A worshipper adds to the collection of candles during the monthly Taize service held at Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vt. Judith Galas, left, lights Erik Floor’s candle during the service. The ...

The city of Paris and the entire Île-de-France region are the setting for the 48th European Meeting, a pilgrimage from Dec.

After 18 years as head of the Ecumenical Monastic Community Taizé, Brother Alois Loeser has chosen a successor. According to the community, after consulting other brothers, the French Catholic has ...

Some 70 religious brothers from all over the world are kneeling in long rows at the heart of the Church of Reconciliation, their white robes touching the ground. They sing softly, their masked voices ...

BURLINGAME, Calif. — In a darkened chapel, Taize followers touched their foreheads to a cross lit by candlelight and invited Jesus Christ to banish their burdens. In accompaniment, more than a hundred ...

Taize is a place — as well as a state of mind. It is a place in rural Taize, France, where 100 brothers from Protestant and Roman Catholic backgrounds live, work and pray together. It is a state of ...

While many of the things done every Sunday will remain in place, including the celebration of the Lord’s Supper, this Sunday the First Christian Church will explore the Taizé style of worship during ...

Imagine the scene. Silence. Church lights dim. On the altar table and the floor and steps around it, dozens of candles flicker, some atop pillars of pink and purple, the Advent colors. In pews, 50 or ...