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BRIEF: Ecumenical Tenebrae Service to be held on Good Friday at St. John’s Cathedral

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SPO_071712_cathedraltour11On April 18, at 7 p.m.  the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist will host a traditional Tenebrae service as it celebrates Good Friday.

According to a press release, the service will include candlelight and shadows, music, chanting and silence in the sacred surroundings of the church with Bishop James E. Waggoner, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane; Bishop Blase Cupich of the Catholic Diocese of Spokane; Sheryl Kinder-Pyle, executive presbyter, Presbytery of the Inland Northwest; Dale Cockrum, inland district superintendent of the Pacific Northwest Conference, United Methodist Church; Bishop Martin Wells, bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Eastern Washington-Idaho; and Bishop Walt Mize, bishop of Christ Holy Sanctified Church.

Tenebrae is the Latin word for “shadows” or “darkness” and is traditionally characterized by readings, prayers and responses, and the successive extinguishing of six candles, until only one — the Christ Candle —remains. When that candle is hidden for a time the community is reminded of Christ’s burial. At that point in the service those assembled make loud noises signifying the tumult that occurred when Christ died on the cross. The hidden candle is then returned to the sanctuary where it burns as a sign of the resurrection.

With the Christ Candle returned to its place, everyone leaves in silence.

According to a press release everyone is welcome to attend and participate in this  event. For further information  contact The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist at (509) 838-4277, email [email protected].

Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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