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Latest News St.Werburgh joins colourful cavalcade
A giant figure of St.Werburgh towered over large crowds as part of Chester’s Midsummer Watch Parade over the weekend.
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Latest News Fit for a Monk - "Young People and Old Things'
The St.Werburgh Monks, who are undertaking a four day 70-mile pilgrimage from Hanbury in Staffordshire to Chester on Sunday, were put through their paces at The University of Chester this week.
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The Relics of St.Werburgh have returned to Chester Cathedral after a Chapter of monks, led by Cedric the Conversus, carried them on a 70 mile, four-day pilgrimage, from Hanbury to Chester.
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A Chapter of monks will mark the ceremonial conclusion of an ancient story tomorrow (THURSDAY) as they return to Chester on foot after a four-day walk of more than 70 miles.
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Dream on the Green: the North's answer to Stonehenge
Sprites will be emerging from the early morning dew on this year’s Summer Solstice in Chester, as part of a performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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Pilgrim's Progress - June 6, 2007
The Recorder of Chester Judge Elgan Edwards held a very different Court to the Crown Court he is used to presiding over. Judge Edwards spoke in Chester Cathedral’s unique Consistory Court; the only old Church Court to have survived in the country, on the significance of the Courts and their history. More than 30 people were in attendance on Monday night including the Monks involved in the St.Werburgh Pilgrimage, which reaches its climax on June 17 to 21. The Monks will walk 70 miles from Hanbury in Staffordshire to Chester Cathedral, based on the Translation of St.Werbugh’s Relics over the same route 1,100 years ago in 907.
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Pilgrim's Progress - May 25, 2007
Ten monks donned their habits and set off from St. Peter’s Church, Chester today, as part of the St.Werburgh Festival which celebrates 1,100 years of the translation of the Relics of St.Werburgh. Chester’s Town Crier Julie Mitchell stood at The Cross and declared the emergence of the monks; featuring Cedric the Conversi aka David Pickering, from the Church, down the steps and through the city streets. The monks then walked around the city walls before having lunch at The Albion.
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About St.Werburgh Festival
EVENTS:
At 2.30am on Thursday June 21, there will be a performance of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on Chester Cathedral Green, as the sun comes up on the Summer Solstice, St.Werburgh Saint’s Day.
The pilgrims will arrive in Christ Town, Christleton on the canal towpath at 2pm on June 21 to be welcomed by Vikings and a Roman guard changing by the Newgate at 3pm.
At 3.30pm the pilgrims will walk up Bridge Street, Eastgate Street and St.Werburgh Street to the Town Hall Square where they will be met by more than 200 pupils from schools including Upton High, Dorin Park, Woodfield Primary, Newton Primary, Acresfield Primary, Mill View Primary and St. Clare’s Primary.
At 4.30pm, the Lord Mayor of Chester Cllr Jim Latham will receive the Relics of St.Werburgh and the Lord Mayor, pilgrims, children and congregation will enter the Cathedral, where there will be a Festival Service. The Lord Mayor of Chester will present the Relics to the Dean of Chester Prof Gordon McPhate.
