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The Blessing of the Animals service, one of the most beloved events of the year, returns to Washington National Cathedral on Sunday, October 6.

Washington National Cathedral Choir & Orchestra will offer an unforgettable evening of music with a performance of Mozart’s "Requiem" in the awe-inspiring setting of the Cathedral Nave on September 29, 2024. 

WASHINGTON — The Right Rev. Marianne Edgar Budde, Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Washington, and The Very Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith, Dean of Washington National Cathedral, offered the following prayer following today’s shooting at a rally held by former President Donald Trump, who was injured in the shooting.

WASHINGTON — Washington National Cathedral will celebrate 50 years of its iconic Space Window on July 19 and 20 with an array of space-themed activities, musical recitals and guided tours.

WASHINGTON – Washington National Cathedral will kick off a new summer event series, Wind Down Wednesdays, for families to beat the heat and enjoy the Cathedral’s architecture and culture.

WASHINGTON, D.C.— As the nation prepares to celebrate Independence Day, Washington National Cathedral issued a special prayer for national unity during a contentious election year. The Cathedral offers this prayer within the context of its own Christian tradition and invites others to adapt it, as appropriate, to their own faith.  

WASHINGTON – Washington National Cathedral will hold a press conference on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, to provide an update on the $14 million dollar renovation of its massive pipe organ, which contains more than 10,000 pipes.

Washington National Cathedral will mark National Gun Violence Awareness Day on Friday, June 7, by tolling its funeral bell 118 times to mourn the 118 lives lost each day to gun violence in America. 

WASHINGTON - For the tenth time, Washington National Cathedral will welcome riders participating in Rolling to Remember and the general public to a "Blessing of the Bikes," a brief prayer service on the Cathedral's West Front, on Friday (May 24).

WASHINGTON – An interfaith Celebration of Life service will be held at Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, April 25 at 11 a.m. ET to remember the seven World Central Kitchen humanitarians killed in an Israeli military strike in Gaza while on a food mission.