Holy Week and Easter at the Cathedral
Welcome to Christ Church Cathedral! Your presence with us is a blessing, and we are so thankful that you have chosen to visit us this Holy Week.
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Maundy Thursday, March 28
12:05 p.m. Holy Eucharist and Foot Washing, Cathedral Chancel
6:30 p.m. Holy Eucharist, Foot Washing and Stripping of the Altar - Bilingual*
Maundy Thursday provides for celebration of the eucharist and a ceremony of the washing of feet which follows the gospel and homily. The altar is stripped and all decorative furnishings are removed from the church. Maundy Thursday is also the beginning the Easter Triduum.. the three days of prepartion for the feast day of Easter Sunday. Join us this year for Maundy Thursday.
Good Friday, March 29
12:05 p.m. Liturgy for Good Friday*
7 p.m. Via Crucis (stations of the cross) bilingual
Good Friday is the Friday before Easter day, on which the church commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus. It is a day of fasting and special acts of discipline and self-denial. Good Friday is the second day of the Easter Triduum. Join us for Good Friday in the Cathedral.
Holy Saturday, March 30
8 p.m. The Great Vigil of Easter* (incense will be used)
Holy Saturday is the Saturday after Good Friday, which recalls the day when the crucified Christ visited among the dead while his body lay in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea. Fasting and other preparations end at sunset or with the Easter Vigil, which begins the celebration of Easter. Holy Saturday concludes the Easter Triduum. Join us for the first Eucharist of Easter!
Easter Sunday, March 31
7 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite I, with congregational hymns
9 a.m. Festival Eucharist, Rite II with Parish Choir and Brass
10 a.m., Flowering of the Cross in the Bishop's Courtyard
11 a.m. Festival Eucharist, Rite I with Cathedral Choir and Brass* (incense will be used)
1 p.m. Festival Eucharist, Rite II - Spanish*
5 p.m., The Well - Celtic Eucharist*
*offered in person and online
Easter Day is the annual feast of the resurrection, the pascha or Christian Passover, and the eighth day of cosmic creation. Faith in Jesus' resurrection on the Sunday or third day following his crucifixion is at the heart of Christian belief. Easter sets the experience of springtime next to the ancient stories of deliverance and the proclamation of the risen Christ. In the west, Easter occurs on the first Sunday after the full moon on or after the vernal equinox. Easter always falls between Mar. 22 and Apr. 25 inclusive. Join us in the Cathedral on March 31 for our Easter Day services!
Don't forget to wear your Easter hats to be part of our annual photo in the Bishop's Courtyard during the 10 a.m. hour!
*Information on this page is from episcopalchurch.org