Holy Week 2025 @OSP
Join us in person or online as we journey with Jesus towards his death and resurrection, during Holy Week and Easter 2025.
Our pattern of services for Holy Week and Easter will be as follows. You can visit our Online Resources page if you would prefer to join in online.
13 Apr – Palm Sunday
10:30 High Mass
A service of sung High Mass, preceded by a congregational procession of palm branches outside the church.
16 Apr – Holy Wednesday
19:30 Tenebrae
17 Apr – Maundy Thursday
19:30 Mass of the Lord’s Last Supper
From the washing of feet to the final stripping of the altars, this is the first mass of the Paschal Triduum, tracing the final days of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection from the dead.
The Watch at the Garden of Repose
18 Apr – Good Friday
12:00 Reflection on the Passion
13:30 The Liturgy of the Passion
19 Apr – Holy Saturday
11:00 Children’s Activity at the Easter Garden
20 Apr – Easter Day
05:00 Easter Vigil & High Mass
One of the most beautiful masses of the year. Join us afterwards for light breakfast, followed by our traditional singing of Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus on Calton Hill with the OSP choir.
All are welcome!
10:30 Paschal High Mass
A Festival High Mass for Easter.
18:30 Paschal Evensong & Benediction
A sung Office with readings, psalms, hymns and canticles. Followed by Benediction – meditation and blessing with the Blessed Sacrament.
Flowers for Easter
Every Easter we fill the church with lilies. If you would like to remember a loved one or give thanks for something through the gift of a lily, please consider donating to our Flowers for Easter page.