Altar at Saint Martin's Lutheran Church in Austin, TX, an affiliate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA),is decorated with somber colors for its Tenebrae Service, broadcast online during Holy Week. Tenebrae, Latin for shadows or darkness, is characterized by the gradual extinguishing of candles signifying the suffering and death of Jesus. ©Bob Daemmrich

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Location: Austin Texas USA
Photo credit: © Bob Daemmrich / Alamy / Afripics
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