Lent, Holy Week and Easter at the Cathedral

Services: Ash Wednesday to Easter Tuesday

 

Ash Wednesday 22 February

8.15am Eucharist with ashing
12.45pm Choral Eucharist with ashing
5.30pm Choral Eucharist with ashing

Friday 24 February, 7.00pm-9.00pm

Taizé-Style Prayer Round the Cross. Chants and prayers in the Taizé-style, with a meditation by the Bishop of Southwark. Come begin this Lenten season by laying down your burdens and those of others at the cross of Christ.

March 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, 6.30pm

Stations of the Cross. Each Friday evening incorporating Die Harder – a series of meditations around the building helping us to enter into the passion of Christ.

Mothering Sunday 18 March, 11.00am

Choral Eucharist and the Distribution of Flowers.

Holy Week

Palm Sunday 1 April

10.55am Palm Procession and the Proclamation of the Passion with the Choral Eucharist. Meet in the Jubilee Market
3.00pm Choral Evensong. Holy Week Preacher: The Very Reverend Andrew Nunn, Dean of Southwark
The Agony and the Ecstasy: Ecstatic welcome
6.30pm Choral Eucharist with the Singing of the Passion

Monday in Holy Week 2 April

12.45pm Eucharist and Homily.
5.30pm Choral Eucharist
6.15pm Holy Week Supper
7.30pm Holy Week Address: The Agony and the Ecstasy: Touching Christ followed by Compline

Tuesday in Holy Week 3 April

12.45pm Eucharist and Homily.
5.30pm Choral Eucharist
6.15pm Holy Week Supper
7.30pm Holy Week Address: The Agony and the Ecstasy: Seeing Christ followed by Compline

Wednesday in Holy Week 4 April

12.45pm Eucharist and Homily.
3.30pm Choral Evensong. Sung by the Girls’ Choir and lay-clerks Southwark Cathedral. To be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. Please be seated before 3.15pm to be part of the broadcast.
5.30pm Choral Eucharist
6.15pm Holy Week Supper
7.30pm Holy Week Address: The Agony and the Ecstasy: Betraying Christ followed by Compline

Maundy Thursday 5 April

11.00am Chrism Mass. President and Preacher: The Bishop of Southwark
6.30pm Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper. Holy Week Address:
The Agony and the Ecstasy: The Ecstasy and the Agony,
followed by the Watch of the Passion until Midnight

Good Friday 6 April

11.00am Walk of Witness
12 noon The Preaching of the Passion. Holy Week Address:
The Agony and the Ecstasy: The Agony and the Ecstasy
1.30pm The Solemn Liturgy of the Day

Holy Saturday 7 April

8.00pm The Easter Vigil with Baptism and Confirmation.
President and Preacher: The Bishop of Southwark

Easter Day 8 April

8.45am Morning Prayer
9.00am Eucharist with Hymns
11.00am Choral Eucharist. President and Preacher The Bishop of Southwark
3.00pm Choral Evensong. Preacher: The Very Reverend Andrew Nunn, Dean of Southwark. The Agony and the Ecstasy: Ecstatic welcome
6.30pm Service of Light for Easter Day

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