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    12 December 2022 - London
    News Release

    The 'Witnesses of Christmas - Symbols of Christ' concert can now be watched

    The concert was filmed in the Charles Dickens Museum, in London, and in the Roman Theatre of Mérida, Spain

    The 'Witnesses of Christmas – Symbols of Christ', an hour-long musical Christmas concert featuring ten performances by popular European performers, is now available to be watched on several digital channels of the Church. The concert was produced in Europe by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and it focus on traditional Christmas symbols, like the star, tree, bell, gifts, among others and their connection to Jesus Christ. 

    Filmed in the Charles Dickens Museum in London and the Roman Theatre of Merida in Spain, the concert features performances in several musical genres by twelve European artists: Ruth Lorenzo (Spain), the Herreys (Sweden), Salome Moana (Switzerland), Naura (Spain), Igor & Vesna Gruppman (Ukraine and Serbia), Alex Sharpe (Ireland), Jack and Marta Tyndale (UK and Spain) and Wolfgang and Constanze Gebauer (Germany and Austria). Narrator is Savannah Stevenson (UK). To find out more about how the concert came to be, click here.

       
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      All the performers donated their time and talents to the production free of charge, as did the ten performers in the ensemble that accompanied them. The programme is narrated in English and is now available in 31 languages with either voiceover or subtitles, including Albanian, Armenian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, French, Finnish, German, Greek, Georgian, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Maltese, Serbian, Dutch, Macedonian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish and Ukrainian.

      Concert Format and How to Watch

      The concert is filmed in English and is presented in 31 languages. It is now available on the official church channels, including: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/comeuntochrist/uk/lighttheworld, the Church Country Page website, YouTube and Facebook from Sunday, 11 December 2022 at 6 PM, CET until middle of January 2023.

      Along with the programme, there will be activities for children and their families, found on https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/comeuntochrist/uk/lighttheworld.

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