At the heart of this ascetic service at noon are the Reproaches. Sung by our Boy Choristers with Lay Clerks will be John Sanders’s bracing and arresting setting. The Reverend Canon Doug Richards will officiate, and The Very Reverend Beth Bretzlaff will preach.

Readings: Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Psalm 22:1-23; Hebrews 10:16-25; John 18:1-19:42.

This service may be livestreamed, please check our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@ChristChurchCathedralOttawa). Some technical issues are being experienced so there is no guarantee. Thank you for your patience!

The Cathedral will be open for quiet prayer and mediation and the labyrinth will be available for prayerful walking on this holy day

It is something of a minor tradition at the Cathedral for a setting of the Stabat Mater to be sung on the afternoon of Good Friday – a devotional and solemn musical offering in the shadow of the Cross. This year, Andrew McAnerney will direct our Lay Clerks and Choral Scholars accompanied by Cathedral Organist James Calkin in Josef Rheinberger’s “Stabat Mater” Opus 138. Rheinberger (1839-1901) spent his career in Munich both at the royal court and the conservatory where he was a revered pedagogue. Restrained and elegant, this “Stabat Mater” (one of two he composed) was written in 1884 – a thank-offering for a recovery in his health.

This service may be livestreamed, please check our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@ChristChurchCathedralOttawa). Some technical issues are being experienced so there is no guarantee. Thank you for your patience!

On this night, we gather in darkness and kindle the Easter fire, hear the foundational scriptures of our faith, and celebrate that all things are made new in the Risen Christ. The Very Reverend Beth Bretzlaff will officiate.

Readings: Exodus 14:1-15:1; Isaiah 55:1-11; Ezekiel 36:24-28; Romans 6:3-11; Mark 16:1-8

This photo was taken during a season of my life marked by reconnection and renewal – a grace-filled moment captured while attending a digital photography course at Sorrento Centre in British Columbia. I had been to Sorrento many times before...

On Saturday, April 12th a group gathered to make palm crosses. Thanks to YouTube and some experienced pros, crosses were created by young and old for the Sunday service and to added to the pastoral care packages for Easter. Thanks to all!

There are many, many hands that help to get ready to celebrate Easter! The Lackey Room is filled with flowers to be arranged and items to be packaged for delivery by the pastoral care team. Liturgies are finalized and much editing and photocopying is being done. Windows have been washed and pews tidied. Sermons are still being written and music rehearsed. What a happening, lively and happy place! Thanks to all who work behind the scenes so that all who attend can enjoy the beauty of worshipping the Risen Christ!

Cathedral Women thank you for your patronage - all the marmalade has been sold! And the Cathedral Women invite those interested to a meeting in the Lambeth Room after the 10:30 am service on Sunday, April 27th to continue the discussion about fall activities.

Our Cathedral
All those who are ill or suffering, and those who care for them; for the family and friends of Barbara Kennedy as they grieve her death (funeral on Saturday, April 26th at 11 am, Hulse, Playfair and McGarry Central Chapel), may light perpetual shine upon her.
Our Diocese
The Right Reverend Dr. Shane Parker; St. Columba, Ottawa, The Reverend Susan Lewis; Students, teachers, and field education supervisors in theological education.
Canadian Cathedrals
Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa, ON, The Very Reverend Beth Bretzlaff.
Anglican Church of Canada (ACC)
The Most Reverend Anne Germond, Metropolitan of Ontario and Acting Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, clergy and people of the Diocese of Algoma; The Most Reverend Chris Harper, National Indigenous Archbishop.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC)
The Right Reverend Susan Johnson; The Right Reverend Carla Blakley; Congregations of the Southern Manitoba area of the Manitoba-Northwestern Ontario Synod.
The Moravian Church (MOR)
All congregations and clergy.
Companion Diocese of Jerusalem and the Middle East
The Diocese of Jerusalem, Archbishop Hosam Naoum; peace in Israel and Palestine.

Our Clergy and the Cathedral Prayer Team will pray for all requests sent to info@ottawacathedral.ca during the week.

The office will be closed on Easter Monday, April 21st (though there will be a polling station on site!).

Scripture Readings for Sunday, April 27th | Second Sunday of Easter (Holy Baptism at 10.30 am) | Acts 5:27-32; Psalm 150; Revelation 1:4-8; John 20:19-31

Children's Worship Activities | Weekly worship bulletins, books and other activities are on the shelves at the entrance to the Cathedral. There is also a table in the Great Hall to use and the labyrinth to walk. If your child is interested in being a junior server, member of a choir, or a reader, please speak with our clergy.

Hearing Assist Sets | Are available at every service from our sidespeople.

Newsletter Deadline | Wednesdays at noon.

General Info | Please visit our office, call 613.236.9149, or email info@ottawacathedral.ca. Office hours are Monday 9 am to noon, Tuesday to Thursday 9 am to 3 pm, and Friday from 9 am to noon, except during holiday seasons.

Parking | Street parking is free around the Cathedral on Sundays. Cathedral parking at the Vista on Sparks is off Queen Street, immediately east of the Cathedral, on the P1 Level. You MUST have the code to enter the parking garage and to re-enter and access the elevator (glass door across from the Cathedral's new east steps). The code is 4120. It will be posted at our reception desk and listed here each week. When it changes, there will be ample notification. If you enter the garage and there are no spots available, you will need to exit and find parking nearby.