A few photos of St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei, Taiwan, during Holy Week and Easter 2025… We started Holy Week on Sunday, April 13, Palm Sunday – with an English service and then a Chinese service, and a Palm Sunday procession … Continue reading Holy Week & Easter 2025 @ St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei, Taiwan ❤️
Christ is risen, Alleluia! Happy Easter to you all from St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei! The start of Holy Week, Palm Sunday weekend, was also the height of the Calla Lily season up in the Yangmingshan mountains above Taipei at Zhuzihu. … Continue reading Holy Week & Easter 2024 ✝️
Easter Greetings to you all, if a little late! Christ is risen, alleluia! Lent has felt extra-long this year, particularly because of the tragic war in Ukraine – now on its 54th day, but also the pandemic – with lockdowns … Continue reading Easter Joy! ❤️🐣🌼
Christ is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! Alleluia! Right in the middle of our 4-day Qingming Festival (Tomb-Sweeping) weekend, so we celebrated the resurrection of Jesus. Just as so many in Taiwan were at their family graves and tombs remembering … Continue reading Easter Joy in Troubled Times
Today’s tragic news is of a train accident early this morning in a tunnel in Hualien County, on Taiwan’s east coast, with many killed and injured. News is still coming in. We mourn and lament such terrible loss of life on this the first day of the Tomb-Sweeping Festival. Please do pray for all the victims, and for all those in shock and grief. Today is also Good Friday. We hear the words again of Jesus on the cross, ‘It is finished’. Last night we marked Maundy Thursday at Advent Church with a service which included foot-washing. This year, we … Continue reading ‘It is finished’: Maundy Thursday & Good Friday @ Advent Church
It’s Holy Week, and of course, this coming weekend is Easter. One of Christianity’s best kept secrets; unlike Christmas, it seems few people in Taiwan have any idea what Easter is, and certainly no idea that it’s coming this weekend. … Continue reading What’s in a name?
Just spent Palm Sunday weekend at St. James’ Church, Taichung where I was assigned to do the sermon in the English service. It seems that usually, with only an hour for the service, they don’t have time for a Palm … Continue reading Palm Sunday @ St. James’ Church English Service, Taichung
Christ is risen, Alleluia! It’s been a meaningful, joyful and blessed Holy Week here at Advent Church, St. John’s University ~ and now Easter is upon us, so a very happy Easter to you all! This is the Easter fire, … Continue reading Holy Week and Easter 2018 @ Advent Church, St. John’s University, Taiwan!
It’s Holy Week and the sun is shining all week in Taipei, yippee! Today is Maundy Thursday, and appropriate for Maundy Thursday is a visit to Zhongshan Presbyterian Church (中山基督長老教會) in central Taipei (62, Linsen N. Rd 林森北路62號), where the small stained glass window above the altar is of Jesus praying in the Garden of Gethsemane, while his disciples are fast asleep nearby. The window at the back of the church is of Jesus the Good Shepherd… This morning, very early, I cycled past this church on my way into Taipei. The sun was shining, the sky was blue and the traffic … Continue reading Zhongshan Presbyterian Church, Taipei 中山基督長老教會
Catherine Lee 