The Triduum continued on Good Friday evening, focussing first on the Passion according to John and then on the Adoration of the Crucified.

Again this year the choir and soloists sang the dramatic setting of the Passion Gospel from John by Zachary Wadsworth (2009).

Following the passion and the Solemn Intercessions, the Taizé Cross was carried around the Nave as the congregation sang “Ah, Holy Jesus.” At right, the presider and deacon paused between verses and lifted up the cross to chants of “Behold, the life-giving cross on which was hung the salvation of the world. / Oh, come let us worship him.”

The cross was then placed in the altar area and sounded with candles as the choir sang and individuals came forward to kneel at the rail and pray.

The Triduum concludes with Easter Vigil on Saturday, also at 7:30 pm. Easter morning worship services are at 8:00 and 10:30 am, with a potluck and Easter egg hunt between services. Bach cantata No. 4, Christ lag in Todesbanden, will be presented at the 10:30 service. See the Holy Week and Easter Worship page for details.

The Holy Week and Easter slideshow below includes addition photos from Good Friday (beginning with the eighteenth slide), the rest of Holy Week, and Easter.

The Triduum, or Three Great Days, celebrates Jesus’s passover from death to life. It begins with Maundy Thursday, which focuses on the Last Supper, when Jesus washed his disciples’s feet and instituted the Eucharist, or Holy Communion.

Again this year there, members of the congregation participated in the Maundy Footwashing by washing the feet of another, having their feet washed, or doing both. With the large number of volunteers. the choir was able to chant all four appointed antiphons. At right, two sisters wash each other’s feet.

Following the footwashing, the service continued with Holy Communion and concluded with the stripping of the altar, a final anthem, and members of the congregation departing in silence.

The Triduum continues with the Good Friday Liturgy at 7:30 pm on Friday and concludes with Easter Vigil on Saturday, also at 7:30 pm. Easter morning worship services are at 8:00 and 10:30 am, with a potluck and Easter egg hunt between services. Bach cantata No. 4, Christ lag in Todesbanden, will be presented at the 10:30 service. See the Holy Week and Easter Worship page for details.

The Holy Week and Easter slideshow below includes addition photos from Maundy Thursday (beginning with the ninth slide).