Prayer and Reflection
Services from six of the UK's major faiths.
Episodes
Senior Rabbi Ivan Binstock welcomes us to an Orthodox Jewish morning prayer service, also known as Shacharit, at St John's Wood United Synagogue in north London.
A service from Islandmagee Presbyterian Church in Northern Ireland with the theme of unity. Featuring prayers, music and Bible readings.
A service from the Shree Swaminaryan Temple in Cardiff. The Hindu Aarti service, presented in Gujarati, is a ceremony of light offering thanks and devotion to the deities.
Traditional Tibetan Buddhist prayers from Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery, Scotland. Featuring chanting prayers, reciting mantras and offerings.
Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara, the Sikh temple in Gravesend, welcomes us for their daily morning service, including the culmination of a 48-hour continuous prayer, the Akhand Paath.
Isha prayers, the last of the five daily prayers in Islam, from Belfast Islamic Centre, Northern Ireland.
Join the City Church, Cardiff, for their International Sunday Service, a weekly gathering that brings together people from diverse cultures for worship, biblical teaching and reflection.
Nottingham Liberal Synagogue, part of the Progressive Judaism movement, guide us into the Sabbath with their musical Friday evening service, known as Erev Shabbat.
Prayer and Reflection from the Sikh gurdwara in Roath, Cardiff. The service is a communal worship in Punjabi, with prayers, musical renditions of scripture and other activities.
An evening prayer service from St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, Armagh, Northern Ireland, commemorating Saint Oliver Plunkett.
Prayer and Reflection from Glasgow Central Mosque
The Shree Hindu Temple in Leicester welcomes us to join their daily prayer service, which is dedicated to the deity Lord Shiva.
Prayer and Reflection from the Palpung Changchub Dargyeling Tibetan Buddhist centre in Brynmawr. The prayers, chants and mantras are led by Choje Lama Rabsang.
We join St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh for a traditional Presbyterian Christmas service during the month of Advent to reflect on the coming of Jesus Christ.
