Join the Combined Choirs of Christ Church Greenwich for a sacred, Anglican traditional Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols. The three choirs include the Choir of Men and Boys, the St. Cecilia Girls’ choir, and the Christ Church Singers.
Photo: Joanne Bouknight
Three of the readers will include Governor Ned Lamont, First Selectman Fred Camillo, and YWCA Executive Director Mary Lee Kiernan, plus other guests.
In-person at Christ Church, 254 East Putnam Ave in Greenwich or livestream: https://events.locallive.tv/events/123676
Formerly known as Carols By Candlelight, this musical service was inspired by the world-renowned King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, England. In December 1918, a young priest named Eric Milner-White, who had served as a British Army chaplain during World War I, returned to England deeply moved by the devastation he witnessed. He believed that the Church of England required a more imaginative liturgical response to the war. As the newly appointed Dean of King’s College, Cambridge, he adapted an earlier liturgy compiled by Bishop Benson of Truro in 1880.
This new service aimed to narrate the story of Christ’s birth and the incarnation of the Word made flesh. Since then, the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols has been sung at King’s College on Christmas Eve.
Christ Church invites you to join them as they retell the timeless story of Christ’s birth in Bethlehem. All are welcome.
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Photo: Joanne Bouknight
Photo: Joanne Bouknight