2021 | Year in Pictures | Chichester Cathedral

As we approach the end of 2021, we would like to take the opportunity to reflect upon some of the many special moments which took place at Chichester Cathedral this year.

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From all at Chichester Cathedral, we wish you a joyous New Year.

January

A Chef prepares a meal in a kitchen, smiling at the camera whilst wearing an apron — From January - March 2021 over 900 hot meals were delivered to older and vulnerable people in Chichester, through an initiative called the Friday Lunch Club. The project was developed by the Sussex Pub Group, in collaboration with Chichester Cathedral and Pallant House Gallery.

February

Chichester Cathedral’s hugely popular lunchtime concert series returned after a silence of almost a year, streamed exclusively online for audiences at home. Organised by Assistant Organist Tim Ravalde, the series began with the Cathedral's Organist & Master of the Choristers, Charles Harrison (Image: Tom Perkins)

March

A peregrine in flight — The Chichester Peregrines returned to nest on the Spire of Chichester Cathedral. Three eggs hatched in the summer, observed by over 60,000 viewers online. (Image: Paul Loader)

April

A floral installation, in the shape of a grey staircase, with single stems of white lilies in individual tubes. — A temporary floral installation of lilies is unveiled during Holy Week, remebering those impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and lives lost. The installation was located within the Mary Magdalene Chapel, in front of Graham Sutherland's *Noli Me Tangere*, created 60 years ago. (Image: Daniel Boss)

May

An engineer wearing a yellow fluorescent vest leans over a stone screen, holding cables and wires. — A new audio/visual live-stream system is installed in the Cathedral by specialists ChurchStream. From March 2020 the Cathedral has established a regular schedule of live-streamed services, enabling their community (wheresoever they may be) to join an act of worship.

June

The Dean of Chichester holds a bronze baton with a cyclist — A new Cycle Route will link all 42 Church of England cathedrals in a new initiative to promote greener travel and mental and physical wellbeing. To launch the initiative, a group of cyclists completed the route.

July

The Choir stand in front of a wooden screen at Winchester Cathedral, wearing red cassocks — The Choir rehearse at Winchester Cathedral, prior to a special recording of the Southern Cathedral's Festival. After a turbulent 15 months, which saw choral singing brought to an abrupt halt across the country, the annual Festival was digitally transformed for 2021, with the concert peremiering online for the first time in its 70 year history. (Image: Russell Sach)

August

A stone building stands against a bright blue sky, and the Cathedral spire in the background — The Treasury Suites welcomed their first guests in 2021. Located just off the Cathedral’s Cloisters, these spacious and sensitively restored suites are furnished with a large bed, large smart-TV, a fridge and a sofa in the seating area. (Image: Ash Mills)

September

The Dean of Chichester stands alongside two new Canons, wearing black — In September, the Cathedral warmly welcomed two new Residentiary Canons. The Reverend Vanessa Baron is the Cathedral's the new Canon Treasurer and the Reverend Dr Jack Dunn is Canon Precentor. Vanessa and Jack were installed at the Cathedral at a service of Choral Evensong.

October

The Museum of the Moon stands in the Nave of Chichester Cathedral — Over 50,000 people visited Luke Jerram's Museum of the Moon, which exhibited at the Cathedral for three weeks from October. Presented alongside the exhibition was a programme of events and activities, including talks from the South Downs Planetarium to a Silent Disco for children and families. (Image: Jakub Bors)

November

The Dean of Chichester stands in Bruce Munro's Field of Light — Bruce Munro's *Field of Blooms*, curated by Arts Advisor Jacquiline Creswell, was unveilled in Paradise - a reflective green space within the Cathedral's 600 year-old Cloisters (Image: Russell Sach)

December

The Choir sing underneath the Advent Wreath — Following the announcement that girls will be invited to audition to become Choristers from the next academic year, the Choir sing at a Carol Service underneath *The Chichester Nativity* art installation.