Join us for our Dawn Service of Choral Eucharist streamed as LIVE at 6am on Easter Day, 17th April 2022 – one of the most evocative events in our yearly calendar (and if you are at church, includes egg-rolling and breakfast afterwards!).
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This service marks the beginning of a day of celebration of the feast of Easter. It starts with an echo of the darkness and despair of Good Friday but quickly moves to an affirmation of the strength of God's love.
The service begins at 6am in darkness as we sit in vigil and hear the record of how God saved his people in ages past.
The congregation then moves to the West Door and a new flame is kindled from which the Easter Candle is lit. This new light of Christ is shared amongst the congregation who then return to the nave to hear the Exsultet, the great Easter song of praise. Light returns to the church, we reaffirm our faith and the first communion of Easter is celebrated.
This as-live video is for those who cannot attend in person and features the same content heard in church with specially recorded readings, prayers and sermon, together with wonderful music from our extensive archive of live recordings of St Bride's Choir.
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