishioners in these monthly climate conversations to learn about practical ways to reduce your impact on the environment. Participants also share insights on how they take action to care for God’s creation and mitigate climate change. Find the link to register and a list of upcoming topics, along with materials from two and a … Read More

  • Community Book Study, January/February 2025

    Community Book Study, January/February 2025

    Evicted book study groups meet SUNDAYS, JANUARY 12, 19 and FEBRUARY 2, 12:30 pm–2 pm, in person THURSDAYS, JANUARY 16, 23 and FEBRUARY 6, 7–8:30pm, on Zoom Poverty by America book study groups meet SUNDAYS, FEBRUARY 9, 16 and 23, 12:30 pm–2 pm, in person THURSDAYS, FEBRUARY 13, 20, 27, 7–8:30pm, on Zoom The Intergenerational Council, the Restorative Justice Council, and the Affordable Housing Committee invite the entire community of Saint Mark's to participate in a book study this winter to help us better understand issues of housing insecurity … Read More

  • Evening Prayer Online

    Evening Prayer Online

    MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 6 P.M. Lay readers from Seattle-area congregations including the cathedral lead a spoken service of daily prayer following the form of the Book of Common Prayer 1979, every weekday evening at 6 p.m. The service lasts approximately 30 minutes. Learn more here. Join online using this Zoom link. Evening Prayer is always cancelled when the cathedral office is closed for holidays or other reasons, or when a special liturgy is being offered in the nave on a weekday evening.

  • *Clear Mountain Buddhist Monastery: Meditation, Teaching & Social

    *Clear Mountain Buddhist Monastery: Meditation, Teaching & Social

    SATURDAYS, 9:30 A.M. – 12 P.M, Skinner Auditorium The meeting is occasionally moved to Bloedel Hall. Those unable to attend in-person are also welcome to tune in via Zoom or YouTube livestream. Saint Mark's Cathedral cathedral is the host this meeting of the Clear Mountain Buddhist Monastery community. Join for a morning of meditation, teaching, and spiritual conversation over coffee! Each Saturday from 9:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m., local practitioners gather together in the Saint Mark’s Cathedral Skinner Auditorium (located in the St Nicholas School … Read More

  • Greenbelt Work Parties

    Greenbelt Work Parties

    SATURDAYS: FEBRUARY 1, FEBRUARY 15, MARCH 22, APRIL 19, MAY 17, JUNE 14 10 A.M.–2 P.M. RSVP required. Monthly Saturday morning work parties organized by Green Seattle Partnership resume on February 1. You must register to participate, as these work parties are limited to 15 people. Long sleeved shirt and pants, closed toed shoes, a hat, (gloves if you have them), water, and a snack for lunch. Find more information by searching for "Greenbelt" here. Direct questions to Forest Steward … Read More

  • Holy Eucharist (8)

    A spoken service of Holy Eucharist in Thomsen Chapel, with sermon and hymns.

  • Holy Eucharist (9)

    Liturgy with sermon and hymns. Music is offered by Saint Mark’s Singers or children’s choirs. Children’s Chapel is offered during the 9 a.m. service. After the Gospel is proclaimed, children pre-school through 2nd grade are invited to Thomsen Chapel for Bible stories, singing, and prayer. Parents are welcome to join their children. They return at the Peace. Location: Cathedral Nave This service is not livestreamed.

  • Godly Play

    Godly Play

    FIRST AND THIRD SUNDAYS OF THE MONTH, 10–11 A.M., in the St Nicholas Building, 2nd floor On May 4, there will be an open house of the classrooms instead of a usual lesson. On May 18, Godly Play participants are encourages to go to Bloedel Hall, where Canon Griffin will be offering a Godly Play lesson for the whole congregation. Godly Play meets as usual on the first and third Sundays June, June 1 and 15, and then takes a … Read More

  • Holy Eucharist (11)

    Liturgy and music reflecting the breadth and depth of the Episcopal tradition, with Scripture, sermon, hymns, and choral anthems. Worship in person or online at saintmarks.org/livestream — also streams simultaneously at facebook.com/SaintMarksSeattle  and at youtube.com/c/SaintMarksEpiscopalCathedralSeattle/

  • Inquirers’ Class

    Inquirers’ Class

    FOUR SUNDAYS, STARTING FEBRUARY 2, 2025, 12:30–2 P.M., Leffler Living Room (or cathedral nave) This series is a hybrid offering, register to receive link. Registration required. Wherever you are on your spiritual journey, consider attending this four-class series, facilitated by clergy and staff, where we explore the basics of the Christian faith through an Episcopal lens. Whether you are new to Saint Mark’s, or simply interested in sharing and learning more, you are welcome. More information here. Winter 2025 dates … Read More

  • Community Book Study, January/February 2025

    Community Book Study, January/February 2025

    Evicted book study groups meet SUNDAYS, JANUARY 12, 19 and FEBRUARY 2, 12:30 pm–2 pm, in person. PLEASE NOTE: in-person discussion in Room 210 on January 12 and February 2, but in the St. Nicholas Building, 1st floor, on January 19. THURSDAYS, JANUARY 16, 23 and FEBRUARY 6, 7–8:30pm, on Zoom Poverty by America book study groups meet SUNDAYS, FEBRUARY 9, 16 and 23, 12:30 pm–2 pm, in person THURSDAYS, FEBRUARY 13, 20, 27, 7–8:30pm, on Zoom The Intergenerational Council, the Restorative Justice Council, and the Affordable … Read More

  • Contemplative Eucharist

    Contemplative Eucharist

    EVERY SUNDAY, 7 P.M. (SEPTEMBER–JUNE), Thomsen Chapel  This evening Eucharist offers periods of silence for reflection, simple meditative music, and lots of candlelight. Anointing and healing blessings are offered after the service. Learn more here. NOTE: in 2025 Contemplative Eucharist is cancelled on November 30 due to the O Antiphons liturgy in the nave at that time. On December 21, the Contemplative Eucharist will be a special service offered especially for those for whom the Holiday season is a difficult or … Read More

  • The Office of Compline

    Compline

    EVERY SUNDAY, 9:30 P.M. in the cathedral nave, livestreamed, and broadcast on Classical KING A beloved Seattle institution since 1956, the all-male Compline Choir sings the last monastic office of the day every Sunday at 9:30 p.m. The service is broadcast live each week on KING 98.1 FM, or streaming at king.org. The service is livestreamed on the cathedral's livestream page, or on complinechoir.org, or on Facebook: facebook.com/SaintMarksSeattle or facebook.com/complinechoir or on YouTube: youtube.com/c/SaintMarksEpiscopalCathedralSeattle Video of recent services may be seen … Read More

  • Organ by Night (10:10 p.m)

    Organ by Night (10:10 p.m)

    THIRD SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH, 10:10 P.M. (immediately following Compline), in the cathedral nave and in the organ loft The tradition of informal mini-concerts on the Flentrop following Compline have introduced generations of Seattleites to the power and beauty of a real pipe organ. All are welcome to listen in the nave, or join the organist in the loft to see what playing an instrument of this size is really like. (The radio program The Organ Loft, which airs on … Read More

  • PRESIDENTS’ DAY

    The cathedral and offices will be closed on Monday February 17, in observance of the  Presidents' Day holiday, Online Evening Prayer is suspended. The afternoon 12-step group is relocated. Online Morning Prayer, Cathedral Yoga, and the evening 12-step group will meet as usual.