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Holy Week Resources

2007 Holy Week services
To find Holy Week and Easter services at an Episcopal Church near you, visit our "Find a Church" database.

Easter Meditation
Let this Easter meditation open your eyes to the Risen Lord with beautiful artwork by Dr. He Qi paired with a melchite chant for the passion sung in Arabic.

 

Stations of the Cross
Set of copper plate stations
These stations, crafted from 4-inch squares of copper, were made by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange (in Orange , Calif.) in the early 1960s.
Set of stations from Kenya
These stations were painted by artists from Turkana, Kenya around 1995 and are housed in Lodwar Cathedral in Kenya.
Stations of the Cross for children
Stations for children and their families
This set of Stations is geared for children and their families and talks about how one should feel while progressing through the various stations.
Stations of the Cross from El Salvador
This set of Stations of the Cross from El Salvador is especially graphic. It portrays in unflinching detail the torture visited upon Salvadorans in the 1980s.

Lectionary reflections from Witness Magazine:

Taking Jesus' Death Personally
By Leon Spencer
Wednesday, March 16, 2005

The Narrow Place
By Sarah Dylan Breuer
Thursday, March 17, 2005

An Easter message from the Presiding Bishop
03/22/05 [Episcopal News Service] Jesus' resurrection plays havoc with the known, the safe, the familiar, the predictable and opens the way for what is real. And what is real is the unbounded and death-defying love of God which overcomes all estrangement and division... (More)

Seven Stanzas at Easter by John Updike
Make no mistake: if He rose at all
it was as His body;
if the cells' dissolution did not reverse, the molecules
reknit, the amino acids rekindle,
the Church will fall. (More)

The Easter Sermon of Saint John Chrysostom
Are there any who are devout lovers of God?
Let them enjoy this beautiful bright festival!
Are there any who are grateful servants?
Let them rejoice and enter into the joy of their Lord! (More)