Candlemas recalls this great mystery ... Father Brom told the Register. A solemn procession and Mass would commemorate the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple. Over the following centuries ...

Candlemas takes place on February 2 ... In Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches, the procession into the church for Mass commemorates Christ's entrance into the temple—a very moving and pious ...

Four centuries later, in 1153, St Bernard of Clairvaux wrote: “We go in procession, two by two ... it is called Candelaria, or Candlemas.” The Revd Adrian Leak is a retired Anglican priest, whose ...

Candlemas, also called Presentation of the Lord or Presentation of Christ in the Temple or Hypapante is a Christian festival celebrated on February 2, which commemorates the occasion when the ...

The origins of Groundhog Day date back to German settlers in the 1800s and the celebration of the Christian festival of Candlemas, held on Feb. 2. Candlemas is the midpoint between the Winter ...

The origins of Groundhog Day date back to German settlers in the 1800s and the celebration of the Christian festival of Candlemas, held on Feb. 2. Candlemas is the midpoint between the Winter ...