Tenebrae Service at Trinity Episcopal Church

Trinity Episcopal Church, located at 81 Elm Street in Concord, invites you to attend the somber Lenten service of Tenebrae. With roots in monastic practice, Tenebrae is one of the most deeply moving services of the entire liturgical year. It contains some of the most ancient traditions and rituals of the Christian church.

Light and darkness form the heart of the visual experience and the symbolic meaning of the Tenebrae service. At its center are the three lesson texts drawn from the Lamentations of Jeremiah. Sopranos Sally Sanford and Brooke Bryant will sing one of the earliest polyphonic settings of the Lamentations, composed about 1430/40 by Johannes de Quadris for two unaccompanied voices. Johannes de Quadris was a cleric and composer associated with St. Mark’s in Venice. His setting of the Lamentations was performed each year during Holy Week until 1603.

Members of Trinity's Parish Choir under the direction of Robert Barney will chant psalms and responsories as the candles at the altar are extinguished.

For further information on this or other Holy Week events at Trinity Episcopal Church, please visit Trinity's Events Page, or call the parish office, 978-369-3725. Trinity is fully handicap-accessible.