St. Magnus Cathedral - Community
St Magnus Cathedral
is in many ways the hub of community life within Kirkwall and Orkney. It
is the focal point for many civic services, such as Remembrance Sunday, Battle
of Britain Sunday, School Carol Services, Arts and Science Festival services
and many others. The congregation is very aware of it’s responsibility
to ensure that the people of Orkney, to whom the Cathedral belongs, have
opportunities to make use of the building in as wide a variety of ways as
possible.
The Cathedral, with it’s amazing acoustics, is a very popular venue
for musical concerts and recitals, recordings, lectures and drama productions.
It is a major venue for the world reknowned St Magnus Arts Festival, held
around midsummer.
During the summer months the Cathedral welcomes many tourists and visitors
and tours of the upper parts of the Cathedral are available through the Custodian
service. The Cathedral community seeks to be involved in local life, being
open and offering hospitality through the St Magnus Centre to locals and
visitors alike.