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All Saints' Choral
Evensong
A Journey of Life,
Death
and Resurrection
Evensong with
The All Saints’ Choir and Sanctuary Hospice House
We remembered those who have
died in the past year at this service
A Reception Followed
the Service
The Feast of All Saints is a holy
day of the Church honoring all saints, known and unknown. While we have
knowledge of many saints, and we honor them on specific days, there are many
unknown or unsung saints, who may have been forgotten, or never given much
honor to begin with. In order to honor the memory of these unnamed saints,
the Church dedicated a special feast day in order to celebrate the lives and
witness of those “who have died and gone before us into the presence of the
Lord.” Pope Gregory set the date as November 1st, but since November 1st
rarely falls on a Sunday, we have the option of moving the feast day to the
following Sunday.
The choir celebrated the Feast of All Saints’ with a Choral Evensong.
We prepared a beautiful litany of prayers, responses and anthems. This was a very special day
to honor all those who
have “died in the Lord.”
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