February 2 marks the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. St Bede wrote of Christ as the Temple itself A sublime if slightly rubbed illumination stands at the start of the Gospels in the Codex ...

During a Mass on Jan. 31, 2025 at St. Mary’s Church in Rockville, Sophie Durandal, a fifth grader at St. Mary’s School, ...

Catholic families celebrate Candlemas Day by bringing the image of Baby Jesus to the church along with candles and rosemary.

February 2nd, we celebrate Candlemas Day, and your guardian angel has a special message for you based on your zodiac sign.

Catholics also mark the day as Candlemas, heading to church candles-in-hand for a blessing to recognize the divine light of Christ that dispels darkness. Just as Simeon had once predicted.

The parody of the equestrian joust will be staged on Saturday 1 March in via Mazzini: this afternoon in the meantime the Componidori were nominated, with the delivery of the candle. Antonello ...

Groundhog Day is celebrated every Feb. 2, the same day as Candlemas, in which some of the holiday's traditions originate. A Christian festival, Candlemas, also known as the Feast of the ...

Today’s readings: Malachi 3:1-4; Hebrews 2:14-18; Luke 2:22-40 (shorter version 2:22-32) Today’s feast of the presentation of the Lord (Candlemas) commemorates the moment when Mary and Joseph ...

Various role players take part in the village's traditional Candlemas festival. Sebastian Willnow/dpa ‘To call this a crime of violence is quite the understatement’: Judge detains two men ...

That is because of a medieval tradition known as Candlemas, which takes place tomorrow ... The date is so-called because candles that would be used in the churches in the coming year would ...

That is because of a medieval tradition known as Candlemas, which takes place tomorrow ... The date is so-called because candles that would be used in the churches in the coming year would be blessed ...