Holy Week and Easter at St Martin-in-the-Fields
Holy Week and Easter at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 4JJ www.smitf.org Our reflections on the Eucharist – taken, blessed, broken, given - lead us into Holy Week, as we walk with Christ through his passion and death to the promise of Easter morning and the hope of resurrection. Our schedule for church services and evening concerts is as follows: Sunday 28 March Palm Sunday 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) 9.45am Palm Sunday Procession Meet at the corner of St James’s Park near Admiralty Arch. Join the Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields and the Salvation Army Band for a procession with palms, led by a donkey, to the church. 10.00am Eucharist With the reading of the Passion Gospel. 1.00pm Service in Mandarin 2.15pm Service in Cantonese 5.00pm Choral Evensong 6.30pm Liturgy for Palm Sunday A reflective service of words and music for the beginning of Holy Week with a reflection by a member of the congregation. Monday 29 March Holy Week 8.00am Morning Prayer 1.15pm Holy Communion (DSC) 6.00pm Holy Communion with Homily Tuesday 30 March Holy Week 8.00am Morning Prayer 1.15pm Holy Communion (DSC) 6.00pm Holy Communion with Homily (DSC) Wednesday 31 March Holy Week 8.00am Morning Prayer 1.15pm Choral Eucharist 6.00pm Holy Communion with Homily Thursday 1 April Maundy Thursday 8.00am Morning Prayer 1.00pm Lunch-Break 6.30pm Maundy Thursday Liturgy The first of the “Three Great Days” is marked with the Eucharist of the Last Supper, including foot washing; the Stripping of the Sanctuary and the Watch with Christ in his Passion. Friday 2 April Good Friday 8.00am Morning Prayer 10.00am Good Friday Service for All Ages 12noon- The Three Hours 3.00pm Reflections on the passion of Christ With the Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields. 7.30pm Evening Concert Mozart Requiem as well as Mozart Laudate Dominum, Ave Verum Corpus and Mozart – Piano Concerto No 23 in A With Trafalgar Sinfonia and the New London Singers, conducted by Ivor Setterfield Tickets £28 £24 £20 £14 £6 Saturday 3 April Holy Saturday 9.00am Morning Prayer Sunday 4 April Easter Day 5.30am The Easter Vigil and the First Eucharist of Easter We begin in darkness and silence and, with the lighting of the Easter Fire and Candle, move to the light and life of Resurrection in a fanfare of joyful sounds. 10.00am Easter Eucharist With the Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields 1.15pm Service in Mandarin 2.15pm Service in Cantonese 5.00pm Choral Evensong with the Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields Monday 5 April Easter Monday 7.30pm Evening Concert Handel Messiah With English Chamber Choir and Belmont Ensemble of London, conducted by Peter G Dyson Tickets £28 £24 £20 £14 £6 Café in the Crypt, the award-winning café downstairs in the 18th century crypt of St Martin’s is open throughout the Easter period with special opening hours during the main holiday as follows: 1 April Maundy Thursday 8.00am – 5.00pm 2 April Good Friday 1.30pm – 9.00pm 3 April Saturday 8.00am – 8.00pm 4 April Easter Day 11.00am – 6.00pm 5 April Easter Monday 9.00am – 9.00pm
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