St Lawrence Parish Church – An Anglican parish church in the City of York

Welcome to St Lawrence

Welcome to St Lawrence Parish Church, York. We are a Prayer Book-Catholic Church near the University of York, outside Walmgate Bar on Lawrence Street. Our principal Sunday service is our 10:15am Parish Mass. Every Sunday evening, we have Evensong at 18:30, which is sung by our choir in university term time.

Upcoming Special Services and Events

Details about our regular Sunday services are here: Sundays at St. Lawrence. Feast Days and Christmas services can be found below, or in more detail, here: Special Services and Events.

Holy Week and Easter Services

Here are our services over Holy Week and Easter. All are welcome to all of the services, further details can be seen below.

Sunday 13th April – Palm Sunday – Blessing of Palms & Sung Mass

8:30am – Morning Prayer

10:15am – Sung Mass and Blessing of the Palms

6:30pm – Dramatic Reading of the Passion according to St Mark

Monday 14th March, Tuesday 15th March, Wednesday 16th March – Tenebrae – 8pm

On Monday the 14th, Tuesday the 15th, and Wednesday the 16th, at 8pm there are services of Tenebrae in church. Tenebrae for Holy Week

This service is marked by a reading from the Book of Lamentations and the gradual extinguishing of candles until a single candle, considered a symbol of the Lord, remains.

The Service on Monday the 14th will feature the choir singing the Lamentations of Jeremiah, and Tuesday and Wednesday will be said services.

This is a beautiful, candlelit service that all are welcome to enjoy and is perfect for quiet considerations and thoughts during Holy Week.

Thursday 17th April – Maundy Thursday – Sung Mass and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament – 7:30pm

Sung Mass will be followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at the Garden of Repose in the Chapel of the Divine Compassion. There will be a vigil of prayer until midnight in front of the Blessed Sacrament which all are welcome to enter and leave as they please until midnight.

Friday 18th April – Good Friday – Veneration of the Cross and Mass of the Pre-Sanctified – 2pm

Prior to the Veneration of the Cross and Mass of the Pre-Sanctified, there will also be Stations of the Cross at 12pm. Following the stations the church will be open for private prayer until the next service begins at 2pm.