A special dimension of Holy Week at Church of the Good Shepherd, Charlottesville, VA included an art exhibit by parishioner Brittany Fan. Over the course of Holy Week services, Good Shepherd added/introduced one piece at a time along the walls of the sanctuary.

However, from the point of his arrest and moving through his crucifixion, Jesus “becomes the one to whom things are being done.” The word often translated “betray” actually means “to hand over.”

Easter Family Fun Day at Church of the Resurrection: Saturday, April 8, 10 a.m.–12 noon

Enjoy photos from the Reaffirmation of Ordination Vows, Holy Eucharist, and Blessing of Oils at Church of the Epiphany, Chantilly, VA on April 4, 2023.

Frederick Anglican Fellowship continue to be encouraged about how the Lord is working at our church plant in Frederick, Maryland. A steady group of folks has a growing investment in this church plant through their time, involvement, fellowship, and financial support.

All Saints’ Church in Woodbridge, VA invites you on Saturday, April 8, 10 a.m.- 1 p.m. for their annual Road to Resurrection and Community Easter Egg Hunt.

Our students joined in the effort by packing seventy-five baskets which were then distributed at a community event.

In Holy Week, we encounter Jesus’ suffering and death, and we experience anew his great love. We do not go through Holy Week because we are unsure of Jesus’ forgiveness, but because we must never take it for granted. We must never skip glibly from the “Hosannas” of Palm Sunday to Easter’s “Christ is risen.” We must walk the Way of the Cross.

During Holy Week and on Easter, churches around the Diocese hosted a variety of events and provided multiple opportunities to contemplate and celebrate the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.

In his Easter message, Archbishop Foley Beach remembers and celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

Alleluia! Christ is risen!
The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia!

His good, pleasing, and perfect will was exactly where we were on April 10! Love Baltimore's BE Transformed, a ministry in Baltimore City that is committed to serving and loving a community with the abundance of heaven, held an Easter Family Community Event.

In addition to the Triduum services (Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Eve), churches around the Diocese offer a variety of opportunities to experience the last moments before Jesus’ death to help usher in a blessed Easter Sunday.

Each of our Sunday morning members invested the early part of Holy Week in contacting our Wednesday night households to arrange a good time to connect and deliver the baskets, and shopped for items to stuff the baskets. After worship on Good Friday, we assembled the baskets.

This was our first Holy Week as a new church plant and we had the joy and privilege of joining with our friends at All Saints' Church to celebrate the Triduum jointly. As I have been thinking back to a few of the highlights of that week, there are three that come to mind.

On Saturday, March 27, children from Incarnation Church in Williamsburg, VA gathered at a neighborhood clubhouse to paint "resurrection" eggs and decorate an "Alleluia" banner for the children's classroom.

On Tuesday, March 30, the clergy of the Diocese participated virtually in their annual Renewal of Ordination Vows service hosted by Truro Anglican Church.

Holy Week reminds us that God loved us so much that he sent his Son into our world to die for our sins. As the Apostle Paul writes in Romans 5:8, “But God demonstrates his own love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.”

During Holy Week 2021, multiple churches around the Diocese invite you to participate via livestream services for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday/Easter Vigil.

Participants in the Easter Service at Truro were treated to a unique , virtual masterpiece!