13th Annual Blessing of the Bicycles at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine Saturday, April 30 at 9:30 AM April 30, 2011

Celebrate the start of the biking season with hundreds of other cyclists and have your bicycle blessed at the thirteenth annual Blessing of the Bicycles celebration on Saturday, April 30, 9:30 AM inside the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, located at 1047 Amsterdam Avenue (at 112th Street), Manhattan.

The Reverend Canon Thomas Miller, Canon for Liturgy & the Arts at the Cathedral, will officiate. During the ceremony he will offer a blessing to kick off a safe cycling season and sprinkle holy water on the bicycles. After the blessing, a bag piper will play as a rider-less bicycle is brought forward during a moment of silence in remembrance of those who died in cycling accidents during the past year.

The Blessing is free and open to the public. For more information visit www.stjohndivine.org.

DATE: Saturday, April 30

TIME: 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM

PLACE: The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam Avenue (at 112th Street), Manhattan