Opening hours for prayer and religious services

Sundays and holidays 8.30 – 19.00; entrance Largo Bargellini
Weekdays 7.30 – 19.00; entrance Largo Bargellini

Times of Mass

Saturdays and eves of Holy Days 18,00; entrance Largo Bargellini
Sundays and holidays 9,30 - 11,00 - 12,00 - 18,00; entrance Largo Bargellini
Weekdays 9,00 - 18,00

Confessions

Every day 10,00 / 12,00 - 16,00 / 18,00

Special Religious Services

4 October Feast of St Francis, patron saint of Italy
Mass at same times as Sundays and holidays
18.00 S. Mass in solemn form officiated by the Cardinal Archbishop, and lighting of the votive lamp to St. Francis by the Florence City Council.

4 November Remembrance service for the victims of all wars, attended by the military authorities, 10.00 Mass in the Crypt of Santa Croce
10.00 Mass in the Crypt of Santa Croce

13 June Feast of Saint Anthony
Mass at same times as Sundays and holidays
18.00 Mass in solemn form with blessing of the children

Each 1st Saturday of the month opening of the Basilica from 21.30 to 24.00: Evangelisation of young people by the “Sentinelle della Mattina di Pasqua”

Fixed Feast Day Celebrations

Christmas Eve
Midnight vigil with the Choir of Santa Croce – Re-enactment of the Mystery of the Crib, with hymns and liturgies

Maundy Thursday
18.00 Mass in Coena Domini

Good Friday
18.00 Solemn Liturgy of the Passion of Our Lord

Sabato Santo
23.00 Easter Vigil and Mass of Easter Morning