York Minster blessing of the new solar panels

Solar panels on the roof of York Minster will be switched on for the first time on 9 January 2025 during a blessing ceremony led by the Dean of York.

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00:00This is genuinely an historic occasion, and I think on a day that no matter that it's

00:13extremely cold, the quality of the sun is a very strong reminder to us that life, energy,

00:20power, however you want to call that oomph that makes the world go round, quite, bless

00:27these solar panels, that they may help us in our endeavours to build mission and ministry

00:33in this place and make us ever more conscious of the needs to serve your planet and preserve

00:40it for the generations yet to come. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.