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Choral Evensong

May 4 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH, OCTOBER–JUNE, 4:30 P.M., in person in the cathedral nave, and livestreamed

SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2025:
Saint Mark’s Cathedral invites one and all to meditate on the joys of Eastertide. Come, hear the arresting humility and sincerity expressed in the final sentences of John’s Gospel, the preceding verses of which will be read in the morning eucharists. Hear also a meditation on those verses by the poet, Christina Rossetti, sung by the Evensong Choir in a haunting setting by the currently active American composer, Anthony Piccolo. The choir will also offer a setting of the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis composed for the choir of St. Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, Ireland, by the currently active English composer, Philip Stopford. The whole assembly will join in singing the irrepressibly uplifting carol, “This joyful Eastertide.”

The ancient practice of singing evening prayers is a longstanding practice in many Christian traditions. In English cathedrals, this practice developed, through the centuries, into a special sung service, and today Choral Evensong is a treasure among Christian liturgies and a jewel of the Anglican choral tradition.

The Saint Mark’s Evensong Choir, an intergenerational choir of children, teenagers, and adults, offers this beautiful service once a month. All are welcome.

Learn more at: saintmarks.org/evensong

Evensong Services, 2024–25

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024 – Service of Gratitude for the Ministry of Bishop Provisional Melissa Skelton

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024 – The Welcome & Seating of the Ninth Bishop of the Diocese of Olympia

OCTOBER 6, 2024 – Celebrating Francis and Clare of Assisi

NOVEMBER 3, 2024 – The Feast of All Saints (transferred)

[On December 1, 2024, Evensong is replaced by the annual “O” Antiphons Advent liturgy]

JANUARY 5, 2025 – The Eve of the Feast of the Epiphany

FEBRUARY 2, 2025 – The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candelmas)

MARCH 2, 2025 – The Last Sunday after the Epiphany

APRIL 6, 2025 – The Fifth Sunday in Lent

MAY 4, 2025 – The Third Sunday of Easter

JUNE 1, 2025 – The Feast of the Visitation (transferred)

Details

Date:
May 4
Time:
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Series:
Choral Evensong
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