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Holy Saturday: The Great Vigil of Easter

Sat, Apr 16

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Hendersonville

Holy Saturday: The Great Vigil of Easter
Holy Saturday: The Great Vigil of Easter

Time & Location

Apr 16, 2022, 8:00 PM

Hendersonville, 103 Country Club Dr, Hendersonville, TN 37075, USA

About the event

The liturgy intended as the first (and arguably, the primary) celebration of Easter in the BCP (pp. 284-95). It is also known as the Great Vigil. The service begins in darkness, sometime between sunset on Holy Saturday and sunrise on Easter, and consists of four parts: The Service of Light (kindling of new fire, lighting the Paschal candle, the Exsultet); The Service of Lessons (readings from the Hebrew Scriptures interspersed with psalms, canticles, and prayers); Christian Initiation (Holy Baptism) or the Renewal of Baptismal Vows; and the Eucharist. Through this liturgy, the BCP recovers an ancient practice of keeping the Easter feast. Believers would gather in the hours of darkness ending at dawn on Easter to hear scripture and offer prayer. This night-long service of prayerful watching anticipated the baptisms that would come at first light and the Easter Eucharist. Easter was the primary baptismal occasion for the early church…

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St. Joseph of Arimathea
Episcopal Church

103 Country Club Dr

Hendersonville, TN 37075

Service Times:

8:00 AM, Rite I

10:30 AM, Rite II

Office Hours:

Mon Wed Fri: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Closed Tuesday

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