Easter
Services in the Holy Sepulchre - Jerusalem
April 1 Holy Thursday
7:00 am Pontifical Mass 13:45 Adoration
of the Blessed Sacrament, service 20:00 Gethsemane: Holy hour in
the Basilica of the Agony (21:00 - 24:00: private prayer in silence)
April 2 Good Friday
7:15 am Calvary; celebration of the
passion of the Lord 10:30 Way of the Cross 15:00 Service
19:10: Funeral procession
April 3 Holy Saturday
7:30 am Easter vigil 15:30 Entrance
and Solemn Procession 18:00 Solemn Compline 00:30 am Pontifical
celebration of the Liturgy of the hours with the Custos of the holy Land
officiating
April 4 Easter Sunday
8:00 am Pontifical Mass and Solemn
Procession 17:00 Daily procession
April 5 Easter Monday
8:00 Daily solemn mass 10:00 Pontifical
mass and Blessing of Bread by the Custos of the Holy Land 15:00 Solemn
Eucharistic Exposition 17:00 Daily Procession
Easter Services in the Latin Parish Church - St. Saviour, New Gate
April 1 Holy Thursday
17:00 Holy Mass "In Cena Domini" (In
Latin and Arabic)
April 2 Good Friday
15:00 Celebration of the Passion of
the Lord (In Arabic)
April 3 Holy Saturday
19:00 Easter Vigil (In Arabic)
April 4 Easter Sunday
Masses at 7:30, 9:00, 11:00 and 17:00
in Arabic, Mass at 10:00 am in Latin
Easter Services in the Garden Tomb Church, Nablus Road Tel. 6272745
April 2 Good Friday
9:00 am Service (English)
April 4 Easter Sunday
5:00 am Easter service (German)
6:30 am Easter sunrise service (English)
9:00 am Easter Service (Scandinavian) 10:00
am Easter service (Finnish) 11:00 am Easter
Service (Dutch) 12:00 noon Easter Service (French)
April 11 Orthodox Easter
6:30 am Sunrise service (Arabic)
9:00 am Service (English)
Easter Services in the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer - Muristan, Old city Tel. 6276111
April 1 Maundy Thursday
16:30 Holy communion and procession
to Gethsemane (multilingual)
April 2 Good Friday
6:00 am The Way of the Cross (English/Arabic/German)
9:00 am Worship (Arabic) 10:30
am Abendmahlsgottesdienst (German) 3:00
Andacht zur Todesstunde Jesu (German) 5:00
Tenebrae Service in the Chapel (English)
April 3 Holy Saturday
17:00 passionsandacht (German)
April 4 Easter Sunday
5:00 am Pstergottesdienst am Gartengrab
(German) 5:00 am Sunrise Service at Augusta
Victoria (English) 9:00 am Worship (Arabic/English)
10:30 am Abendmahlsgottesdienst - mit Kindergottesdienst
(German)
Easter Services in the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate - Tel. 6282048
April 3 Lazarus Saturday
6:45 am Liturgy in the Sanctuary of
the Ascension on Mt. Of Olives 10:00 am
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)
April 4 Palm Sunday
7:30 am Entry of the Patriarch into
the Holy Sepulchre 7:45 am Liturgy in the Holy
Sepulchre (in the Katholicon) 10:15 am
Procession 17:15 Evening Service in the
Katholicon
April 8 Maundy Thursday
5:30 am Liturgy in St. James (next
to the holy Sepulchre) 8:00 am washing
of the Feet (parvis of the Holy Sepulchre) 17:15
Service in the Katholicon
April 9 Good Friday
9:00 am Service (Royal Hours) on Calvary
9:30 am 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)
April 10 Holy Saturday
13:00 Ceremony of the Holy Fire
13:30 Liturgy in the Katholicon 11:10
p.m. Entry of the Patriarch into the Basilica 12:00
midnight Procession round the Rotunda - Liturgy of the Resurrection
April 11 Easter Sunday
1:00 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 noon Entry in the Basilica - Service in the
Katholicon
Easter Service in other churches [multi lingula] in Jerusalem
Armenian-Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate -
via Dolorosa, 3rd st. Tel. 6274545 (services in Armenian rite and language)
Austrian Hospice - Via Dolorosa 37, Tel. 6271463
(services in German)
Ecce Homo Convent - Via Dolorosa 41, Tel.
6277292 (services in English)
Franciscaines de Marie - Nablus Road 9, Tel.
6276876 (services in Spanish)
Greek Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate (Melkite)
- Greek Catholic Patriarchate road, tel. 6282023 (services in Arabic, texts
available in English, german, French)
Maronite Patriarchal Exarchate - Maronite
Convent Street, 25 tel. 6282158 (services in Maronite rite, in Arabic and
Syrian)
Notre Dame of Jerusalem - Opposite New Gate,
Tel. 6279111 (services in Latin/multilingual)
Paulus Kirche - Nablus Road - Schmidt's College
Tel. 6283280 (services in German)
St. Ann's Basilica, inside St. Stephen's gate
, Tel. 6281992 (services in French)
St. Stephen's Basilica - Nablus Road 6, Tel.
6264468 (services in French)
Syrian-Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate - Chaldean
street 6, Tel. 6282657 (Services in Syrian rite and Arabic and Syrian languages)
For further information, contact:
The Christian Information Center, Jaffa Gate
tel. (02) 6272692