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Holy Week and Easter Services
​2022

All services will be in-person and live-streamed.
A description of each service is provided below the list of services.

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Palm Sunday
April 10

8:00 AM    Liturgy of the Palms & Holy Eucharist, Rite I
10:30 AM   Liturgy of the Palms & Holy Eucharist, Rite II  *


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The Last Words of Christ
​This virtual service commemorates the seven last words or “phrases” of Christ on the cross. The service includes prayers, art and music focused on the crucifixion, and is especially appropriate for use as a Holy Week meditation. Fr. Stephen Rhoades and Dr. Karen Eshelman designed this special service, and you are invited to participate by visiting our website: www.stjamesgreenville.org anytime throughout Holy Week. 

Maundy Thursday
April 1

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To register to attend in-person Maundy Thursday service,
​please click the link below.

(registration is limited to 45 people per service)
7:00 PM Rite II
Online Vigil before the Altar of Repose
9 p.m. Thursday -  11:30 a.m. Friday 
Zoom Meeting ID: 129-627-882


CLICK HERE TO REQUEST THE PASSWORD

Good Friday
April 2

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To register to attend the Good Friday service in person, please click the link below.
(registration is limited to 45 people per service)

12:00 PM Rite II

The Stations of the Cross
Available online beginning ____

Holy Saturday
April 3

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The Great Vigil of Easter

To register to attend the Easter Vigil service in person, please click the link below.
(Registration is limited to 45 people.)
  
8:00 PM Rite II

Easter Sunday
April 4

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To register to attend in-person Easter Sunday services, please click the time below.
(Registration is limited to 45 people per service.)

​7:00 AM Rite I                   9:00 AM Rite II                    11:00 AM Rite II
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Descriptions of Holy Week Services

Palm Sunday
​
The liturgy for the Sunday of the Passion, also known as Palm Sunday, is distinctive in that it begins in triumph and ends in tragedy. Palm Sunday both begins Holy Week and points to the Triduum, the great Three Days, which begin with Maundy Thursday and end with the Great Vigil of Easter. It is important to remember that the Holy Week liturgies are really one long liturgy in separate acts. You are invited to journey through Holy Week and experience the last days of Jesus' life by participating in all the Holy Week liturgies as fully as you are able.

The Last Words of Christ

This virtual service commemorates the seven last words or “phrases” of Christ on the cross. The service includes prayers, art and music focused on the crucifixion, and is especially appropriate for use as a Holy Week meditation. Fr. Stephen Rhoades and Dr. Karen Eshelman designed this special service, and you are invited to participate by visiting our website: www.stjamesgreenville.org anytime throughout Holy Week. 
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​Maundy Thursday

Maundy Thursday takes us to the Upper Room where Jesus held his Last Supper with his followers and instituted Holy Communion. Our worship continues with the stripping of the altar.  After the stripping of the altar, the service ends in silence.  The absence of a dismissal at the end of the liturgy indicates that the service is not over, but continues with the Good Friday liturgy.

Vigil at the Altar of Repose

Consecrated bread and wine will be placed on the Altar of Repose, where you can visit via Zoom for an hour (or any length of time) throughout the night in the sacramental presence of Christ, as the disciples tried to wait during Jesus' nightlong agony in the Garden.  You are invited to watch with Christ for one hour between the hours of 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 1 and 11:00 a.m. on Friday, April 2.  

Good Friday Liturgy

This liturgy marks the second of the "Triduum Sacrum" - the Holy Three Days. On Good Friday, we commemorate the events immediately leading to and including the death of Jesus Christ as we read John's account of those events. We pray the solemn collects for the Church and for the world. We venerate the cross, "on which was hung the world's salvation". We confess our sins and receive communion from the Reserved Sacrament. We leave the service in silence, waiting for the next chapter of the story to unfold.

Stations of the Cross

We contemplate Jesus' last steps on his journey to Golgotha in the Stations of the Cross.
All are invited to experience this powerful, ancient form of meditation and prayer.


The Great Vigil of Easter

Saturday evening's liturgy marks the last of the "Triduum Sacrum" - the Holy Three Days. Three services make up this central observance of the heart of Holy Week: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil. It is important to remember that the Holy Week liturgies are really one long liturgy in three separate acts. The Easter Vigil is the central and principal liturgy of the Christian Year. All that comes before it from Advent to Good Friday is in preparation for it. All that comes after it from Easter Day through the last day after Pentecost is celebrated in light of it. Before it we celebrate the birth and life of Jesus Christ which eventually leads to his death. After it we celebrate our new life in Christ which the resurrection makes possible. We will kindle the New Fire symbolizing Christ's victory over sin and death, and our victory over the same through him.

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SUNDAY SCHEDULE  
​8:00 a.m. Rite I 
10:30 a.m. Rite II 

The Sunday services at St. James will not be livestreamed during the summer months.
Please join us in person!

​WEDNESDAYS
6:30 p.m. Celtic Eucharist 
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Contact Us

301 Piney Mountain Road
Greenville, SC 29609
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  • Home
  • What We Believe
  • Welcome
    • Welcome Visitors >
      • St. James Online Visitor Card
    • Who We Are
    • The St. James Story
    • Leadership >
      • Ministry Staff
      • Office Staff
      • The Wardens, Vestry & Delegates
    • Baptism & Membership
  • Worship
    • What to Expect on Sunday
    • The Wednesday Celtic Evening Eucharist with Healing
    • Livestreamed Services
    • Serving in Worship
    • The Sacraments & Sacramental Rites >
      • Holy Baptism
      • The Holy Eucharist
      • Confirmation
      • The Celebration and Blessing of a Marriage
      • The Burial of the Dead (Resurrection Liturgy)
      • Reconciliation of a Penitent (Confession)
      • Ministration to the Sick (Holy Unction)
      • Ministration at the Time of Death (Last Rites)
      • Holy Orders (Ordination)
    • Special Services >
      • Holy Week and Easter Services
    • Music >
      • From the Music Director & Organist
      • Advent Lessons & Carols
      • St. James Organ
      • Organ Specifications
      • St. James Choral Scholars
    • Stained Glass Windows
    • Altar Flower Registration
    • Sanctuary Lamp Registration
  • Formation
    • Prayer and Spirituality
    • St. James Day School >
      • 2020 Day School Parent Contact Info
      • From the Day School Director
      • Pay Day School Tuition
      • Camp Fun
      • Weather Conditions and Closings
    • EYC: Episcopal Youth Community
    • Adult Christian Education
    • Adult Ministry >
      • The Gathering - A Senior Adult Ministry
      • St. James Small Group Ministry
      • St. James Men's Group
    • Children's Ministries >
      • Children's Sunday School
      • Easter Egg Hunt
  • Mission
    • St. James Outreach >
      • ECW Attic Sale
      • Blood Drive
      • Meal Packaging Event
      • United Thank Offering
      • Vivancos' Ministry in Ecuador
      • Prayer Shawl Ministry
      • KAIROS
    • Pastoral Care
    • Grief Ministry
    • Restoring Trinity Abbeville
    • Iglesia Episcopal San Francisco
  • Giving
    • St. James Stewardship
    • Online Giving
  • Resources
    • Parish-Wide Calendar
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    • Servants in Worship Calendar
    • Forms & Documents
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    • News Sites >
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    • The Anglican Communion
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    • Daughters of the King
    • Liturgical Resources >
      • The Daily Office
      • Book of Common Prayer Online
    • Galleries >
      • Photo Gallery >
        • Bishop Waldo 2020 Visit
        • Meal Packaging Event - Oct. 2019
        • Burning of the Greens 2019
        • 2018 All Parish and Friends Breakfast
        • Bishop Waldo Visits St. James (2017)
        • Stop Hunger Now Nov. 2016
        • 2016 Fall Festival
        • 2016 Blessing of the Animals
        • 2015 Annual Meeting
        • All Saints Day 2015 Baptisms
        • 2015 Fall Festival at St. James
        • Stop Hunger Now Photos
        • Faith Memorial 2015
        • Bishop's Visit 2015
        • Epiphany 2015
        • Christmas 2014
        • Easter 2014
      • Video Gallery
    • Recorded Sermons