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HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE 2021

Whether we gather together in person or virtually, it remains important that we recall, together, the events in his life that took place over the course of a week 2000 years ago.  Despite the inconsistencies and necessary abridgement of some of our worship, the services and prayers this week constitute a single, unified observance.  

The man who was God, who challenged the conventional wisdom of his day, who made bizarre claims and then told his followers they must believe them, who alienated potential supporters and angered opponents, who went around healing, cleansing, preaching and teaching, working miracles, casting out demons, and raising the dead, was betrayed by a close and trusted friend, convicted on false evidence, and executed for political expediency, which seemed like a good idea at the time.

But we know that is not the end of the story.

We know that he did rise again from the dead.

But like so much else that he did, he did not do it immediately.

The things of God take time,
because we were not created for the limitations of time,
but for eternity.

Jesus promised that he would remain with us
until time will cease to be;
those who walk with him do not.

He spent his life — in every sense of that expression --
so that we might be free of the ravages and limitations of time.

Can we not wait and watch one night with him?

Can we not rearrange our schedules, for one week of the year,
to spend more of the time he has given us with him?

Our Holy Week this year remains sparse,
stripped of pomp and pageantry,
like Jerusalem of its splendor,
an altar of its finery,
or Jesus of his robes.

But he walks with us, even now, for all time.

Walk with us, as we walk with him.

Father Tom Malionek
Rector of Saint Paul's

We are #stillthechurch.

Holy Week
at Saint Paul’s


NOTE: In Person services are held at the McNary Center,
6 Sylvester Street in Kinderhook.  For further information call us at 518-758-6271 or e-mail us at saintpaulskinderhook@gmail.com.

Health Precautions are strictly observed,
and contact information will be collected.

Click here to make sure you are familiar with our practices.


PALM SUNDAY - MARCH 28
  • 9:00 a.m. Blessing of Palms and Holy Eucharist in person
MONDAY-WEDNESDAY IN HOLY WEEK, March 29-31
  • 8:45 a.m. Morning Prayer on YouTube
  • 5:15 p.m. Evening Prayer on YouTube
MAUNDY THURSDAY, April 1
  • 8:45 a.m. Solemn Morning Prayer (Tenebrae) on YouTube
  • 7:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist with stripping of the altar in person
GOOD FRIDAY, April 2
  • 7:00 p.m. on YouTube
    Good Friday Devotions; Solemn Collects; reflection on the Passion
HOLY SATURDAY, April 3
  • 9:00 a.m. on YouTube
    Morning Devotions on the Harrowing of Hell
EASTER, April 3
  • 7:24 p.m. The Celebration of the Resurrection Begins
    in person
    Blessing of the New Fire
    Blessing of our new Paschal Candle
    The Easter Proclamation (Exsultet)
    The Story of Salvation
EASTER DAY, April 4
  • 8:00 a.m. the Holy Eucharist in person
  • 10:00 a.m. Excerpts from the Holy Eucharist

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  • HOME
  • ABOUT US
    • Ministries
    • Leadership & Staff >
      • Meet the Rector
      • Office Coordinator
    • History >
      • Heroes & Treasures >
        • Tiffany & Stained Glass Windows
        • Alleluia Eggs
        • Altar Cross (Elizabeth Braine Guion)
        • First Rector (Rev. Frederick Tiffany)
        • Purchase of the Property (The Vanderpoels)
        • The Vestry of 1857
        • Baptismal Font (Catherine G. Johnson)
        • Church Bell (Rev. Porter Thomas)
        • Moving the Edifice (Francis Silvester)
        • Sexton (Peter Vanderpoel)
        • Credence Table (Aaron Melgert Vanderpool)
        • Our Lady of Walsingham (Father Karl Kuhn)
        • Altar Rail (Aaron John Vanderpoel)
        • James Brignull
        • Monstrance (Rev. Susan Waldron)
        • Columbarium (The Winfields)
        • Candelabra (The Livingstons)
        • Stations of the Cross (Roy Roberts)
        • Nursery Wing Painting (Sally Van Alstyne))
  • WHAT WE BELIEVE
    • What We Believe
    • Worship
    • Children
    • Sacraments, Rites & Ceremonies >
      • Baptism
      • Communion
      • Confirmation
      • Reconciliation
      • Marriage
      • Ministry to the Sick and Dying
      • Burial
  • for Parishioners
    • Photos
  • Cheerful Giving
  • WORSHIP
  • Walking in Love
  • CONTACT US
  • Dessert Sales