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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Today, Ash Wednesday, we welcomed over 3,500 people through the doors for prayer and reflection. Amongst them the Archbishop of York and the Dean of St George's College, Jerusalem, who presided and preached respectively at this evening's service. We pray for the peace of Jerusalem. 🕊️

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

A photo from this evening's Advent Procession, which we hope captures something of what it means to be a chorister at York Minster. Thank you to all who joined us, and to our musicians - an unforgettable evening. 🕯️

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julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Always pleasing to come across an exhibition dedicated to women’s history. Visions Voices Vocations, Commemorating Women of the First World War. Well done @yorkminster.bsky.social

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

"We bring a shepherd’s crook to offer the labour of all who have the care of animals upon our farms." These words were spoken as the shepherd's crook was presented to the Honorary Chaplain of Yorkshire Agricultural Society at the Harvest Thanksgiving this morning. You can watch back on YouTube.

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Barry Hill @bishopbarry.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Alleluia! What a wonderful morning as 77 people were admitted, authorised or licensed to new lay ministry's across @dioceseofyork.bsky.social (plus 3 Reader's transferring) @yorkminster.bsky.social God calls. The Church prays. People say yes. The faithfulness and provision of God writ large.

The front cover of the lay ministry service sheet

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

"September days have the warmth of summer in their briefer hours, but in their lengthening evenings a prophetic breath of autumn." - Rowland E. Robinson We found the above quote on a list of 'September quotes'; it seemed the best fit for this gorgeous image from Jez of York.

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Association of English Cathedrals @englishcathedrals.co.uk · 16/09/2025

Some good news for @yorkminster.bsky.social They have been awarded renewed Accredited Museum status for its Undercroft Museum, Treasury and Crypts. Read all about the Undercroft and it's amazing collection of over 300,000 historically significant objects here ⤵️

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York Minster - Undercroft Museum, Treasury and Crypts - The Association of English Cathedrals

York Minster has been awarded renewed Accredited Museum status for its Undercroft Museum, Treasury and Crypts.

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

The views from atop the scaffold are really spectacular, but we are grateful to our partners at York Glaziers Trust for taking these images to save us a long climb!

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

The conservation work is being carried out in our Centre of Excellence for Heritage Crafts and Estate Management. We've spoken about how this has introduced improvements to the facilities available to our stonemasons, but the glaziers have also benefitted from new improvements.

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

This exploratory work is being carried out whilst conservation is underway to the lower South Transept windows. This work is possible thanks to generous funding from the Julia Rausing Trust and the Friends of York Minster.

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Both glass and stone are facing increasingly harsh weather with the increased frequency of heavy rainfall, as well as the cycles of heating and cooling brought on by a warmer climate, taking its toll.

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

"Looking through a window" takes on a whole new meaning when you work for York Glaziers Trust. A panel of the Rose Window was removed by YGT to allow them to examine how the restoration following the fire of 1984 is holding up to the tests of time.

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

A few images from today's Ordination and Consecration of the Bishop of Doncaster. 📸 Duncan Lomax

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

This morning we will host the Ordination and Consecration of The Reverend Leah Vasey-Saunders, who is to be Bishop of Doncaster. We hope you will join us in holding Leah in your prayers. 🎥 This service will be streamed via the Minster's YouTube Channel. 📸 by Jez of York

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Dean Dominic and Canon Maggie are visiting our Link Dioceses in South Africa. Dean Terry of Saint George's Cathedral, Cape Town invited Dominic to share the pulpit last Sunday. You can read the transcript of the sermon on our website: yorkminster.org/worship/serm...

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Are you feeling more William the Conqueror or William Rufus this Monday morning? Either way, this photo perfectly encapsulates why we strongly suspect that two different carvers made the figures of the Kings Screen.

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Salvator mundi, salva nos, qui per crucem et sanguinem redemisti nos: auxiliare nobis, te deprecamur, Deus noster. O Saviour of the world, save us, who by the Cross and the Blood have redeemed us: help us, we beseech you, our God.

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

September. Late summer or autumn? This image from Jez of York compresses centuries of rooftops into a beautiful golden vista so redolent of historic York. We love the way in which the lancet windows of the North Transept, the iconic Five Sisters, stand out so beautifully. 🍁

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Sick of experts? Our visitors disagree! Claudia left us this lovely 5-star review on TripAdvisor: "Fabulous Historical Tour. Had a tour through the Minster with guide Steve. Was an hour long tour included with admission. Very interesting anecdotes about most parts of the church."

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Let the morning light filtering through the Quire as centuries of kings continue their patient vigil brighten up your Monday. Or in other words, happy Monday, have a great week. ☀️

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

A warm welcome back to the Choir of York Minster who sang for their first Sunday service of the term today. A special welcome to new members of the choir, some of whom will be 'read in' this evening during Choral Evensong. Do join us online or via our YouTube channel at 4pm.

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Here, Freya talks about her experience after recently completing her apprenticeship: "It really highlights the work you achieve with just the human mind and hand. I'm so proud of the work everyone does here."

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Our apprentices gain access to the incredible experience of our craftspeople and are trained in the use of emerging technologies we are using to conserve this fragile medieval masterpiece in our new Centre of Excellence for Heritage Crafts and Estate Management.

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

We talk about our stonemasons a lot; we are proud of the exemplary work they do to conserve our wonderful building. We are also proud to be part of the Cathedrals' Workshop Fellowship, a partnership of 14 Anglican cathedrals that offer apprenticeships to the next generation.

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

A world-beating, award-winning group of smiley people await you at York Minster! In this 1,400-year-old bastion of artistry, craft, worship and community, this is the team who ensure every visitor gets the most from a visit that might have been on the bucket list for decades.

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

We are so thrilled to receive a Travellers' Choice Best of the Best Award! Awarded to the top 1% of listings on TripAdvisor, this award is based on your feedback so a huge thank you to everyone who has left reviews of your York Minster experience. ❤️

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Come and see for yourself what the next generation of heritage crafts looks like during our Heritage Fair on Saturday 2 August. yorkminster.org/whats-on/eve...

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Heritage Fair | York Minster

Be amongst the first to go behind the scenes at York Minster’s

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

The Heritage Quad has recently brought home silverware from York Design Awards (People's Choice, Lord Mayor's Award, Non-residential) and from the Royal Institute for Town Planners (Chair's Award for Planning Excellence).

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Heritage Fair | York Minster

Be amongst the first to go behind the scenes at York Minster’s

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Your chance to visit York's award-winning new building: the Heritage Quad. Home to our masons, craftspeople and the team who care for our 7 hectare estate, this new building represents a fresh chapter for York Minster and for the heritage conservation sector more widely.

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Please join us for a special service of Choral Evensong at 5.30pm tonight, where we honour both the women remembered in the memorial and the visionary women who headed the campaign to create it. All are welcome.

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the creation of the first war memorial to the women who died in World War One. The Five Sisters Window was rededicated during a special service 100 years ago that was the focus of international attention.

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eborsingers.bsky.social @eborsingers.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

We're looking forward to singing Evensong in @yorkminster.bsky.social this Monday 23rd June 5.30pm. Music to include Sarah Macdonald's Preces and Responses, Psalm 115, Coleridge-Taylor's Magnificat and Nunc, and Parry's Never Weather-Beaten Sail. Come and join us, all are welcome!

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. - John, 13:34 Blessings and joy to all who are celebrating York Pride today 🏳️‍🌈❤️

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Jez of York @jezofyork.uk · 01/06/2025

Hello June! Not long to go to @yorkminster.bsky.social's pre-Pride reception and compline at 7 and 8pm on 4th June, ahead of York Pride on Saturday 7th. #York #YorkUK #photo #photography

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Every generation leaves an impression on this place, ready to pass on to the next generation who work, volunteer, worship or visit here. We might be a place built for the glory of God, but we are full of human stories - as these bits of graffiti remind us.

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

We often talk about "leaving your mark" on this holy place. None have taken this quite so literally as generations of choristers, who have left their names and initials carved into the tops of the stalls in the Quire. Some of these inscriptions appear to be over 100 years old.

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

We've rebranded. You may now call us Eboracum Monasterium. The Romans have taken over St Stephen's Chapel. Meet them to learn about York's Roman past, make your own hand-stamped IX Legion dog tag, and see objects from Roman life. yorkminster.org/whats-on/eve...

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Dr Kelcey Wilson-lee @kwilsonlee.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Well. @yorkminster.bsky.social was even more glorious than I remembered. All the conservation since I was last here have left this jewel positively glittering. Among the very greatest of the great - refreshed belief in humanity knowing people dreamed, built & keep this sublime space. /1

West front of York Minster, a large church with two towers flanking a central large window

Interior image down the nave and beyond - you can't even see the East End, the church is so big

The 14thC interior of the West wall, with the flamboyant Great West Window, the 'Heart of Yorkshire' set within a stone frame of niches.

The 15thC Great East Window - the largest expanse of glass in medieval England and maybe the best ever use of £46

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Wonderful to see our choir enjoying their tour to Normandy! They've been singing concerts in some beautiful settings, including Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux. We aren't at all jealous, but we would like to ensure the comms team get a seat next tour, please? 🙏🇫🇷🧀

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Look mum, its a dragon/angel/mouse/grotesque/lion/face-puller! There's centuries to explore at York Minster with hand-carved details hidden in every nook. As half-term approaches, treat your family to an experience for the ages at York Minster. yorkminster.org/visit/plan-y...

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Tell a story 1,400 years old through contemporary art in the new York Minster Talent Awards. We've teamed up with York-based Aesthetica to search for up-and-coming artists in this awe-inspiring place - please do share with your networks. aestheticamagazine.com/york-minster...

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Heading back to work from a Bank Holiday like you are Freya the Apprentice Stonemason and you need to finish a pinnacle. 💫

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

2027 = 1400 years since York Minster was first built for the baptism of King Edwin. We are on the search for two emerging artists for new Talent Awards with a chance to exhibit in this stunning building alongside an established name. Find out more: yorkminster.org/latest/york-...

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Tonight, the Minster's iconic Chapter House will host a one-off concert from the Minster's professional singers. I Sing of a Maiden Tickets are limited to ensure this experience remains one that lasts long in the memory. yorkminster.org/whats-on/eve...

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Archbishop of York @www.archbishopofyork.org · 21/04/2025

A statement on the death of His Holiness, Pope Francis.

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

After this evening's Liturgy of Maundy Thursday, the congregation keeps watch over the Altar of Repose.

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

We are joined by Revd Canon Professor James Walters this Holy Week. Here he is to explain exactly what you can expect from his sermon series.

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Jim is the founding director of the LSE Faith Centre and LSE Religion and Global Society. He joins us to preach a sermon series inspired by Paul's letter to the Galatians: "Bearing Fruit from the Seed that Dies". Find out more, and journey with us, here: yorkminster.org/whats-on/eve...

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York Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Holy Week approaches. It's a difficult journey as we tread with Jesus from his triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday to his crucifixion on 'Good' Friday. We relive those events through music, through liturgy, through the Gospel and, this year, with Dr Jim Walters of LSE.

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Barry Hill @bishopbarry.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

What joy and honour to lead today’s Choral Celebration for Mothering Sunday by three of the primary schools involved in the @yorkminster.bsky.social School Singing Programme. Fabulous creativity and what a great wonderful sound, no doubt bringing much heavenly delight.

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