Virtual-Reality Tours: High-Impact
Stand in places physically impossible, see worship from the middle of the action, and zoom into details you’ve never noticed.
Virtual Tour requires QuickTime. If the image does not appear, you may need to download QuickTime.
Click and drag with the mouse to pan across or tilt up and down. Use the Control Key to zoom out and the Shift Key to zoom in, or use the . and + buttons in the navigation palette.
Also available are Narrated Video Tours »
and Basic QTVR Tours »
Worship Service Procession
Experience a festival worship service from the vantage of the great crossing as Bishop Chane walks up onto the platform.
High Altar and Majestus
Count all the saints carved into the reredos of the high altar and enjoy stunning floral arrangements.
Holy Spirit Chapel
Holy Spirit Chapel is set apart for quiet prayer and includes a reredos by N. C. Wyeth and stunning ironwork.
St. Mary’s Chapel
With its reredos of gilt linden wood, this chapel honors the role of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
North Transept Balcony
From this view you can see the south rose window, the great crossing, and interplay of stone arches and the triforium-level stained glass.
Mid-Nave, Mid-Air
Step out on thin air at the clerestory level to look east and west the length of the entire Cathedral, from the west rose window to the high altar.
Peal Bells
Stand in the center of the ring of peal bells in the Cathedral’s central tower.
Resurrection Chapel
This Romanesque chapel on the crypt level has rounded arches instead of pointed ones. Note the “windows” made of mosaic tile.
Easter Worship: Crossing
The Festival Holy Eucharist on Easter Day brings exquisite liturgy and music to capacity crown. This view is from the great crossing.
Easter Worship: Mid-Nave
The Festival Holy Eucharist on Easter Day brings exquisite liturgy and music to capacity crown. This view is from the mid-nave crossing.
Children’s Chapel
This child-sized chapel includes small chairs, reredos, and organ, and an amazing ceiling; be sure to look up!
Wilson Bay
The only president interred in the District of Columbia is Woodrow Wilson, and his tomb is on the south aisle of the nave. The stained glass by Ervin Bossanyi is not to be missed.