February 1, 2026, Sunday (PM Service)

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See Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany for morning services & events
4:00pm: Choral Evensong (Rite I)
The Rev. Jesse Lassier, Rector of Saint Uriel's Church, Sea Girt, NJ, is preacher.
The Blessing of Throats (Saint Blase' Day) followed the service.

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About Candlemas & Evensong

We gather to celebrate the Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple, also known as Candlemas. Like the rites of Holy Week, the Feast of the Presentation and its candle lighting rite seem to have evolved in the fourth century Church in Jerusalem, when it first became legal in the Roman Empire for the Church to be public in its witness. The Church links the prophecy of the coming of the Lord to his temple with the Gospel account of Jesus being presented in the temple
Tonight we offer a sung service of Evening Prayer called Evensong. Evensong has been offered for nearly 600 years in Anglican and Episcopal cathedrals, city churches, and country parishes around the world. The format for Anglican Evensong can be traced directly to the first Book of Common Prayer and Archbishop Thomas Cranmer who crafted robust services of Morning Prayer (Matins) and Evening Prayer (Evensong) from the smaller monastic offices that had been in use before the Reformation. Anglican Evensong is often the last major service on a Sunday and is said or sung by and for the people. Evensong often includes a sermon, familiar evening hymns, and, when possible, a choir.

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