Holy Week: Walk with Us from Palm Sunday to Easter Day
Upcoming Holy Week Events
Walk with us from Palm Sunday to Easter Day, with a variety of online Holy Week services.
Unless otherwise noted, regular Sunday and weekday services, including morning prayer and evening prayer, are scheduled during this time. Also, unless otherwise noted, all services can be joined from our homepage at the time of the service.
Palm Sunday, March 28
Sunday Education Hour
10am | Online Participants in Children’s Time, Discovery, Youth Group, and anyone who wishes are invited to enter in to Holy Week at Home observances, practices, and activities. We’ll share the palm story with a video from Trinity Retreat Center’s Joe Rose and their donkey residents. And we’ll have breakout options with Holy Week practices and activities for all ages. Please register here for the Zoom link. Contact Kathryn Carroll for more information.
Children’s Time will be on hiatus on April 4, resuming on April 11.
Discovery will be on hiatus on March 28 and April 4, resuming on April 11.
Palm Sunday Holy Eucharist
11:15am-12:30pm | Online The Liturgy of Palm Sunday with the Blessing of the Palms, the Passion Gospel according to Mark improvised by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Holy Communion, hymns, and choral anthems by Ireland, Weelkes, and Byrd. Click here for the event page, video, and service bulletin.
Episcopal Explained: Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday, which Christians mark as the start of the holiest week of their church calendar, is a feast with a dual identity. The day, and its worship liturgy, mix joy and exultation with pain and sorrow.
Holy Wednesday, March 31
Tenebrae
6-7:30pm | Online The Office of Tenebrae, including scripture readings and chanted responses, and featuring choral anthems of Tallis, Poulenc, Purcell, Lotti, Bairstow, Weston, Burleigh, Bruckner, Allegri, and Chilcott sung by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street. During the service, candles are gradually extinguished. Click here for the event page, video, and service bulletin.
Agape Meal
7:30pm | Online Following the Tenebrae service, gather around the virtual table for lessons, prayers, and meditations in the dim evening light. You’re welcome to bring your own meal as we practice thanksgiving and communion in the love of Christ. RSVP to join at trinitywallstreet.org/agape.
Episcopal Explained: Tenebrae
Tenebrae is a Holy Week liturgy that, notably, has no direct connection to the scriptural accounts of Jesus' final days in Jerusalem. Yet this once-a-year service in shadow still manages to summarize the entire story of Holy Week.
Maundy Thursday, April 1
There will be no 12:05pm service on Maundy Thursday.
Triduum Retreat and Reflection at Trinity Retreat Center
10-11am | Facebook Live Join us for a time of retreat and prayerful reflection on the readings and themes of these Holy Days as we reflect on Christ’s passion and suffering, and point to the resurrected life of Jesus Christ. Join us Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday at 10am on the retreat center's Facebook page: facebook.com/trinityretreatcenter.
Maundy Thursday Holy Eucharist
6pm-7:15pm | Online Maundy Thursday Holy Eucharist, with choral anthems of Friedell and Duruflé sung by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street. The service concludes with the Stripping of the Altar and Reservation of the Sacrament. Click here for the event page, video, and service bulletin.
All-Night Vigil Before the Blessed Sacrament
8pm Thursday-6:30am Friday | Online An overnight silent vigil of prayer and meditation before the Blessed Sacrament, ending at dawn on Good Friday. Click here for the event page and video.
Episcopal Explained: Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday begins the Triduum, the most important part of Holy Week and the three most solemn days of the Church calendar. Associated primarily with the Last Supper of Jesus and his apostles, Maundy Thursday's liturgy also explores several other important themes.
Good Friday, April 2
There will be no evening prayer at 5:15pm.
Triduum Retreat and Reflection at Trinity Retreat Center
10-11am | Facebook Live Join us for a time of retreat and prayerful reflection on the readings and themes of these Holy Days as we reflect on Christ’s passion and suffering, and point to the resurrected life of Jesus Christ. Join us Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday at 10am on the retreat center's Facebook page: facebook.com/trinityretreatcenter.
Liturgy of Good Friday
12:05-1:30pm | Online The Liturgy of Good Friday, including the Solemn Collects, devotional hymns, Veneration of the Cross, and the Passion Gospel according to John chanted by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street. No Holy Communion will be administered. Veneration of the Cross continues until 3pm with the 33 tolls of the Trinity bells. Click here for the event page, video, and service bulletin.
Episcopal Explained: Good Friday
Good Friday is the most solemn date on the Church calendar. Good Friday recalls the crucifixion of Jesus, and reminds us that Jesus' vulnerability to cruelty and torture can still be seen around us today, if we only look.
Holy Saturday, April 3
Triduum Retreat and Reflection at Trinity Retreat Center
10-11am | Facebook Live Join us for a time of retreat and prayerful reflection on the readings and themes of these Holy Days as we reflect on Christ’s passion and suffering, and point to the resurrected life of Jesus Christ. Join us Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday at 10am on the retreat center's Facebook page: facebook.com/trinityretreatcenter.
The Great Vigil of Easter
8-10pm | Online This symbol-rich liturgy features candlelit readings, psalms and canticles, renewal of baptismal vows, the First Eucharist of Easter, and festive choral anthems of Bairstow and Wood sung by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street. Click here for the event page and video.
Episcopal Explained: The Great Vigil of Easter
The Great Vigil of Easter dates from the second century CE when new members of the Christian community were welcomed with baptism and Holy Communion. Due to the pandemic, Trinity Church Wall Street will not perform baptisms this year, but the other rich details of this annual tradition will be renewed, beginning in the darkness of Holy Saturday.
Easter Day, Sunday, April 4
Easter Family Service
9:15-9:45am | Online On Easter Day you are invited to a joyful, warm, welcoming, and engaging 30-minute Episcopal church service designed specifically for children of all ages. The service includes scripture, a short sermon, and music both traditional and new. Together we will express and encounter the deep truths of our faith in language and action accessible to everyone. Click here for the event page and video.
Easter Festive Eucharist
11:15am-12:30pm | Online A festive celebration of the Eucharist with hymns and music by Stanford, Thompson, and Telemann, led by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street. Click here for the event page and video.
Sister in the House
4-5pm | Online Sister Ann, SSM, will be on hand to listen, or talk, or just sit. Register here.