It’s a beloved Sunday night tradition celebrating its 65th anniversary this year. And like so many other things, the weekly Compline service at St. Mark’s Cathedral on Capitol Hill in Seattle was ...

On Sunday evenings, the Stanford community gets an opportunity to reflect through Compline, a program featuring chanting and meditation at a candlelit Memorial Church. (VERONICA CRUZ/The Stanford ...

“It’s incredible to hear 300 people being completely silent. It’s amazing how quiet people can be,” said Stephen Kennedy, music director of Christ Church on East Avenue. That’s not the reaction most ...

As darkness envelops the night, candlelight shines forth to welcome the weary each Sunday evening at Grace Lutheran Church's new compline service. All is silent until a single bell rings and the ...

An evening service intended for rest and contemplation, this is the first compline service of the new season. Compline is led by the Rev. Sarah Thomas. It begins with synthesized ambient music by DJ ...

Linda Dally, chairwoman of the annual Cookeez sale at First Lutheran Church, gets ready to change the date on the sign she quilted to advertise the sale each year. This year’s sale is 10 a.m. to noon ...

The Rev. Ian B. Reid, senior pastor at First Lutheran Church, 1701 19th St., Parkersburg, prepares for the annual Advent Candlelight Compline services. The services will be held each Wednesday during ...

the bells start tolling in the half hour or so before Compline begins. We sit down and wait for a moment, hear other people shuffle in. It still looks like there’s no one up front, just the light. But ...

The candles flicker, casting long shadows over the vaulted ceiling. Incense wafts through the nave, as Gregorian chants echo throughout the dark expanse and men in monks’ robes walk solemnly under the ...

An evening service intended for rest and contemplation. Compline is led by the Rev. Sarah Thomas. It begins with synthesized ambient music by DJ artist, Andrew Elia, then a transition with loose-leaf ...