Tenebrae

Tenebrae ( / ˈ t ɛ n ə b r eɪ , - b r i / — Latin for 'darkness') is a religious service of Western Christianity held during the three days preceding Easter Day , and characterized by a gradual extinguishing of candles, and the strepitus or "loud noise" in the total darkness at the end of the service.

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