Tenebrae

St Aloysius - Church New Canaan

Tenebrae (“shadows” or “darkness”) is a Holy Week service that is at least 1,000 years old. Tenebrae would be sung each day of the Triduum in a church lit only by 15 candles. These were extinguished one by one until the church was left in darkness. At that point, a loud noise (“strepitus”) would be […]