‘If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved’. Romans 10:9
Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday and ends on Easter Sunday – the celebration of Jesus dying for our sins and then rising again.
Here’s a roundup of some of the services that took place across the diocese – in the order of Holy Week, from Palm Sunday processions to Resurrection Sunday.
Palm Sunday
Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem greeted by crowds waving palm branches and cheers.
Christ Church, Brixton
Palm Sunday – commemorating Christ’s triumphal entry to Jerusalem at Croydon Minster
St Michael, Stockwell
Maundy Thursday
Services commemorate Jesus washing the feet of his disciples at the Last Supper on the night before his arrest.
The diocesan family gathered at Southwark Cathedral for the renewal of ordination vows and blessing of the oils – with co-consecration of the chrism.
Good Friday
A sombre day remembering Jesus’ death on the cross. Many churches took part in walks of witness in their communities.
Bishop Christopher joins Revd Joshua at Holy Trinity, Roehampton
Easter Vigil (Holy Saturday)
New life and light symbolised through lighting the Easter Candle.
Holy Trinity, Upper Tooting
St John The Divine, Kennington – Dawn Service of the Resurrection
Easter Sunday
God sacrificed His one and only son so that we may have salvation.
He is risen! On Easter Sunday, services celebrate Jesus who died for our sins and then rose again.
Easter eggs at St Barnabas, Dulwich
St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Addington
Christ The King, Salfords
