Saint Martin's Lutheran Church in Austin, TX, an affiliate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA), performs the Tenebrae Service for an online-only audience 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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