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Christmas Services Online and in Person

Mon, 12/21/2020 - 07:05
Durell Godfrey

Christmas Eve Masses at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in East Hampton will be celebrated on Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Parish Hall and at 2:15 p.m. in the church, and again at 5:30 p.m. in both locations. A Spanish-language Mass will be said in the Parish Hall at 9 p.m. Christmas Day Masses will be at 9 and 11:30 a.m. in the Parish Hall, and one in Spanish will be said there at 4 p.m. On New Year's Eve, there will be a single Mass, at 5 p.m. in the Parish Hall.

In Sag Harbor, St. Andrew Catholic Church will celebrate Mass on Christmas Eve at 2:30, 4, and 5:30 p.m., and on Christmas Day at 8:15 and 10:45 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.

Christ Episcopal Church will hold an online celebration of the Nativity at 4 p.m. on Thursday. A link is on the church's website, christchurchshny.org. 

For those hesitant about going back to church for Mass, St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk is now live-streaming the Sunday 10:30 a.m. Mass on its Facebook page. On Christmas Eve there will be an 8:30 a.m. Mass, a 4:30 p.m. Christmas family Mass, a 7 p.m. Spanish Mass, and a 10 p.m. Christmas Mass. On Christmas Day there will be 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Masses.

The Montauk Community Church will have its annual holiday worship services online only this year on its Facebook page or on YouTube. 

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