Holy Week is an incredible time for us to come together in fellowship and prayer with Christians throughout our city to remember the significance of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection.
This year is also unique in that the Western and Eastern Church calendars align! Here are a few services that some of UniteBoston’s team members will be attending.
Post on our Facebook wall to share which service you’re going to, and meet up with others!
Also, check out the UniteBoston Events page for a full listing of Holy Week services that have been submitted to our website.
Tuesday Night: Taize PrayerThis is a time for simple chants, Scripture, quiet prayer, intercessions, and meditative silence before the Cross, the instrument of our Salvation.
7:00 to 8:00pm at the Paulist Center, 5 Park Street, Boston
Wednesday Night – Resound: A Night of Art and Music to Benefit Refugees in Boston
Join us for a night of art & music to benefit refugees in Boston. $10 Recommended Donation; all proceeds go to the Greater Boston Refugee Ministry.
Join us for a prayerful Stations of the Cross outdoor walk with the South Boston Seaport Collaborative, followed by pizza lunch.
Saturday Easter Vigils
Lots of great Easter Vigils happening around the city, and in particular our team members recommend:
- 6:30pm at the Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer Street, Boston
- The most dramatic and moving service in the entire church year, a service of waiting — waiting in darkness for light to dawn, waiting in the tomb of death for life to be born — then receiving that life in baptism and the Holy Eucharist.
- 8:30pm at the Church of the Cross, 874 Beacon Street, Boston
- This service includes a choir, original music compositions, Scripture readings that outline the history of our salvation, an opportunity to reaffirm our baptismal vows, and the celebration of Holy Communion. Followed by a dessert reception that will last well past midnight!
- From Vito Nicastro, UniteBoston Board Member: The Resurrection Vigil of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston takes place in their Cathedral of the Annunciation, 514 Parker St., Roxbury Crossing, in Boston at 11pm. The service culminates the waiting and preparation of the whole season of Lent and greets the very first dawn of the Paschal Feast of the Resurrection, Easter, around midnight. At the crucial moment of the first proclamation “Christ is Risen! Christos Anesthi!” The Eastern Orthodox congregation welcomes the Western Church representative, Cardinal Sean O’Malley, so that the proclamation can be made together, East and West.
Sunrise Services
- Gate of Heaven St. Brigid – Easter Sunrise Mass at Castle Island – 6:00am
- Roxbury Presbyterian Church – Sunrise service at Carson Beach – 6:00am
- Easter Festival Eucharist Service & Blessing of the Runners – Trinity Church in Copley Square at 8am, 10am, 12pm, and 6pm
Sacred Spaces – All Week with Grace Chapel
- Sacred Spaces are an opportunity to meet with God in quiet, personal reflection. This year’s Sacred Spaces draws on the imagery of green and growing things. It invites you to a place of possibility: a space to talk with the one who made the earth and put you in it.
- Stop by the Lexington or Wilmington campuses during the week to reflect on this Lenten season with Jesus – click here to view the specific times that it will be open at either campus.
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