It’s Lent and apart from a visit from the Easter bunny, the usual Easter egg hunt, or munching down on chocolate eggs, you and the family may want to head on down to church and celebrate new beginnings and the less commercial side of what is a very important season and day for many.
Choose from one of the following Holy Week and Easter services and enjoy!
Beijing International Christian Fellowship (BICF)
Smack bang in the middle of Liangmaqiao with a number of different services to choose from, there is a service to suit everyone and every family this Easter Sunday.
City Church 9am service
Language: English
Location: 21st Century Theatre, Lower Auditorium
City Church 11am service
Language: English
Location: 21st Century Theatre, Lower Auditorium
Children’s Church is available at both service times. The church also has a number of other services held in different languages on Easter Sunday. For more information check out, www.bicf.org or call 8454 3468 (Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm). 21st Century Hotel, 2nd Floor, Room FA201, 40 Liangmaqiao Road, Chaoyang District.
OASIS Christian Fellowship
Here’s a local church with global impact. Sister-church to BICF, Oasis Christian Fellowship meets every Sunday in an intimate setting near Jiuxianqiao and 798 Art District area. This Easter Sunday, join their congregation for a special service.
Oasis Christian Fellowship 10.30am service
Language: English
Location: Main meeting room of the Naked Hub co-working office
Children’s Church is also available. There is also a service held in Spanish every Saturday afternoon. For more information, email spanish@oasisbeijing.org or info@oasisibeijing.org for further information about their English-speaking service or check out their website, www.oasisbeijing.org Naked Hub, 14 Jiuxianqiao Road, C&W Industrial Park, Building B4, Chaoyang District.
Our Lady of China (Catholic Foreign Community of Beijing)
Our Lady of China has two locations for Sunday and mid-week services, held in Shunyi, Dongzhimen, Wangfujing (St. Joseph’s Church), and Xisi (Church of the Savior or “Beitang”). Catholic Masses in English are being held throughout the Holy Week and Easter Sunday. Choose from a whole host of ceremonies taking place from Thursday onwards, including, an evening Holy Thursday Ceremony, Good Friday Ceremony, Easter Saturday Holy Vigil and morning and evening Easter Mass services.
Holy Week services
Language: English
Date and time: 7pm on Holy Thursday (April 18) and 7pm on Good Friday (April 19)
Location: Dongzhimen and Shunyi
Black Saturday Holy Vigil service, 5pm
Language: English
Location: Shunyi
Easter Sunday services
Language: English
Dates and locations:
– 10am Easter Mass at Dongjiaominxiang Church, Dongjiamin Hutong in Dongzhimen
– 12pm Noontime Easter Mass at St. Joseph’s Church in Wangfujing
– 2pm Easter Mass at Church of the Savior (Beitang) in Xisi
– 4pm Easter Mass at St. Joseph’s Church in Wangfujing
To find out more about the Holy Masses celebrated by Our Lady of China for the Catholic community at their other parishes and the ones above (also held in different languages) go to www.olcbeijing.org.
– Dongjiaominxiang Church, Dongjiamin Alley (Dongzhimen)
– St. Joseph’s Church, 74 Wangfujing Street
– Church of the Savior, 33 Xishiku Street.
Kuanjie Church
A Christian church among one of the eight originally set up by the United Methodist Church sits proudly in Dongcheng District. Nestled in Jixiang Hutong, you will find services that run consistently from Friday through to Sunday every week. Check out their Easter Sunday Mass service.
Easter Sunday Mass, 9am and 10.30am
Language: English
Location: 10 Jixiang Hutong
To find out about this and other services, including their Friday Youth Mass services, call 8403 9432. 10 Jixiang Hutong, Di’anmendong Street, Dongcheng District.
Congregation of the Good Shepherd
Congregation of the Good Shepherd, a liturgical, interdenominational Christian fellowship, will hold an Easter service with Holy Communion at 10am on Sunday at the third floor of the Capital Mansion Athletic Club. The service will be followed by an Easter Egg Hunt and a buffet lunch. The buffet lunch is almost full, so RSVP to Spencer Musick via WeChat (ID: musickpsm) ASAP if you would like to join. Open to foreign passport holders only. 3/F, Athletic Club, Capital Mansion, 6 Xinyuan Nanlu, Chaoyang District.
Photo: Wangfujing Church courtesy of Our Lady of China
