Choral Evensong - Candlemas

THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE
This Principal Feast Day of the church is also known as Candlemas or - in the Book of Common Prayer - The Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin. It occurs on 2 February and recalls the occasion when the 40-day old baby Jesus was taken to the Temple in Jerusalem so that Mary and Joseph could give thanksgiving for his safe delivery and Mary’s recovery from childbirth.
PRECES AND RESPONSES
John Sanders (1933-2003)
CANTICLES
Chichester Service Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
OFFICIANT AND PREACHER
We welcome our new Dean, The Very Reverend Bob Cooper, as officiant and preacher this evening.