Goodbye Lindisfarne Gospels
The Lindisfarne Gospels have been on display in Durham for three months.
The Lindisfarne Gospels have been on display in Durham for three months.
The historic Lindisfarne Gospels will be carried into Durham Cathedral during a special procession this afternoon.
The book, which was written by a monk on Holy Island in 700 AD, is spending the next three months in Durham as part of a new exhibition.
More than 700 choristers will also be singing at today's event.
"I would personally like to thank the local community for their amazing donations of food, toiletries and clothing. "
Owners John and Irene Hays say there is ''light at the end of the tunnel'', after the pandemic forced them to close 650 UK stores.
There has been resistance to calls to dismantle memorials to the explorer.