English choirs seek to protect a musical tradition little changed since Queen Elizabeth I - Sight Magazine On a gray afternoon in the days before Easter, a dozen or so schoolchildren straggled into a side building at Rochester Cathedral.

English choirs seek to protect a musical tradition little changed since Queen Elizabeth I @sightmagazine.bsky.social #ChurchofEngland #Englishchurchchoirs #ChoralEvensong #ArchbishopThomasCranmer #RochesterCathedral #CathedralMusicTrust #UKcathedrals

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The Great West Door at Rochester Cathedral with its Romanesque tympanum. 📸 My own. #TympanumTuesday #RochesterCathedral #Kent

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Amazing Saturday evening at Rochester Cathedral (with its stunning hanging whales installation) watching #letmeinpresents perform an ‘Evening with Radiohead’.

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Rochester Cathedral viewed from the castle curtain wall

Looking up at Rochester Castle

Rochester Castle, Kent

Rochester Castle viewed in the morning mist

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Detail from the 13th century Wheel of Fortune at Rochester Cathedral. Hidden beneath layers of whitewash, the wall painting was rediscovered in the early 19th century during restoration work. 📷 My own. #WednesdayWallpainting #RochesterCathedral

Anyone else? Easily distracted by castles, cathedrals, ravens, cats and cake.....
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Medieval and historic graffiti at Rochester Cathedral The next in a series of online talks hosted by the KAS, Jacob will be revealing 900 years of history as told through the inscriptions, scratches and marks on the walls and piers of Rochester Cathedral and the ruins of the cathedral Priory of Saint Andrew.

Don't forget to join our latest online zoom lecture tomorrow night at 7pm with the society's very own Jacob Scott: Medieval and historic graffiti at Rochester Cathedral. Join Zoom Meeting: us06web.zoom.us/j/87007471976

#Archaeology #HistoricGraffitti #HistoricGraffito #RochesterCathedral #Kent

love these ancient frescoes
Wheel of Fortune -
with some parts missing.
As is often the case.
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#art
#arthistory
#frescoes

The Quire is where Rochester’s medieval monks worshipped every day and night and where daily Mattins and Evensong are sung today.

You should take a visit ⤵️
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We finished in Rochester by the Cathedral and Castle.⛪🏰

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Well that's #MedwayPride done. What a day. Thank you #Rochester and the whole Medway Pride CIC team. And a big thank you to #RochesterCathedral for the lights. What better symbol of an inclusive, diverse #Medway than that

Postcards: "There's a plane in my church!" - UK cathedral's latest exhibition brings an aircraft onto sacred ground - Sight Magazine How do you get a large plane into a cathedral? With some difficulty, as Rochester Cathedral in the south of England have just discovered.

Postcards: “There’s a plane in my church!” – UK cathedral’s latest exhibition brings an aircraft onto sacred ground. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Postcards #RochesterCathedral #ShortScionFloatplaneGAEZF #ShortBrothers #PioneersofFlight #SimonLace

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Not a bad view😎

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13th century ship graffiti from the south nave aisle at Rochester Cathedral. The graffiti was probably a votive offering and suggests that there was a nearby shrine to St. Nicholas, the patron saint of sailors. 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday #RochesterCathedral #Kent

Floatplane inside Rochester Cathedral - Wish you were here - The Association of English Cathedrals How do you fit a plane in a medieval Cathedral? That’s the challenge Rochester Bridge Trust took on when they proposed displaying a recently restored Short

Wow! They did it!

How do you fit a plane in a medieval Cathedral? That’s the challenge Rochester Bridge Trust took on when they proposed displaying a recently restored Short Scion Floatplane inside #RochesterCathedral.

Printed monochrome postcard showing a view of the crypt of Rochester Cathedral in Kent. Published by Photochrom Co Ltd, London & Tunbridge Wells, No 39298, c.1920s. Postally unused. Good condition, with very slight corner bumps.

The Crypt, Rochester Cathedral, Kent, c.1920s - Photochrom Postcard

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'The Wheel of Fortune spins frantically' and Maude's revenge is out of control. Would you spin the wheel with the Devil? #towerofvengeance #historicalfiction #rochestercathedral #wheeloffortune #tarot #books #toweroflondon

Sepia real photographic postcard showing a view of the Jesus Chapel and North Transept of Rochester Cathedral in Kent. Published by A.E. Ash, not numbered, c.1920s. Postally unused. Very good condition, with very slight corner bumps.

Jesus Chapel & North Transept, Rochester Cathedral, Kent, c.1920s - Ash RP Postcard

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Wow!: UK cathedral celebrates Holy Week with a focus on Biblical women - Sight Magazine ANGELA YOUNGMAN reports on how a programme of events at Rochester Cathedral in the UK is celebrating women this Easter...

Wow!: UK cathedral celebrates Holy Week with a focus on Biblical women. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Wow #RochesterCathedral #WomeninScripture #Biblicalwomen #GrahamKings #SilviaDimitrova #Easter #HolyWeek

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Moody skies #rochestercathedral #rochestercastle #kent #uk

Sepia real photographic postcard showing a view of the Choir of Rochester Cathedral in Kent. Published by A.E. Ash, not numbered, c.1930. Postally unused. Very good condition, with very slight corner bumps.

The Choir, Rochester Cathedral, Kent, c.1930 - Ash RP Postcard

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Sepia real photographic postcard showing a view of the 14th century doorway of the Chapter House of Rochester Cathedral in Kent. Published by A.E. Ash, not numbered, c.1930. Postally unused. Very good condition, with very slight corner bumps.

Chapter House Doorway, Rochester Cathedral, Kent, c.1930 - Ash RP Postcard

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🍂 Pristine Fall in Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom 🍂

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