The word "tenebrae" comes from the Latin meaning "darkness." The Tenebrae is an ancient Christian service that makes use of gradually diminishing light through the extinguishing of candles to symbolize the events of that week from the triumphant Palm Sunday entry through Jesus' burial. This increasing darkness ... Continue

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent and a day of fasting which begins 40 days of worship preparation for Easter. It occurs 46 days before Easter. Ash Wednesday derives it's name from the practice of ashes, made from palm branches from the previous years' Palm Sunday , placed on ... Continue