The 50th and final day of Eastertide, the birthday of the Church, the start of the longest season of the liturgical calendar, in the British tradition Whitsunday—all are ways to describe The Day of Pentecost.
Ascension Day, which comes forty days into Eastertide, is a major feast of the Church with historic significance for the parishioners of Trinity Church Wall Street.
Easter is the primary holiday of the Christian calendar, so important that one 24-hour day is not enough to celebrate it. So Eastertide, the festival, or season, of Easter, lasts for 50 days.
Extend your loving kindness from yourself out to the world today with this 12-minute guided meditation session. In lieu of in-person Catch Your Breath, Dr. Kathy Bozzuti-Jones leads this short, online guided meditation for inner peace in uncertain times.
Extend your loving kindness from yourself out to the world today with this 7-minute guided meditation session. In lieu of in-person Catch Your Breath, Dr. Kathy Bozzuti-Jones leads this short, online guided meditation for inner peace in uncertain times.
The Great Vigil of Easter begins at churches when the sun has set and the calendar still reads Saturday, not Sunday. It is ancient, it is richly symbolic, and its primary message is powerful.
Easter 2020 falls on April 12 and is the first day of what the Church calls the Easter season, which lasts fifty days. Learn more in this Episcopal Explained video.
Priests from Trinity Church Wall Street are offering reflections on Holy Week in this time of coronavirus. The Rev. Dr. Mark Bozzuti-Jones reminds us that while every moment is unique, we can often look to the past for hope for the future.
