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Easter at York Minster
Published: on 2nd April 2007 by Alix Peacock in Press Releases
Everyone is welcome at York Minster to celebrate Easter and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. There will be thirty-six services taking place in the Minster during the week before Easter this year. All are welcome.
On Maundy Thursday, 5th April 2007, The Archbishop of York will preside and preach at a service of Holy Communion at 11.00 am. During this service the Archbishop will bless three oils used for the ministry of healing, baptism and confirmation. Clergy and other ministers from across the Diocese of York will attend this service and re-affirm their ordination vows.
On Good Friday the Minster will be open all day, without charge. Three Hours at the Cross will be preached between 12.00pm and 3.00pm. This service uses both drama and preaching to portray the last hours of Christ’s life. The Riding Lights Theatre Company will perform short dramas which tell the death of Christ from the point of view of those who knew him. As they watch His suffering, their own stories speak of their own suffering and the mercy that they found at the hands of Jesus Christ. People are welcome to come for all or part of this moving service.
Good Friday will also see a United Act of Worship held by the York Council of Churches. This service will begin at 7.30 pm and The Rev’d Graham Maskery, Chairman of Churches Together in York will preach the sermon.
On Holy Saturday, 7th April 2007, the Archbishop will lead the Paschal Vigil from 8.30 pm. This Vigil will see the renewal of baptismal vows and confirmation of new Christians in the Eastern Crypt, underneath the Minster’s High Altar. This service will be sung by the St William’s Singers.
On Easter Day, the Archbishop will preside and preach again at the Sung Eucharist at 10.00 am. The full Minster Choir will sing the setting to Vierne’s Messe Solonnelle. Canon Glyn Webster will preach at the service of Sung Evensong at 4.00 pm.