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HOLY WEEK AND EASTER AT ST. GEORGE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH


The observance of Holy Week at St. George’s Episcopal Church at 2425 S. Germantown Road will include the Maundy Thursday choral liturgy at 7:00 p.m. with foot washing for those who wish to participate and the stripping of the Altar.  Friday’s observances will include The Good Friday liturgy, a solemn recounting of the Passion of Christ, at 12 noon and again at 7:00 p.m. (choral) and the Stations of the Cross at 3 pm featuring a meditation at each of the 14 Stations of the Cross.

Easter Day will begin with The Service of Light (sunrise) at 6:30 a.m. at the outdoor chapel, weather permitting, and begins with the kindling of a fire in the darkness. The Paschal Candle is then lit from the newly kindled fire. Andrew Proctor, cantor, will sing the ancient phrases of the Exsultet as the sun rises and illuminates the Easter Day; the service concludes with Holy Eucharist. The Easter Festival Choral Eucharists at 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. have special music led by the Coventry Choir, organ and the Sanctifica Wind Ensemble. The church, which has been solemn, with crosses and all adornments draped during the penitential season of Lent, will burst forth with joyous music and colorful flowers to proclaim Alleluia to the risen Lord.

St. George’s congregation invites our neighbors, friends and visitors to join us for these special services.  For more information visit us at www.stgchurch.org.


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