Holy Week & Easter at St Martin-in-the-Fields

This Sunday at St Martin-in-the-Fields we mark the beginning of Holy Week with a Palm Sunday procession, led by a donkey, with the Chalk Farm Salvation Army Band and the Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields. We meet at the steps behind Admiralty Arch near the British Council building where the procession begins at 9.45am. For those who are not joining the procession the service in church begins as usual at 10am, when we greet the arrival of the procession and together we experience a dramatised reading of the Passion Gospel led by members from the St Martin’s community.

Lent Oasis, Sunday 9 April, 2.00-4.00pm, George Richards and Austen Williams Rooms

Another ‘Oasis’ time of quiet scripture reflection, prayer and practical art. Art materials will be available for you to explore, play with colour and be creative through collage, painting, drawing or writing.

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Sunday 9 April – Palm Sunday

8.00am: Holy Communion (BCP)

9.45am: Palm Sunday Procession

We meet at the corner of St James’s Park near Admiralty Arch. Join the Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields and the Salvation Army Band for a procession with palms, led by a donkey, into church.

10.00am: Eucharist

With the reading of the Passion Gospel

1.00pm: Service in Mandarin

2.15pm: Service in Cantonese

5.00pm: From Creation to Salvation

A powerful service of readings and music as we enter into Holy Week, telling the story of salvation, with the Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields.

7.00pm: Compline with Time to Heal

Monday 10 April – Holy Week

8.30am: Morning Prayer

1.15pm: Holy Communion (DSC)

4.30pm: Choral Evensong

7.00pm: Crosslight: A Passion Play
Presented by Riding Lights Theatre Company

This play draws us into the dramatic events of Christ’s Passion and into the experience of one disciple who failed, despite everything he believed so passionately. It’s “a fascinating psychological drama,” and is suitable for adults and young people aged 12 and older.

Tickets: £10 (£5 students)
Available here

Tuesday 11 April – Holy Week

8.30am: Morning Prayer

1.15pm: Holy Communion (DSC)

6.00pm: Holy Communion with homily (DSC)

Wednesday 12 April – Holy Week

8.30am: Morning Prayer

1.00pm: Choral Eucharist

6.30pm: Bread For the World in Holy Week

Thursday 13 April – Maundy Thursday

8.30am: Morning Prayer

1.00pm: Great Sacred Music

Join us to mark Maundy Thursday, as the clergy and St Martin’s Voices present an exploration of Duruflé’s Requiem.

6.30pm: Maundy Thursday Liturgy with foot washing. The silent vigil of the watch follows until 10.00pm. Preacher: Revd Richard Carter

Friday 14 April – Good Friday
8.30am: Morning Prayer

10.00am: Good Friday Service for All Ages

12noon-3.00pm: The Three Hours
Revd Professor Ben Quash, Professor of Christianity and the Arts, Kings College London, is the preacher in this service of reflections on the passion of Christ. With the Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields.

12noon and 3.15pm: The Passion of Jesus – free open air play by cast from the Wintershall Estate in Trafalgar Square

7.30pm: Bach St John Passion by Candlelight

Come and see Bach’s dramatic and emotional St John Passion performed by St Martin’s Chorus and the Brandenburg Sinfonia led by conductor Andrew Earis.

Tickets: £26 £22 £18 £15 £9
Available here

Saturday 15 April – Holy Saturday

9.00am: Morning Prayer

Sunday 16 April – Easter Day

5.30am: The Easter Vigil, the lighting of the new fire and the First Eucharist of Easter

8.00am: Holy Communion (BCP)

10.00am: Easter Eucharist

Preacher: Revd Dr Sam Wells with the Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields

1.00pm: Service in Mandarin

2.15pm: Service in Cantonese

5.00pm: Choral Evensong with the Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields

6.30-7.30pm: Allegri Miserere by Candlelight

St Martin’s Voices perform a selection of poignant music for Passiontide, including the beautiful Allegri Miserere and Tallis’s Lamentations of Jeremiah, written especially for Tenebrae in the 16th century.

Tickets: £16 £12 £7
Available here

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Thomas Tallis - Lamentations Of Jeremiah.

Passion Plays for Lent

Crosslight: A Passion Play presented by Riding Lights Theatre Company is “A fascinating psychological drama… The show asks questions about what we learn through failure, the importance of forgiveness and the power of redemption… Tremendous.” (York Press)

The disciple chosen to lead, is in pieces.

Caught in the crosslight of the flickering candles at the last supper, the torches of Gethsemane, the firelight in the courtyard, by the searching gaze of his Lord, Simon ‘the rock’ is shattered.

As he hangs from the cross, Jesus is surrounded by a jeering crowd, laughing at his claim to be the Son of God. A small group of family and friends stands by until the agony ends. But the great friend who, more than any other, has stood by Jesus throughout the story is conspicuous by his absence.

One man is missing – one who knows the truth.

Crosslight draws us into the dramatic events of Christ’s Passion and into the experience of one disciple who failed, despite everything he believed so passionately…


The Gospel of Matthew by Candlelight is touring churches in the South East of England. Experience a stunning, virtuoso delivery of the greatest story ever told... as Jesus's followers first heard it... in a darkness illuminated purely by candlelight and the Word!!

Acclaimed by critics and audiences in theatres and churches throughout the UK, award-winning actor George Dillon presents an unforgettable vision of Jesus in his highly intense, very human and occasionally humorous solo staging of the first Gospel.

Short-listed for The Stage's 'Best Actor' Award in Edinburgh, Dillon’s epic, impassioned performance of his own translation portrays Jesus not as a meek and mild lamb to the slaughter but as a contemporary raging fighter for God.

 

The Devil's Passion or Easter in Hell is a divine comedy written & performed by award-winning playwright Justin Butcher. Butcher, author of the world-famous “Scaramouche Jones”, starring Pete Postlethwaite & directed by Rupert Goold, the hit anti-war satire “The Madness Of George Dubya” and the controversially acclaimed “Go To Gaza, Drink The Sea”, turns his pen to the greatest story of all. By turns comic, gripping, poetic, and heart-stirring, The Devil’s Passion offers a radically fresh perspective on the timeless narrative, an audacious hell’s-eye-view of the Passion of Christ from a master storyteller.

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Adrian Snell - Gethsemene.