Name: Presanctified Liturgy
Start: 2026-02-25T17:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-25T18:30:00-05:00
Location: 608 S College Rd, Wilmington, NC

Presanctified Gifts were offered to the faithful, after the ninth hour, usually at the end of a day of fasting, in what is actually an elaborated Office of Vespers with Holy Communion. The Presanctified is conducted from fifteen to eighteen times a year:
On Wednesday and Friday of the first six weeks of Lent.
On Thursday of the fourth week of Lent.
On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of Holy Week.
The Sacrificial (or Resurrection) Liturgy is celebrated on all Saturdays and Sundays in Lent, on the Feast of the Annunciation, on whatever day it falls, and on Holy Thursday. (Good Friday is an a liturgical day.)