Whilst the Cathedral is closed to worshippers due to COVID-19, our services are offered online only. For those without easy access to the internet and our live streamed services, we are pleased to partner with Channel 31 (Melbourne & Geelong) to broadcast Choral Evensong on Mondays at 2.30pm beginning on Monday 20th July.
For detail on how to access and tune in to Channel 31, please click here.
Upcoming service
Monday 10th August, 2.30pm: The Transfiguration of our Lord
Responses: Peter Godfrey
Psalm: 89.5-11, 16-19 (Gerald H. Knight)
First Lesson: Daniel 7.9-10, 13-14
Canticles: Evening Service in F – John Ireland
Second Lesson: Mark 9.2-10
Anthem: Love of love – Philip Moore
Dismissal Hymn: Tis good, Lord, to be here.
Voluntary: Carillon – Herbert Murrill
The Very Revd Dr Andreas Loewe (Dean, St Paul’s Cathedral)
Mr Philip Nicholls (Director of Music)
Mr Mark Slavec (June Nixon Organ Scholar)
Previous Services
Monday 3rd August, 2.30pm: Stephen, Deacon and Martyr
Responses: William Smith
Psalm: 86.4-12 (T. A. Walmisley)
First Lesson: Jeremiah 26.11-16
Canticles: Fourth Evening Service – Adrian Batten
Second Lesson: Matthew 23.23-29
Anthem: Teach me, O Lord – William Byrd
Dismissal Hymn: Thanks be to God for his saints of each past generation.
Voluntary: A Voluntarie – Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
The Ven. Canon Heather Patacca (Precentor of St Paul’s Cathedral, Archdeacon of Melbourne)
Mr Philip Nicholls (Director of Music)
Mr Siegfried Franke (Cathedral Organist)
Monday 27th July, 2.30pm: James, Apostle and Martyr
Responses: John Sanders
Psalm: 7 – Edward John Hopkins (1818-1901)
First Lesson: Jeremiah 45
Canticles: Evening Service in E Minor – Stanley Vann
Second Lesson: Mark 1.14-20
Anthem: Holy is the true light – William Harris (1883-1973)
Dismissal Hymn: For all the saints
Voluntary: Exsultate – Stanley Vann (1910-2010)
The Very Revd Dr Andreas Loewe (Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral)
Mr Philip Nicholls (Director of Music)
Mr Siegfried Franke (Cathedral Organist)
Monday 20th July, 2.00pm: The Feast of Mary Magdalene
Introit Hymn: Walking in a garden
Responses: Smith
Psalm: 30 (John Goss, Frederick A. G. Ousley)
First Lesson: Hosea 14.1-7
Canticles: Evening Service in C – Charles Villiers Stanford
Second Lesson: Mark 16.1-8
Anthem: When Mary through the garden went – C.V. Stanford
Dismissal Hymn: Love divine, all loves excelling
Voluntary: Finale from Organ Symphony No. 2 – Charles-Marie Widor
The Revd Canon Christopher Carolane (Canon Pastor)
Mr Philip Nicholls (Director of Music)
Mr Siegfried Franke (Cathedral Organist)
