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Easter Vigil 8pm Saturday Service

  • Transitional Cathedral 234 Hereford Street Christchurch, Canterbury, 8011 New Zealand (map)

Easter Vigil

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Join the Diocese at the Transitional Cathedral for the Great Vigil of Easter

Holy Week at Saint Mark’s Opawa:

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Palm Sunday
Passion
Palm Sunday
Passion

Palm Sunday celebrates Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem, riding on a donkey, with crowds waving palm branches and shouting “hosanna”

Passion
Holy Monday
Cleansing
Holy Monday
Cleansing

Holy Monday services commemorate Jesus’s cleansing of the temple

Cleansing
Holy Tuesday
Reflection
Holy Tuesday
Reflection

Holy Tuesday services commemorate service and redemption

Reflection
Holy Wednesday
Betrayal
Holy Wednesday
Betrayal

Holy Wednesday services commemorate the betrayal of Jesus

Betrayal
Maundy Thursday
Communion
Maundy Thursday
Communion

Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday) services commemorate the Last Supper

Communion
Good Friday
Suffering
Good Friday
Suffering

Good Friday services commemorate the suffering and death of Jesus on the cross

Suffering
Easter Vigil
Waiting
Easter Vigil
Waiting

The Easter Vigil begins after sunset on Holy Saturday

Waiting
Easter Sunday
Joy
Easter Sunday
Joy

Services on Easter Sunday celebrate the resurrection of Jesus

Joy

Easter

faith : hope : redemption

Recent services

Services held in the last 7 days
Sunday 10am Service
Sunday 10am Service with School
Pentecost
Saint Mark’s Patronal Festival Service
Easter Day 10am Service
Easter Vigil 8pm Saturday Service
 

Holy Week

Palm Sunday to

Holy Saturday

Upcoming services

Holy Week
First Sunday of Advent
Dec 1
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First Sunday of Advent
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Second Sunday of Advent
Dec 8
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Second Sunday of Advent
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Third Sunday of Advent
Dec 15
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Third Sunday of Advent
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Fourth Sunday of Advent
Dec 22
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Fourth Sunday of Advent
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Children’s Christmas Service
Dec 23
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Children’s Christmas Service
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St Mark's Church
Christmas Eve Service
Dec 24
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Christmas Eve Service
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Christmas Day Service
Dec 25
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Christmas Day Service
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