Holy Tuesday trivia
The Episcopal Church clergy have a tradition of renewing their ordination on Holy Tuesday.
From a previous year's article:
Episcopal Church clergy in two dioceses joined with their neighbors for unique variations on the Holy Tuesday tradition of renewing their ordination vows.
In the Diocese of Connecticut, Episcopal and Lutheran clergy visited and prayed at four public sites in the state capital city of Hartford before their renewal service.
A group of about 60 clergy, including Connecticut Bishop Ian T. Douglas and Bishop Suffragan Laura J. Ahrens along with Bishop Jim Hazelwood of the New England Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America started the day with a renewal of their baptismal vows and a service of Communion in Bushnell Park, a large park in the city near the capitol.
. . . After the visits, the Episcopal clergy gathered at the round noon they reconvened at Christ Church Cathedral for more prayer and to talk about where they’d seen Jesus that day. They then renewed their ordination vows and received newly blessed holy oils.
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Moravians of course will have their readings and hymns service that runs the whole of Passion Week.
The Eastern Church will be continuing their complete reading of the 4 Gospels (2nd half of Mark and all of Luke today)
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."