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We have become ‘a different sort of church’ in ways we couldn’t have imagined several weeks ago. While worship in our churches is suspended, our joy in the resurrection is not to be silenced.
Why is Holy Saturday significant? How does the Church commemorate it? What is the Saturday before Easter Day called?
FEATURE / We’re delighted that LentPilgim and EasterPilgrim had an overall reach of 6.9 million through the national Church’s social media accounts, the app, email and Alexa.
The Archbishop of Canterbury will call for “a resurrection of our common life,” during his Easter Sunday sermon.
Why do churchgoers carry palm crosses? Why will there be processions through towns and cities this Sunday? Why will donkeys be seen in churches and cathedrals this week?
What does Good Friday commemorate? What happens in churches and cathedrals on Good Friday? Where does the name originate?
Maundy Thursday falls on March 29th this year. But what is Maundy Thursday and how to churches mark it?
COMMENT / A rounded and positive religious education should be available to all and is about understanding what it is to be human, says the Revd Nigel Genders, Chief Education Officer for the Church of England.
Revd Chris Lee, a vicar who has reached new audiences on Instagram, will lead this week’s online service for the Church of England – with a message that God welcomes us all, however ‘messy’ we may believe our lives to be.
The Coronation Service is, at its heart and in its structure, a celebration of Holy Communion.