Candlemas Day, or the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord ... the custom of blessing and distributing candles in procession before the celebration of Holy Mass. It was the Syriac Pope Sergius I (687 ...

The blessing of the candles during Candlemas, or Candelora, as we say in Italian (Image created with DALL-E 2) While firmly grounded in Christian tradition, the Candelora also bears connections to ...

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By Emily Mayer Groundhog Day is a custom brought to the United States with the arrival of German immigrants, particularly the Pennsylvania Dutch of Pennsylvania. Deutsch is the German word for Germans ...

When ancient European tribes were Christianized, they carried over the tradition to the Catholic celebration of Candlemas Day. In the United States, the holiday began as a Pennsylvania German ...

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Candlemas was a feast day commemorating Mary’s purification and presentation of Jesus at the temple, 40 days (inclusive) after Christmas which included the blessing of candles in some church ...