Merry Christmas

Christmas Eve, Wednesday, December 24
Family Service, 5 pm
Prelude Music for Christmas, 9:30 pm
Festival Eucharist, 10 pm

Christmas Day, Thursday, December 25
Holy Eucharist & Hymns, 11 am

1st Sunday after Christmas, December 28
Holy Eucharist, 9 am
Lessons and Carols w/Holy Eucharist, 11 am
Meditation & Sacrament, 6 pm

2nd Sunday after Christmas, January 4
Holy Eucharist, 9 am
Holy Eucharist with Music, 11 am
Meditation & Sacrament, 6 pm

Happy Easter!

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On Easter Sunday, the Day of Resurrection, join us at 11 am for a Festal Eucharist with full choir, followed by a festive Easter brunch. --> Alleluia! Christ is risen!
The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia!

Welcome to church

Ascension is a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive community of people who gather to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ, to give praise and thanks to God through the beauty of worship, and to love and serve God and our neighbors.

Ash Wednesday

8 am: Ash Wednesday Service with Imposition of Ashes
9 am–Noon: Ashes to Go in the Front Garden
Noon: Ash Wednesday Service with Imposition of Ashes
1 pm–6 pm: Ashes to Go in the Front Garden
7 pm: Ash Wednesday Service with Music & Imposition of Ashes

Welcome to church

Ascension is a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive community of people who gather to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ, to give praise and thanks to God through the beauty of worship, and to love and serve God and our neighbors.

Welcome to church

Ascension is a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive community of people who gather to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ, to give praise and thanks to God through the beauty of worship, and to love and serve God and our neighbors.

Join us for
Holy Week

Join us in the liturgies of this holy time of year as fully as you are able, walking with Jesus and our own Ascension community from the triumphal entry into Jerusalem to the footwashing and meal in the upper room on Maundy Thursday; from the horror of the crucifixion on Good Friday to the strange wonder of the empty tomb on the eve of Easter Sunday. In moving through this drama liturgically we often find that our understanding and faith are deepened and strengthened,
and we are changed.

Click the link above for the schedule of services.

The Ascension Advent Calendar

Sunday worship services take place in the church at 9 am, 11 am, and 6 pm.

But if you can’t join us in person, you can watch our Sunday 11 am Eucharist and major Holy Day services by using the following link:

ascensionnyc.org/webcasts

During this period of high rates of COVID-19 infections in our city and the surrounding region, please bear with us as we make changes to our schedules for worship and visits by the public. Our clergy and vestry are assessing the situation as it develops and making adjustments as needed. To be added to our mailing list for the latest updates, please fill out the form at the bottom of this page.

Sunday worship

  • 9 am Eucharist (in-person)
  • 11 am Eucharist, with choir (in-person and as an online webcast)
  • 6 pm Meditation & Sacrament, with music (in-person)

Weekday worship

  • 5:30 pm Evening Prayer (via Zoom;
    link available in the parish newsletter)
  • Wednesdays 6 pm Eucharist
    (in-person) at the side altar

Open doors

  • The church and front garden are open most weekdays, Monday through Friday, from noon to 3 pm for personal prayer and reflection.

*In-person worshipers and visitors are strongly encouraged to wear face masks and practice safe social distancing.

photo: Holy Cross Monastery in winter

Parish News: February 15

In this week’s newsletter, Mother Liz reflects on the recent clergy and vestry retreat at Holy Cross Monastery, where leaders found spiritual renewal through monastic rhythms, winter walks along the frozen river, and deep conversation about the parish’s future. She invites parishioners to consider their own Lenten practices—whether through prayer, fasting, almsgiving, or acts of connection and care—as pathways to deepening awareness of God’s love and grace during the season ahead.

Read More →
Parishioners in the garden
All of us — you included. Learn more about what it means to be a part of our parish community →

Children of God

Palm Sunday Procession 2017

Worship

Sundays, weekdays, and special holy days, worship is the heart of our life together. It may be what your heart is seeking too.
Come find out! 

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Pipes of the Manton Memorial Organ

Music

Be transported by the voices of our classically trained choir, the notes from our world-renowned organ, and the joys of congregational singing.

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A food pantry worker

Service

Through volunteer work, advocacy, fundraising and community engagement, we find that faith with good works is a spiritually healthy combination.

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Art

Every Sunday, our worship is illuminated by some of the greatest examples of 19th and 20th century American religious art. Come see for yourself.  

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Architecture

Our church building is one of the earliest examples of Gothic Revival — designed by the man who probably did more than any other to create that revival. 

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History

Founded in 1827 on Canal Street, by 1841 Ascension had arrived at its present home in Greenwich Village as the first church on New York’s famous Fifth Avenue.

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We live out our faith in many different ways — with children, the hungry, the oppressed, and with each other. Find out more →

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