Saint Martin's Lutheran Church in Austin, TX, an affiliate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA), performs the Tenebrae Service 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.

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