2025: The 66th Annual Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols
The 66th Annual Trinity College Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols will be held on Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 4:00 and 7:00 p.m.
The annual Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols marks the beginning of the holiday season for the Greater Hartford community. This service is offered to all as a moment of comfort and hope.
Recordings of the 2025 Festival are now available: the entire 7:00 p.m. service is available on Apple Podcasts; individual tracks are available on SoundCloud. Click here for a PDF of the Order of Service.
Photos from this year’s Festival are available here.
Doors open at 3:15 p.m. No tickets are required. A freewill offering will be taken to support students in need and local initiatives.
Musical program includes:
POWELL The Word Was God
R.E. SMITH Adam Lay Ybounden
DOVE Seek Him that Maketh the Seven Stars
LAURIDSEN ‘O Magnum Mysterium’
HOULIHAN Dost Thou in a Manger Lie
PEARSALL ‘In dulci Jubilo’
R.E. SMITH Rejoice and be Merry
And several beloved carols for all to sing!
THE CHAPEL SINGERS
TRINITY COLLEGE GOSPEL CHOIR
STRING QUARTET
ELLEN DICKINSON, carillon
LAUREN GRIFFIN ’28, timpani
ELIJAH MORRIS ’28, organ
CHRIS YI ’26, organ
CHRISTOPHER HOULIHAN ’09, director of chapel music
THE VERY REV. MARCUS GEORGE HALLEY, college chaplain
THE RT. REV. JEFFREY W. MELLO, 16th Bishop Diocesan, The Episcopal Church in Connecticut
