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Joe from @ramconstructionservices is up at the top

Joe from @ramconstructionservices is up at the top of our historic bell tower, added in 1890, to help it shine as a beacon of hope in the heart of Detroit for centuries to come! #historicpreservation #historicchurch #historicdetroit #churchesofdetroit #downtowndetroit #architecture #michiganarchitecture #historicarchitecture #gothicarchitecture #masonry #gordonlloyd #episcopal #episcopalchurch @episcopalmichigan @quinnevans.qe

The light prays in silence and hope ✨ #stainedgl

The light prays in silence and hope ✨ #stainedglass #legacy #love #memory #history #historicchurch #historicdetroit #churchesofdetroit #episcopal #episcopalchurch @episcopalmichigan

Lilac time! #detroit #historicchurch #historicdetr

Lilac time! #detroit #historicchurch #historicdetroit #downtowndetroit #jeffersonavenue 🚗

What a beautiful day to garden! Facilities Manager

What a beautiful day to garden! Facilities Manager KaClarence Haynes is leading a Spring Garden Refresh this morning. Thanks to all who are helping, and stay tuned for the next gardening workshop! 🌱☀️ 🌸 #garden #gardening #spring #springflowers #springindetroit #sunshine #thanks #beauty

Dried proteas basking in the light ✨ #flowers #c

Dried proteas basking in the light ✨ #flowers #churchflowers #flowerchurch #protea #beauty #stainedglass #stillness #sunlight

Q: Is there anything better than flowers in the ra

Q: Is there anything better than flowers in the rain?
A: Nope!
#spring #springflowers #churchflowers #flowerchurch #tulips #jeffersonavenue #downtowndetroit #detroitflowers

Scenes from our three, small outdoor services of c

Scenes from our three, small outdoor services of communion today. Welcome, happy morning! #easter #eastersunday #outdoorchurch #outdoorworship #creativity #love #joy #hope #beauty #sun #thanks ☀️

Happy Easter! #easter #eastersunday #easterflowers

Happy Easter! #easter #eastersunday #easterflowers #flowers #floraldesign #beauty #light #joy #hope #easterindetroit #churchesofdetroit #episcopal

Alleluia! Christ is risen! Tune in at 10:30am or t

Alleluia! Christ is risen! Tune in at 10:30am or thereafter for our Easter Worship at Home service, featuring a moving sermon and glorious music, thanks to @edmakischramm @katriflin and our virtual choir. You'll see our beautiful sanctuary adorned with flowers designed by @richardthomas1365 and of course you will see the Lily Cross, decorated by the children of Christ Church. #alleluia #easter #eastersunday #easterindetroit #churchesofdetroit #detroitchurches #episcopal @episcopalmichigan

Floral iconographer and all-around brilliant litur

Floral iconographer and all-around brilliant liturgical artist @richardthomas1365 has fashioned this year’s paschal candle, which will be blessed at our first service on Easter morning, and used at every service during the Easter season and at each baptism, funeral, wedding, and major feast throughout the year. A paschal candle always bears a cross, the Greek letters alpha and omega, the present year (2021) to signify God’s immediate presence, and five “nails” of incense to recall the wounds of Christ. In addition, this year Richard found inspiration in Ethiopian iconography, for a stunning image that looks both unique and right at home in our space. Thank you, Richard. #easter #eastervigil #paschalcandle #thisisthenight #light #lightofchrist

The Triduum continues today, Holy Saturday, with a

The Triduum continues today, Holy Saturday, with a brief service of Morning Prayer, complete with a tender homily by Pastor Anthony Estes. Tune in on YouTube or Facebook either right at 9am or afterwards. #holyweek #holysaturday #morningprayer #prayer #wait

The Triduum continues today, Good Friday, with a s

The Triduum continues today, Good Friday, with a service at noon with the reading of the Passion, a stirring homily, a choral anthem, a hymn, and solemn prayers. Join in on YouTube and Facebook either right at noon or anytime afterwards. May God’s peace be with you on this holy, and good, day. #goodfriday #holyweek #triduum #episcopal #episcopalchurch #churchesofdetroit

The Triduum - the Great Three Days leading up to E

The Triduum - the Great Three Days leading up to Easter - begins tonight, Maundy Thursday, with a brief service at 6pm on YouTube and Facebook. We’ll begin with blessings over a meal (it’s appropriate to eat dinner while watching!), then hear readings, a homily, a hymn, and the Eucharistic Prayer, before ritually stripping the altar in observation of Jesus’ betrayal and death. #holyweek #triduum #maundythursday #holythursday #lastsupper #church #episcopal #love #loveoneanother

Palm Sunday festivities continued outdoors this af

Palm Sunday festivities continued outdoors this afternoon with a procession around the block, brief communion, and the distribution of Holy Week materials. #palmsunday #holyweek #episcopal #outdoorliturgy #outdoorworship #downtowndetroit

About today’s stunning #PalmSunday arrangements,

About today’s stunning #PalmSunday arrangements, @richardthomas1365 writes, “Palms are a requirement for Palm Sunday, right? Well, yes - when you can get them! We’re fortunate to be able to enjoy a variety of palms, but before transporting them became easy, for hundreds of years temperate zone dwellers (Europeans, etc) used willow. Today’s scripture refers to strewing palms and branches in the way. It was done to keep the dust down, as you would lay carpet for royal processions to keep the distinguished guest from breathing and walking in the dust or mud. So if you see pussy #willow fronds nestled in the palms, it is a nod to that part of our collective heritage. Red #leucadendron, #alstroemeria, and #hypericum berries are giving us the color for martyrs. Red is the liturgical color for Palm Sunday because it looks through the triumphant entry toward the tragic events of Good Friday.” #floral #floraldesign #floraliconography #liturgy #holyweek #episcopal #churchesofdetroit #downtowndetroit @episcopalmichigan

Spring is ... springing! 🌱☀️ #flower #flowe

Spring is ... springing! 🌱☀️ #flower #flowerchurch #hyacinth #spring #springindetroit #hope

Zoom in this Wednesday, March 24th, for the fifth

Zoom in this Wednesday, March 24th, for the fifth and final #DeepRiver session of the season, featuring #bassbaritone Branden C.S. Hood singing and discussing the birth of #artsong out of #spirituals. Mr. Hood sings with @michiganopera and @opera_modo and is a member of the George Shirley Diversify Opera Resident Artist Program. Mr. Hood attended @bostonconservatory and @umichsmtd, and is a friend of Christ Church, having performed recently in #DialoguesoftheCarmelites. Register via link in bio. #diversifyopera #diversifyarts #georgeshirley #music #musicindetroit #detroitsinger #opera #artsong #africanamericanartsong @blackoperaalliance @musicwithcalebria @edmakischramm

Today’s floral icon by @richardthomas1365 featur

Today’s floral icon by @richardthomas1365 features, as Richard describes, “a String of Pearls succulent plant which grows in harsher, arid places of Southwest Africa. Its leaves are oddly shaped like tears and echo the today’s epistle, which refers to the tears of Christ. We see another reference to the tears of Christ at the time when Jesus wept as he approached the hills of Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover with the women and men who were closest to him. As we started Lent with the story of the rainbow and the safety of the ark, we have as well looked beyond the crucifixion to the promise of a resurrected Christ, ‘I will not leave you comfortless.’ This is the last in the Lenten 2021 series, probably the simplest. It is in its theme and simplicity designed to set up for Passion Week, culminating by contrast in the great joy of the Queen of Feasts.” #lent #lent2021 #liturgy #lectionary #floral #floraldesign #floraliconography #iconography #prayer #scripture #beauty #nature #succulents #succulentsofinstagram

tower and moon on a sunny day 🌙☀️ #historic

tower and moon on a sunny day 🌙☀️ #historicdetroit #historicchurch #historicarchitecture #michiganarchitecture #gothicarchitecture #gothicchurch #gordonlloyd #belltower #belltowersofinstagram

Our guest at Deep River this week is #mezzosoprano

Our guest at Deep River this week is #mezzosoprano @jaimesharp, who will sing and speak about the power of African American art song. Ms. Sharp is a graduate of @umichsmtd and currently studies at @uc_ccm. She has sung with @opera_modo (including in #dialoguesofthecarmelites at Christ Church Detroit) and will appear in Opera MODO’s #intothewoods this summer. Ms. Sharp is the President/CEO of @operanexgen and Administrative Assistant with @blackoperaalliance. Please Zoom in tomorrow, Wednesday, March 17 at 7pm for what is sure to be an outstanding performance and discussion. See link in bio for more info. @blackwomeninopera #opera #artsong #classicalmusic #virtualmusic #voice #vocal #detroitmusic #musicindetroit

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