• Joyful Noise: Early Childhood Music (Tiny Tones)

    Joyful Noise

    WEDNESDAYS, MAY 7 - JUNE 4, St. Nicholas Building, Room 102 JOYFUL NOISE is a new, play-based musical offering at Saint Mark’s Cathedral for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers (and their chosen adults!) to explore sound, build the foundations of music theory, and develop key physical and social-emotional skills in a joyful, welcoming community. Classes take place on Wednesdays from May 7 to June 4, 2025, in Room 102 of the St. Nicholas Building. Tiny Tones (ages 0–3) meets from 4–4:45 … Read More

  • Joyful Noise: Early Childhood Music (Happy Harmonizers)

    Joyful Noise

    WEDNESDAYS, MAY 7 - JUNE 4, St. Nicholas Building, Room 102 JOYFUL NOISE is a new, play-based musical offering at Saint Mark’s Cathedral for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers (and their chosen adults!) to explore sound, build the foundations of music theory, and develop key physical and social-emotional skills in a joyful, welcoming community. Classes take place on Wednesdays from May 7 to June 4, 2025, in Room 102 of the St. Nicholas Building. Tiny Tones (ages 0–3) meets from 4–4:45 … Read More

  • In-Person Evening Prayer

    In-Person Evening Prayer

    EVERY WEDNESDAY (March 23–June 4, 2025), 5:30–6 P.M., in McCaw Chapel (behind the altar in the cathedral nave) A service of Evening Prayer was held in person on Wednesdays as a special offering during Lent 2025. The reaction was so positive that the participants have decided to continue it through June 4. Gather in McCaw Chapel—the space in the cathedral nave behind the altar platform, beneath the rose window. Whatever your prior experience with the Daily Office, come and pray together … 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.

  • Cathedral Commons: Rogation Day Procession & Liturgy

    Cathedral Commons

    WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 6:45–8:15 P.M., in person only, starting in the cathedral nave. Optional community dinner in Bloedel Hall at 6 p.m. ($6/child; $8/adult; $25/max. family) An outdoor liturgy for Rogation Day, an observance that dates to the 5th century. For 1,500 years, the weekdays preceding Ascension Day have been marked by outdoor prayers and thanksgiving for the fruitful Earth. Following the community dinner in Bloedel Hall, participants will process around the cathedral grounds, stopping to reflect and pray at significant … Read More

  • Thursday Morning Chapel Eucharist

    Thursday Morning Chapel Eucharist

    1st, 3rd, & 5th THURSDAYS OF THE MONTH: THE HOLY EUCHARIST, IN-PERSON IN THOMSEN CHAPEL, 7:30 A.M. On the 2nd & 4th Thursdays of the month, the Thursday Morning congregation now meets with Daily Morning Prayer at 7:30 a.m.. At 7 a.m. on the first, third, and fifth Thursdays of the month, an in-person service of Holy Eucharist offered in Thomsen Chapel. Fellowship and a community breakfast follow the service. UPDATE: The regular Thursday morning attendees have decided that their … 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.

  • Women’s Retreat on the Hood Canal

    WOMEN'S RETREAT ON HOOD CANAL—UPDATED DESCRIPTION How We Learn to Be Brave FRIDAY–SUNDAY, MAY 30–JUNE 1, 2025, at Sacred Waters Center for Restoration and Retreat in Union, WA (also known as St. Andrew’s House) UPDATE (4/30/25): Due to some changes in participants’ schedules, a few spots have re-opened. One single and a couple of double rooms are now available on a first-come, first-served basis. Fee: $295 double occupancy, $325 single; includes two nights lodging and all meals Friday dinner to Sunday lunch. Partial scholarships … 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.

  • *Abbey Arts presents: Rising Appalachia

    Imagine Music and Arts Festival & Abbey Arts Present purchase tickets here Rising Appalachia: risingappalachia.com Fri, May 30, 7:30pm - 10pm PDT "Rising Appalachia is an internationally touring folk ensemble steeped in the soul of the South. It is the brainchild of Atlanta-raised sisters Leah Song and Chloe Smith, rooted in the rich musical traditions of their family and their journey into song as performers, writers, and song catchers.They have that touch that only siblings can have. And now, fresh off … Read More

  • *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

  • 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

  • Interfaith Taizé Forum

    Sunday Forum

    SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 10:10–10:50 A.M., Bloedel Hall Come to Bloedel Hall between the 9 and 11 a.m. liturgies on Sunday, June 1 for an informational forum in preparation for the Interfaith Taizé liturgy to be offered in the cathedral nave on the evening of Tuesday, June 10, a collaboration between the Saint Mark’s Cathedral Taizé Ministry and Clear Mountain Monastery Buddhist Community (the faith community which currently meets on the Saint Mark’s property on Saturday mornings). At this Sunday morning forum, the organizers … 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/

  • Newcomers’ Coffee Hour with Clergy

    Newcomers’ Coffee Hour with Clergy

    IMMEDIATELY FOLLOING THE CONCLUSION OF THE 11 A.M. SERVICE For many years, a Newcomers' Coffee with Clergy has been offered on the first Sunday of each month, for guests, newcomers, and anyone with questions about this community and its liturgies. Gather in the back of the nave immediately following the 11 a.m. Sunday service on the first Sunday of the month. Email newcomers@saintmarks.org if you cannot attend in person, or with any other questions.

  • 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