Topeka Kansas Photographer » Easter Vigil http://topekaphotographer.com Photographs by Tom Harrington that are taken of people and places around Topeka, KS. For our Studio site please go to www.harringtonphotog.com Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:29:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Easter Vigil 2010 at Grace Episcopal Cathedral Topeka, Kansas http://topekaphotographer.com/2010/04/03/easter-vigil-2010-grace-episcopal-cathedral-topeka-kansas/ http://topekaphotographer.com/2010/04/03/easter-vigil-2010-grace-episcopal-cathedral-topeka-kansas/#comments Sun, 04 Apr 2010 05:17:02 +0000 HarringtonPhoto http://topekaphotographer.com/?p=57 A landmark in Central Topeka is Grace Episcopal Cathedral. Located about four blocks directly west of the Kansas Capital, Grace prides itself as being a “House of Prayer for All People”. The church is used for many community activities during the year. Everything from nursing school graduations to silent movies.

One of, if not the most, moving of all the services each year is the Easter Vigil. You walk into a almost totally dark church with everyone very somber and quiet. The service then builds to a joyous event. In this video about 1:30 into the video the choir sings “Jesus Christ Has Risen Today”. The hymn has evolved over the years beginning with the Latin words in the 13th century.

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