Three Hours at the Cross | Good Friday 2026 | Chester Cathedral

Three Hours Devotion concluding with the Liturgy of Good Friday from Chester Cathedral on Friday 3 April 2026. Please consider giving to support the work of this Cathedral. You can do so at: https://chestercathedral.com/donate The service sheet is available here: https://chestercathedral.com/worship/... -- Devotions -- Beginning with The Crucifixion - John Stainer (1840 - 1901) -- Hymns: My song is love unknown Drop, drop, slow tears O dearest Lord, thy sacred head Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Readings: John 3: 11 - 21 John 19: 1 - 2 Matthew 16: 21 - 28 Matthew 27: 45 Luke 18: 31 - 34 Matthew 27: 55 Luke 22: 1 - 6 John 19: 25b Poems: Brier (Good Friday) - E. Pauline Johnson (1861 - 1913) Still - For Good Friday - Jan Richardson Present - Julie McGuinness Mary Speaks - Madeleine L’Engle (1918 - 2007) -- Liturgy of Good Friday -- Hymns: When I survey the wondrous Cross Faithful cross, above all others O sacred head, sore wounded Readings: Isaiah 52: 13 - end of 53 John 18: 1 - 19: 37 John 19: 38 - 42