What’s Happening at Old North

Sip & Shop at Two Lanterns: Gifts at Old North Church

Our recently reimagined shop features decor and gifts inspired by the city we call home. Two Lanterns offers a new line of unique products for our neighbors and local community, including fine jewelry, housewares, clothing, and accessories.

Best of all, 100% of Two Lanterns’ profits support the preservation of Old North Church Historic Site and our free classroom programming distributed to students across the country.

Choral Evensong

Combining scripture, sung canticles and psalms, choral anthems, and richly worded prayers, Evensong at Old North draws on the the Anglican cathedral choir tradition. The service is enveloped by music. Our prayers are inspired by the striking beauty of the words, silences and music, and we add our own voice in saying the Amens and in singing the hymn. It is an ideal way to mark the end of a busy day and the transition into evening. All are welcome.

HUB History Live Podcast Episode

Have you ever wondered how Massachusetts went from the stern Puritanism of Increase Mather to the hopeful liberalism of Mike Dukakis? From the most conservative British North American colony to the most progressive American state? This live recording of the HUB History podcast will focus on the Puritan legacy that still shapes Boston and New England today. Discover how the Puritans created our modern values of universal literacy and education, direct participation in government, and (eventually) separation of church and state.

Shadows & Stewardship: Ethical Storytelling in Dark Tourism

From penitentiary museums and burial crypts to historic séance programs, dark tourism sites draw millions of visitors each year. But where does curiosity end and voyeurism begin? How do cultural institutions balance visitor fascination with dignity, historical accuracy, and ethical stewardship? Join a panel of museum professionals for a dynamic discussion about working at historic sites associated with death, trauma, and tragedy.

Merry & Macabre: Tales of Victorian Holiday Horror

Massachusetts Poet Laureate Regie Gibson will bring to life eerie tales of the supernatural from the golden age of the ghost story, including Charles Dickens’s The Goblins Who Stole a Sexton — a sinister precursor to A Christmas Carol — and A.M. Burrage’s spine-chilling Christmas Eve thriller, Smee, where a festive game of hide-and-seek in a dark mansion turns into a terrifying encounter with the unknown. Enhancing the evening’s haunting atmosphere, multi-instrumentalist Josiah Reibstein will lead an ensemble performing a live, original score.

Sunday Services

Our Sunday services follow the liturgies in the Episcopal Church’s Book of Common Prayer, supplemented by a rich array of resources from across our Anglican tradition, especially the Church of England and the Anglican Church of Canada, as well as our Lutheran full communion partners.

Most Sundays we celebrate the Holy Eucharist, also called Holy Communion or the Mass. Choral Matins (traditional Anglican Morning Prayer) is offered several times a year. Lessons & Carols are held in Advent and Epiphany.