Monthly Purification Ceremony,
Sunday Service & Festival of Light
The Ananda Sunday Service is an experience of attuning to the joy of your own self through prayer, chanting, meditation, and affirmations, scripture readings, sermon and Festival of Light.
The service in York, Maine and is monthly from 10:30 am to noon. Family services are typically from 10:30-11:15 and families with children are welcome and encouraged! Check the calendar for dates when Sunday Service is held.
The Festival of Light celebration is a poetic allegory of the long process of spiritual awakening. Divine Grace is celebrated, personified by the return of the masters, ever and again, to guide us out of delusion into the clear light of Spirit. Enjoy the songs and poetry of this beautiful ceremony and “lift up your heart in a Festival of Light”!
Events are canceled in inclement weather, ie Ice or Snow storms. If uncertain about an event being canceled, please call Kristy at 207-361-2127 or Chris Davies for the Exeter meditations at home at 603-778-8363 or work at 603-647-6300.
Purification Ceremony
“I seek purification by the grace of God”
The purification Ceremony, as it is offered by Ananda, is a simple and meaningful ceremony. It was created through the inspiration of Swami Kriyananda, who saw the need for a ceremony that allows one to open one's heart to the flow of God's grace.
Purification can be sought also when one is seeking help for others. In this case, it is a means of making yourself a clear channel of light to flow through you to them.
Going up before others to request purification is an act of humility and an affirmation of the openness before God.
How to participate in the ceremony?
The Purification ceremony preceeds the monthly Sunday services from 10 am to 10:30 am
First write (optional) a purification request on a small slip of paper, provided for you at the back of the room. Take a seat with others and keep the paper with you as you go forward for purification.
As you feel ready, come forward to the altar and stand before the ministers (who are acting on behalf of the Masters), and say "I seek purification by the grace of God." Feel the Masters blessing you in your heart with grace to be purified.
When you are ready, go to the altar and burn your written request and put it in the bowl provided. Pray for a moment at the altar and then return to your seat.
Remain in a silent prayerful state throughout the ceremony, praying for each of your fellow participants.