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“Pentecost” means “the fiftieth day.” It is used in both the Old Testament and the New Testament. In the OT it refers to a feast of seven weeks known as […]
Anglican Church in St. Andrew, Jamaica. Diocese of Jamaica and The Cayman Islands. Established 1664.
“Pentecost” means “the fiftieth day.” It is used in both the Old Testament and the New Testament. In the OT it refers to a feast of seven weeks known as […]
In many Anglican Churches, a baptismal font can be found at the main entrance of the Church. Placing the baptismal font in this location is symbolic and has a special […]
The Bishops in the Province unanimously agreed to return to the early Christian practice in which Baptism served as the gateway to Holy Communion. At the Provincial Synod held in […]
For the past 49 years, our Church has been operating a Home for Girls. The Home has a capacity for 21 girls, aged 9 to 18 years. The girls are […]
The Easter Anthem known as the “Pascha Nostrum” (Christ our Passover) is to be found on pages 37 and 64 of our Prayer Book. It is based on 1 Corinthians […]
In the fifty days of Easter we focus on the Resurrection of Jesus Christ and all that this represents. One of the symbols of the Resurrection is the Easter lily […]
Easter is regarded as a movable feast, because it is always the first Sunday after the full moon that falls on or after March 21. The colour used for this […]
The date for Easter is not fixed. It moves every year. For this reason the earliest Christians celebrated the Lord’s resurrection on different days. The church has always maintained a […]
Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday, a Christian holiday that commemorates Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem as people laid palm branches on the ground to welcome him, according to the Gospels […]
The Stations of the Cross, also known as the Way of the Cross, is a traditional devotion that originated in medieval Europe. It consists of fourteen images or “stations” that […]