Holy Week and Easter

St. Stephen’s Church welcomes you to the services of Holy Week, beginning with the Sunday of the Passion (Palm Sunday), and continuing to Holy Saturday and Easter Day.

On this page you will find the livestream to Holy Week services including the Easter Vigil, schedules for Holy Week and Easter services, and links to more detailed information (the colored blocks at the bottom of the page).

You can also view a video in which the clergy of St. Stephen’s Church reflect on the services of Holy Week.

+Livestreamed    *Child care available

Holy Week and Easter Vigil Livestreams

(Note: the following are not all the services being offered, but the offerings being livestreamed. The complete schedule is in the next section on this page.)

Maundy Thursday, April 17
Maundy Thursday service, 7:30 p.m. | Order of service
Overnight vigil, 9 p.m.

Good Friday, April 18
The Liturgy for Good Friday, noon | Order of service
Musical offering: Stabat Mater, 5 p.m. | Program

Holy Saturday, April 19
The Great Vigil and First Eucharist of Easter, 7:30 p.m. | Order of service

Morning Prayer will be livestreamed in its usual location here. Easter Day services will be livestreamed on the “This Sunday” page here.

Holy Week

Holy Week and Easter Vigil livestreams will appear on this page.

The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday, April 13
7:30 a.m., Holy Eucharist: Rite One (note earlier-than-usual time)+*

9 a.m., Holy Eucharist: Rite Two in Palmer Hall and in the main church; all will gather outdoors at the Three Chopt Road entrance to begin the service together+*

There is no formation hour on Palm Sunday.

11:15 a.m., Holy Eucharist: Rite Two; meet outdoors at the Three Chopt Road entrance for the Liturgy of the Palms+*

5:30 p.m., Celtic Evensong and Communion+*

6:30 p.m., Sunday Community Supper in Large Fellowship Hall

8 p.m., Sung Compline+

Maundy Thursday, April 17
8:10 a.m., Morning Prayer and Communion from the reserved sacrament+
Livestreamed on the usual Morning Prayer livestream page

5:30 p.m., Agape Meal in the fellowship hall

7:30 p.m., Holy Eucharist and Stripping and Washing of the Altar+

9 p.m.-8 a.m., All-Night Vigil in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit+

Good Friday, April 18
8:10 a.m., Morning Prayer and Communion from the reserved sacrament+
Livestreamed on the usual Morning Prayer livestream page

Noon, The Liturgy for Good Friday+

Stations of the Cross following the Good Friday service; 1:30 p.m. guided; time for self-guided tours between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.

5 p.m., Good Friday Musical Offering+
Soprano Lauren Clay and countertenor Quinn Bitsas, with Baroque instrumentalists Janelle Davis, Chris Johnston, and Brady Lanier, will present Giovanni Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater. Solo organ music will also be offered by Diana Chou and Brent te Velde.

Easter

Easter Eve, beginning at dusk on Saturday, April 19

The Great Vigil of Easter
7:30 p.m., The Great Vigil & First Eucharist of Easter service begins outside the Three Chopt entrance +
Sanctuary, the Compline Choir

Easter Day, Sunday, April 20 The Resurrection of Our Lord

These services are livestreamed on the “This Sunday” page.

7:30 a.m., Holy Eucharist: Rite One with Hymns+

9 a.m., Holy Eucharist: Rite Two (two services: one in Palmer Hall, one in the church+*), followed by reception
St. Stephen’s Choir with brass, timpani, organ

After the 9 a.m. services, there will be an Easter Egg Hunt for children. We will wait to begin the hunt until both 9 a.m. services have concluded.

There is no formation hour on Easter Day.

11:15 a.m., Holy Eucharist: Rite Two, followed by reception+*
St. Stephen’s Choir with brass, timpani, organ

5:30 p.m., Celtic Evensong and Communion +*

6:30 p.m., Sunday Community Supper

8 p.m., Compline +
Sanctuary, the Compline Choir

Easter Monday, April 21
Parish office and café closed; no Morning Prayer or other offerings; food pantry moves to Tuesday, April 22