Holy Week and Easter
at Great St Mary's
Worship in Holy Week
Everyone is welcome to come to services at Great St Mary's., and we warmly encourage you also to join small groups and other activities to support faith and spiritual life.
Preparing for baptism and confirmation
We are offering preparation sessions for baptism and confirmation during Lent and Eastertide, for people of all ages. Please email clergy@gsm.cam.ac.uk to find out more.
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Children & Families during Lent and Holy Week
Rosie, our children's and youth minister, has put together a few suggestions for observing Lent at home with children and young people. Click below to download them.
Good Friday Activity Morning
Good Friday Activity Morningfor children and their parents/carers10:00-11:30 MichaelhouseCome and make a miniature Easter Garden to take home with you.There will be other craft activities too, and a time to mark the day in story and song.We'll have tea, coffee, and hot-cross buns a plenty.All are welcome! (The activity morning will be most suitable for children aged 3 and above, but younger children are very welcome to come too. All children must be accompanied by an adult. The activity morning is free of charge, and there is no need to book a place.)
Worship and Music
during Holy Week
Palm Sunday
29 March at 10am
A traditional Palm Sunday procession through the market square at 10am is followed by a reading of the Passion and a service of sung Holy Communion inside the church. Everyone is welcome to this service, which will also be livestreamed
Stabat Mater
29 March at 5am
The Great St Mary's Youth Choir sopranos offer a devotional performance of Pergolesi's beautiful setting of the Stabat Mater - a poetic reflection of Mary at the foot of the cross.
Monday-Wednesday
of Holy Week
30th March - 1st April
Silence from noon
simple Holy Communion at 12.30pm
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(on 1st April the service is followed by
the usual first Wednesday lunch
at Michaelhouse)
Via Crucis
31st March - 7pm
The Via Crucis (stations of the cross) with readings, and organ meditations by Philip Moore, played by Stanley Godfrey (Organist and Assistant Direcrtor of Music).
Maundy Thursday
2 April at 7pm
A beautiful choral service at which Revd Dr Isabelle Hamley will preach, with the washing of feet, the remembrance of the Last Supper, and Holy Communion. Followed by a vigil with the Sacrament in St Andrew's Chapel
Good Friday
3 April
11.30am
Ecumenical Act of Witness
in the market place
12.00-12.30pm
Silence is kept
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12.30 - 1.25pm
Good Friday meditations:
by the Revd Dr Isabelle Hamley
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1.30 - 3pm Liturgy of Good Friday
with veneration of the cross and Communion from the Reserved Sacrament. ​
Easter Day
5 April
A joyful celebration of the great Day of Resurrection! Come and join us as we remember God's good news with song, story, and sacrament.
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5.45am Dawn Vigil and
First Eucharist of Easter
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8am BCP Holy Communion
10am Choral Eucharist
Preacher: Revd Dr Isabelle Hamley
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11.45am Choral Mattins
with congregational Hallelujah Chorus
