St. Paul's Episcopal Church - Cleveland Heights, Ohio

The Feast of the Annunciation
2026-03-25 18:00 - 18:45 (America/New_York) | St. Martin’s Chapel, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106, United States
On March 25, the Feast of the Annunciation, join us for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist.
The Feast of the Annunciation commemorates the moment when the angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she would bear God’s Son. This encounter marks the beginning of the Incarnation—God taking flesh in the world.
Her response to God’s call, “Let it be to me according to your word,” reveals a faith that unites trust and understanding. On this day, the church joins together to gives thanks for Mary’s witness and for the mystery of God’s grace made manifest in her willing heart. In her honor, let us reaffirm the Baptismal Prayer, “Give them an inquiring and discerning heart, the courage to will and to persevere, a spirit to know and to love you, and the gift of joy and wonder in all your works.”

Palm Sunday Holy Eucharist – 7:30 AM
2026-03-29 07:30 - 08:30 | St. Martin’s Chapel, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106, United States
Our first Sunday morning service on Palm Sunday moves to 7:30 a.m. This sunrise service celebrates Jesus’s ride into Jerusalem, as he was greeted with shouts of praise and messianic hope.
Please join us for the Celebration of the Holy Eucharist as we wave palms and shout “Hosanna! Hosanna in the highest!” We will prepare our hearts for the Holy Week journey from victory, to guilt, to grief, and hope.

Palm Sunday Holy Eucharist – 9 AM
2026-03-29 09:00 - 10:15 | Front Lawn, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106, United States
Weather permitting, we will begin the service outdoors, gathering at the doors near the drop off circle on Fairmount Boulevard.
This service celebrates Jesus’s ride into Jerusalem, as he was greeted with shouts of praise and messianic hope. Please join us for the Celebration of the Holy Eucharist as we wave palms and shout “Hosanna! Hosanna in the highest!”
We will prepare our hearts for the Holy Week journey from victory, to guilt, to grief, and hope. This service includes ASL Interpretation.

Palm Sunday Holy Eucharist – 11:15 AM
2026-03-29 11:15 - 12:30 | St. Martin’s Chapel, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106, United States
This service celebrates Jesus’s ride into Jerusalem, as he was greeted with shouts of praise and messianic hope. Please join us for the Celebration of the Holy Eucharist as we wave palms and shout “Hosanna! Hosanna in the highest!”
We will prepare our hearts for the Holy Week journey from victory, to guilt, to grief, and hope. This service will be livestreamed.

Monday in Holy Week
2026-03-30 18:00 - 18:30 | Chapel of the Cross, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106, United States
Join us for the Celebration of the Holy Eucharist on the Monday in Holy Week.

Monday in Holy Week - Diocesan Prayer Service
2026-03-30 19:30 - 20:30 | OH
Responding to the Presiding Bishop’s call for public worship on the Monday of Holy Week, the Rt. Rev. Anne B. Jolly, Bishop of the Diocese of Ohio, and the Rt. Rev. Kristin Uffelman White, Bishop of the Diocese of Southern Ohio, ask Episcopalians across Ohio to join in collaborative prayer gatherings.
Bishop White and Bishop Jolly will host a collaborative online service on Zoom, giving people across Ohio another opportunity to gather in prayer. With readings and music offered by participants from both dioceses, we will witness to our conviction that Christians must come together across our unholy divisions.
Everyone is invited to this shared service (on Zoom)

Tuesday in Holy Week
2026-03-31 18:00 - 18:30 | St. Martin’s Chapel, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106, United States
Join us for the Celebration of the Holy Eucharist on the Tuesday in Holy Week.

Wednesday in Holy Week
2026-04-01 18:00 - 18:30 | St. Martin’s Chapel, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106, United States
Join us for the Celebration of the Holy Eucharist on the Wednesday in Holy Week.

Maundy Thursday - Morning Prayer
2026-04-02 08:30 - 09:00 | Chapel of the Cross, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106, United States
Join us for our weekly, lay-led morning prayer service on Maundy Thursday

Maundy Thursday - Family Service
2026-04-02 17:30 - 18:00 | Nave, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106, United States
On this night, Jesus shared a final meal with his friends and showed them how to love through humble service. Families are invited into this story through prayer, optional foot-washing, and Holy Eucharist, followed by a simple Agape dinner.

Maundy Thursday - Proper Liturgy
2026-04-02 19:30 - 20:30 | Nave, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106, United States
This service includes the Proper Liturgy for Maundy Thursday, Celebration of the Holy Eucharist, optional foot washing, and Stripping of the Altar.

This service will be livestreamed: https://stpaulscle.org/live

Good Friday - Community Service
2026-04-03 12:00 - 15:00 | Nave, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106, United States
Spanning the three hours Jesus hung on the cross, this community ecumenical service includes psalms, hymns, prayers, time for silence, and Dubois’s The Seven Last Words of Christ sung by St. Paul’s Senior Choir. Seven area clergy will preach meditations on the traditional last words of Jesus. Come for any portion of this service or the whole three hours. The service concludes at 3 p.m. with the tolling of the bells 33 times.
This service will be livestreamed: https://stpaulscle.org/live

Good Friday - Family Service
2026-04-03 17:30 - 18:00 | Nave, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106, United States
Good Friday invites us to reflect on loss, love, and the mystery at the heart of the cross. Through prayer, silence, and gentle reflection, families are invited to enter this sacred story in ways that are meaningful and accessible. This service creates space to slow down, listen deeply, and remember that God remains present, even in sorrow.

Good Friday - Proper Liturgy
2026-04-03 19:30 - 20:30 | Nave, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106, United States
This service includes the Proper Liturgy for Good Friday with Communion from the Reserved Sacrament. The Schola Cantorum offers Passion According to John by Tomás Luis de Victoria.

This service will be livestreamed: https://stpaulscle.org/live

Holy Saturday - Proper Liturgy
2026-04-04 10:00 - 10:30 | Nave, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106, United States
The Proper Liturgy for Holy Saturday includes prayer and the reading of scripture. There is no celebration of the Eucharist on this day.

Family Easter Vigil
2026-04-04 17:30 - 18:00 | Nave, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106, United States
We gather in the darkness and slowly welcome the return of light. Through storytelling, candlelight, music, and celebration, families walk the story of God’s love from creation to resurrection. This joyful service marks the turning point from waiting to new life. At St. Paul’s, this service represents the end of the Triduum (the Sacred Three Days) and the beginning of Easter Day. There will be a procession of the Paschal Candle, the Celebration of the Holy Eucharist, joyful singing, and shouts of “Alleluia,” as we discover and welcome the resurrection of Christ.

The Great Vigil of Easter
2026-04-04 20:00 - 22:00 | Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44115, United States
The liturgy intended as the first (and arguably, the primary) celebration of Easter. It is also known as the Great Vigil. The service begins in darkness, between sunset on Holy Saturday and sunrise on Easter, and consists of four parts:

The Service of Light (kindling of new fire, lighting the Paschal candle, the Exsultet)
The Service of Lessons (readings from the Hebrew Scriptures interspersed with psalms, canticles, and prayers)
Christian Initiation (Holy Baptism) or the Renewal of Baptismal Vows
The Eucharist

Through this liturgy, we recover an ancient practice of keeping the Easter feast. Believers would gather in the hours of darkness ending at dawn on Easter to hear scripture and offer prayer. This night-long service of prayerful watching anticipated the baptisms that would come at first light and the Easter Eucharist.

Easter Day - Early Service
2026-04-05 07:30 - 08:30 | Nave, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106, United States
On Easter Day, our early service moves to 7:30 a.m. This service includes the singing of hymns. We hope you will join us at sunrise to discover and welcome the resurrection of Christ!

Easter Day - Holy Eucharist
2026-04-05 09:00 - 10:15 | Nave, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106, United States
The Proper Liturgy for Easter Day at 9 a.m. includes a special welcome for children and youth to gather around the altar to more closely observe and connect with the Celebration of the Holy Eucharist.
The Nave will be beautifully decorated with Easter flowers of all kinds, and children will be invited to bring flowers forward to add to the display.
We invite families with young children to sit where they can best see the action- our “Prayground” is the front few rows of chairs to the right at the front of the worship space. The Prayground includes low seating, soft space, books, and quiet toys to help energetic hands stay engaged.

Easter Day - Sung Eucharist
2026-04-05 11:15 - 12:30 | Nave, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106, United States
The Proper Liturgy for Easter Day at 11:15 a.m. is accompanied by many talented, local musicians. This is a Sung Eucharist, which includes our full Senior Choir and members from our children’s and youth choirs. This service will be livestreamed.

Baccalaureate Sunday
2026-05-03 | OH
At all services
We love to celebrate our graduates! High school seniors Iris H., Celia D., and Celia L. will preach at all three services. We will recognize and give thanks for all Class of 2026 graduates. Congratulations, Class of 2026!

The Day of Pentecost
2026-05-24 10:00 - 12:30 | Nave, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106, United States
There will be one, combined liturgy at 10 a.m. on Pentecost, Sunday, May 24. This service will be ASL interpreted and livestreamed.
Then, in honor of Pentecost, our Workshop Adventures group will offer a brief (~10 minutes) play immediately following the 10 a.m. combined service in the Nave.
Children are warmly invited to come forward and sit on the floor so they can see. If you’re not able to stay, you’re welcome to slip out during the brief postlude. But we hope you’ll stay to see how hard our theatrical fourth–sixth graders have been working to learn and share the story of the coming of the Holy Spirit.
Finally, the Pentecost Party with East Coast Custard truck will begin immediately following the play. Please plan to stay after the service for fellowship and a (free) ice cream treat.

Children and Youth Sunday + Popsicle Party
2026-05-31 09:00 - 11:15 | Nave, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106, United States
It’s time for one of St. Paul’s sweetest annual traditions: Children and Youth Sunday, when we turn the service over to the kids!
We hope to fill the pews with the joyful presence, wonder, and yes, even the noise, of St. Paul’s children and youth – from babies to teenagers. One of the best parts of this day is watching kids of many ages step into “big kid” roles in worship.
All three children’s and youth choirs will sing, and there are many other ways to help lead the service, including serving as an acolyte, usher, lector, or altar guild helper.

The Episcopal Church firmly believes that children and youth of all ages and stages are full participants in weekly worship. Whether it’s babies wailing from the pews, toddlers climbing over the altar rail, or acolytes giggling during a long sermon, all our kids are essential to St. Paul’s community as we witness and live out the gospel.
We hope families with children of all ages will show up and represent our vibrant community of young people!

And, Trinity Sunday is our last day of church school and the program year. After the 9 a.m. service, church school students and their adults will celebrate with a popsicle party in the courtyard and take a moment to cheer on all the kids who are moving up to new classrooms next year. We will also honor our volunteer church school teachers! We hope you’ll join us!

PRIDE Sunday
2026-06-07 | Nave, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106, United States
On the first Sunday in June, we will celebrate the whole of the Rainbow People of God in our Eucharistic liturgy. Our church has been wonderfully blessed by the witness, ministry, and pride of the LGBTQ+ community. On this day we celebrate and offer our thanks for the richness and diversity of God’s creation.
Learn more about the musical selections and composers to be featured at the 9 and 10:30 a.m. services.

Summer Worship Schedule Begins
2026-06-07 07:45 - 11:45 | St. Martin’s Chapel, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106, United States
During the summer, St. Paul’s switches up our Sunday morning worship schedule:

Our early service remains at 7:45 a.m. in St. Martin’s Chapel.
Our second service remains at 9 a.m., but we will gather on the Front Lawn (weather permitting). We will have plenty of folding chairs, but feel free to bring a blanket or other preferred seat. Strollers and wagons are welcome! If the weather doesn’t cooperate, we will worship in the Nave. This service is ASL interpreted.
Our third service on Sunday mornings begins at 10:30 a.m. during the Summer. This service will be in the Nave and is Livestreamed.

Bluegrass Holy Eucharist
2026-06-28 09:00 - 10:00 | Front Lawn, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106, United States
The Forest City String Band will accompany our 9 a.m. Holy Eucharist service on Sunday, June 28. Don’t miss this St. Paul’s tradition, which brings together the beautiful, lush melodies of bluegrass with classic gospel tunes!

Bluegrass Holy Eucharist
2026-07-26 09:00 - 10:00 | Front Lawn, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106, United States
The Forest City String Band will accompany our 9 a.m. Holy Eucharist service on Sunday, July 26. Don’t miss this St. Paul’s tradition, which brings together the beautiful, lush melodies of bluegrass with classic gospel tunes!

The Eve of the Feast of the Transfiguration
2026-08-05 18:00 - 18:45 | St. Martin’s Chapel, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106, United States
Join us for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist on the Eve of the Feast of the Transfiguration. The Associate Rector, Mo Major, will preach.
This feast remembers the moment when Jesus was revealed in glory before Peter, James, and John on the holy mountain. More than a private spiritual experience, the Transfiguration stands among the great manifestations of Jesus’ divine identity, alongside the angelic announcements at his birth and resurrection and the descent of the Spirit at his baptism.
As the disciples looked on, the veil was briefly lifted, and they saw Jesus radiant in divine light, speaking with Moses and Elijah—signs that he is the fulfillment of both the Law and the Prophets. A cloud of divine presence overshadowed them, and a heavenly voice declared, “This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him.” Immediately after this revelation, Jesus foretold his suffering and death, reminding his followers that the glory they glimpsed could not be separated from the path of the cross.
In the Transfiguration, the Church perceives a foreshadowing of the risen and ascended Christ, a vision held in highest esteem in the Eastern tradition and now widely celebrated across Anglicanism. It is a promise that beyond the disquiet of this world, the faithful shall behold the King in his beauty.

Bluegrass Holy Eucharist
2026-08-09 09:00 - 10:00 | Front Lawn, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106, United States
The Forest City String Band will accompany our 9 a.m. Holy Eucharist service on Sunday, August 9. Don’t miss this St. Paul’s tradition, which brings together the beautiful, lush melodies of bluegrass with classic gospel tunes!

The Feast of Saint Mary the Virgin
2026-08-15 18:00 - 18:45 | St. Martin’s Chapel, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106, United States
Join us for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist on the Feast of Saint Mary the Virgin. The Associate Rector, Mo Major, will preach.
From the earliest days of the church, Mary has been venerated as the mother of our Lord, and the Gospels give us glimpses of her quiet strength—receiving the angel’s announcement with trust, nurturing Jesus in Nazareth, accompanying him throughout his ministry, standing faithfully at the foot of the cross, and praying with the disciples in the upper room until Pentecost.
Her Magnificat reveals a heart shaped by Scripture and attuned to God’s justice, echoing themes later sounded in Jesus’ own preaching. While later devotion has woven many legends around her, Scripture itself establishes her unique place among the saints: she was closest to Jesus in the years that formed him, and she remained steadfast in faith at every stage of his life. Thus the church has long believed that she holds a place of special honor.
