Catholic and Protestant Churches
Holy Mass
and the Blessing of Palms
06:00 Paulus Kirche - Nablus Road - Schmidt's College; 07:00 St. Ann's Basilica - inside St. Stephen's Gate; 08:00 Anglican Cathedral of St. George the Martyr - Nablus Road; 08:30 Dormition Church - Mount Zion; 09:00 Notre Dame of Jerusalem - Opposite New Gate; 09:00 St. Stephen's Basilica; 09:00 Garden Tomb; 09:00 Austrian Hospice - Via Dolorosa; 09:00 Lutheran Church of the Redeemer; 09:30 Christ Church - Jaffa Gate; 10:00 Greek Catholic Patriarchate (Melkite); 10:00 Maronite Patriarchal Exarchate - Maronite Convent Street; 10:00 St. Andrew's Scottish Church - Near Railway Station 10:00 Armenian-Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate –Via Dolorosa; 11:00 Franciscainesde Marie –Nablus Road Palm Procession Syrian-Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate – Chaldean Street 08:30 Palm procession in Bethlehem; 10:00 Palm procession in Jerusalem; 18:00 Light procession (the 10 virgins)
Commemoration of the Last Supper followed by Vigil on the Mount of Olives 18:00 Christ Church - Jaffa Gate Holy Communion and Procession to Gethsemane 16:30 Lutheran Church of the Redeemer -Mauristan, Old City Holy Mass 15:30 Armenian Catholic Patrarchal Exarchate; 15:30 Syrian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate; 17:00 St. Ann's Basilica; 17:30 St. John's Church; 17:00 St. Stephen's Basilica; 17:00 Dormition Church; 17:00 Franciscaines de Marie; 17:00 Greek Catholic Patriarchate (Melkite); 17:00 Maronite Patriarchal Exarchate; 18:30 Notre Dame of Jerusalem; 20:00 Paulus Kirche
The Way of the Cross 06:00 Anglican Cathedra of St. George, the Martyr; 06:00 St. Andrew's Church of Scotland; 06:30 Lutheran Church of the Redeemer; 10:00 Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate Veneration of the Cross10:30 Greek Catholic Patriarchate (Melkite); 12:00 noon Christ Church; 15:00 Dormition Church; 15:00 Notre Dame of Jerusalem; 15:00 St. Ann's Basilica; 15:30 St. John's Church; 15:30 Syrian Catholic Patriarchate Exarchate;17:00 Franciscaines de Marie; 17:00 Maronite Patriarchal Exarchate; 17:00 St. Stephen's Basilica
Easter vigil and Holy Mass 16:00 Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate; 20:00 St. John's Church; 21:00 St. Stephen's Basilica; 21:00 Franciscaines de Marie; 21:30 St. Ann's Basilica; 22:30 Notre Dame of Jerusalem
Easter Mass, Holy Communion 03:00 Dormition Church; 05:00 - 12:00 noon Garden Tomb (multilingual); 06:00 St. Andrew's Church of Scotland; 06:00 Greek Catholic Patriarchate (Melkite); 07:30 St. John's Church; 07:30 St. Stephen's Basilica; 08:00 Anglican Cathedral of St. George the Martyr; 08:00 St. Ann's Basilica; 09:00 Notre Dame of Jerusalem 09:30 Christ Church; 10:00 Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate; 10:00 Maronite Patriarchal Exarchate; 10:00 Syrian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate; 11:00 Franciscaines de Marie.
Easter Services
in Jerusalem 2000 Greek Orthodox Patriarchate
10:00 Procession from Greek Orthodox Monastery in Bethany to the Tomb of Lazarus –Service in Bethany; 14:00 Solemn entry of the Patriarch into the Holy Sepulchre - Service in the Katholicon; 16:30 Procession from Bethfage to St. Anne's Greek Orthodox Convent (Lion's Gate)
07:30 Entry of the Patriarch into the Holy Sepulchre; 07:45 Liturgy in the Holy Sepulchre (Katholicon); 10:15 Procession; 17:15 Evening Service in the Katholicon
05:30 Liturgy in St. James (next to the Holy Sepulchre); 08:00 Washing of the feet; 17:15 Service in the Katholicon
08:45 Solemn Opening of the door of the Holy Sepulchre (by the Greek Orthodox); 09:00 Service on Calvary; 09:30 Procession from Praetorium (convent prison of Christ) Via Dolorosa to the Holy Sepulchre; 14:00 Service in the Katholicon; 18:00 Burial service in st. James 19:30 Procession around the Parvis; 20:15 Burial Service in the Katholicon; 21:00 Procession through the Holy Sepulchre and 3 times round the Edicule of the Holy Tomb (until midnight)
08:15 Opening of the door of the Holy Sepulchre (by the Armenians); 11:20 Procession from the Christian Quarter to the Basilica; 12:00 noon Entry of the Patriarch into the Basilica; 13:00 Ceremony of the Holy Fire; 23:10 Entry of the Patriarch into the Basilica; 24:00 midnight Procession round the Rotunda - Liturgy of the Resurrection
01:00 am Liturgy in and in front of the Holy Tomb; 12:00 noon Procession from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate to the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre; 12:30 - 15:30 Service in the KatholiconFor more detailed information on Easter services in all the churches, please contact the Christian Information Center, Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem, Tel. 02-6272692, Fax: 02-6286417, email: cicinfo@cicts.org