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| | Candlemas |
 | | Candlemas is a traditional Christian festival that commemorates the ritual purification of Mary 40 days after the birth of her son. | | | Christians were observing Candlemas in Jerusalem as early as the 4th century A.D. By the middle of the 5th century, candles were lit on this day to symbolize that Jesus Christ was the light, the truth and the way. | | | Aside from the fact that Candlemas has its place on the Christian calendar, Candlemas also has heathen (ungodly) roots. |
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http://ona.cabe.k12.wv.us/candlemas.html
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| | Happy Candlemas |
| | Candlemas - February 2nd - celebrates the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple and the Purification of the Virgin Mary. | | | The origin of the term Candlemas in all probability is from the custom of bringing candles to church to be blessed by the priest on February 2nd. | | | People donated candles to their local church or took their own to be blessed. |
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http://www.twilightbridge.com/hobbies/festivals/groundhog_day/candlemas.htm
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| | BBC - Religion & Ethics - Candlemas |
| | The festival is called Candlemas beacuse this was the day that all the Church's candles for the year were blessed. | | | Candlemas commemorates the ritual purification of Mary, 40 days after the birth of her son Jesus. | | | For instance, if a candle drips on one side when carried in church on Candlemas, this denotes a death of a family member during the year. |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/candlemas.shtml
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| | Search Results for "Candlemas" |
| | Candlemas, (kan´dlms) (KEY), Feb. 2, Christian festival commemorating the Purification of the Blessed Virgin and the Presentation of Christ in the Temple. | | | On Candlemas Day the children of Scotland used to bring their schoolmaster a present in money, and the boy who brought... | | | (Latin, feb ruo, to purify by sacrifice.) 1 The 2nd of Feb ruary (Candlemas Day). |
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http://www.bartleby.com/cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?query=Candlemas&filter=colReference
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| | What is candlemass ? |
| | February 2 is "Candlemas" in many churches and is the day for observing the ritual purification of Mary forty days after the birth of Jesus as well as the presentation of Jesus in the Temple in Jerusalem (see Luke 2:21-40). | | | Candlemas Day, known also as The Purification of the Blessed Virgin, Christ's Presentation at The Temple, and colloquially in England as The Wives' Feast. | | | Candlemas in the Middle Ages was the favorite time for the ceremony among Christian mothers analogous to the Mosaic presentation in the temple. |
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http://www.thisischurch.com/christianinfo/candlemass.html
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| | Candlemas in Sweden |
| | Candlemas Day is celebrated as a special day of church music in Church of Sweden. | | | This year 2005 Candlemas is celebrated in Church of Sweden on Sunday, January 30, the Sunday near the precise day. | | | In many churches they bless the candles which are to be used in the church services during the next year. |
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http://hem.passagen.se/farila/candlmas.htm
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| | Astrology on the Web: Candlemas |
| | Though Candlemas is observed on February 2nd in the Western churches it is celebrated on February 14-15th in the Eastern churches, due to the difference in the liturgical calendar. | | | This is Candlemas, a major Christian Feast, one of the "cross-quarter days", marking the mid-point between the solstice (Christmas) and the equinox (Easter). | | | The date of Candlemas is established by the date set for the Nativity of Jesus, for it comes 40 days afterwards, on the day when Mary, according to Jewish law (Leviticus 12:2-8), should have attended a ceremony of ritual purification. |
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http://www.astrologycom.com/candlemas.html
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| | The Worldwide Gourmet presents Pancakes, candles, groundhogs
What's the story behind February 2? |
| | On Candlemas, candles are brought to the church to be blessed, to be lit later during storms to provide protection from lightning, as well as in the bedrooms of the dying to keep away evil spirits. | | | Pope Gelasius I, who often provided pancakes to sustain weary pilgrims arriving in Rome, decided in 472 to Christianize the old pagan holiday by renaming it the feast of the Presentation of the Child Jesus in the temple, symbolized by light. | | | The word Candlemas comes from the Latin "festa candelarum," the festival of candles. |
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http://www.theworldwidegourmet.com/holidays/candlemas/candlemas.htm
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| | Doctor Curmudgeon & Co. |
| | Candlemas gets its name from procession of candles into the church at the beginning of the service accompanied by the singing of the Nunc dimittis. | | | As well as some religious sources, some secular sources also assert that Candlemas is the end of Christmas, most famously Robert Herrick’s poem “Candlemas Eve", a sort of guide for the liturgical decorator. | | | Jewish law commanded that first born sons be consecrated to God in the Temple. |
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http://drcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2005/02/candlemas-it-was-on-candlemas-day-and.html
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| | The Presentation of Our Lord: Candlemas |
| | The traditional liturgy for the day is called Candlemas, because of its ancient rite of blessing of the candles to be used in the church for the next year -- a practice dating from the middle of the fifth century. | | | To mark this particular feast, the ancient tradition calls for 1) the blessing of candles to be used during the year and 2) a procession "to meet the Lord," just as Simeon and Anna went to the Temple and found the Christ there. | | | When the feast of the Presentation of Our Lord falls on a Sunday, there is an opportunity to have some fun with an ancient liturgy. |
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http://www.members.aol.com/LiturgybyTLW1/Seasonal/Epiphany/Presenta.html
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| | CANDLEMAS AND THE BEAR |
| | In Silesia, Hungary, and Carinthia, the feast of Candlemas is still called Bear's Day, and on that day the bear emerges from his den, the belief goes, to discover whether or not he has cast a shadow. | | | Candlemas is the Christian occasion for celebrating new life, a time when the sun/son is welcomed back from its winter absence | | | The Church obviously believed in the myth popularized in the bestiaries, that the bear copulates face to face, but more than that, the Church could not easily brush aside or forget the memory of the Old Norse legends of the bear as a human sexual partner. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/realm/enchantedworld/Sabats/candlemas_and_the_bear.html
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| | Candlemas: facts and misinformation |
| | The Catholic Church was quick to confiscate this symbolism as well, using 'Candlemas' as the day to bless all the church candles that would be used for the coming year. | | | In Ireland, the Candlemas holiday is called Là Fhèill Brìghde nan coinnlean (The feast day of Brìghde of the candles). | | | The daughter of Spring is born of the White Goddess after her sexual union with the Horned God last Beltane. |
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http://www.tylwythteg.com/Candlemas.html
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| | CANDLEMAS |
| | Candlemas falls in the month of February whose name comes from the Roman "Februa" - the feast of purification. | | | Also gods of the underworld for we are still in the time of the Dread Lord, although Vivienne Crowley says, "At Candlemas the God releases the Goddess. | | | In England a specially large candle might be lit on Candlemas night and the family gather round it, feasting until it burned out. |
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http://www.twistedtree.org.uk/candlemas.htm
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| | A Homily for Candlemas |
| | Candlemas comes at a time in the year that certainly reflects its spiritual meaning for the Gnostic. | | | In early times, the Celts knew this feast day as Imbolc, the first day of the month by that name in their calendar. |
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http://www.webcom.com/~gnosis/ecclesia/homily_Candlemas.htm
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| | Candlemas Reviews |
| | Candlemas;: Suggestions for the Christian observance of Candlemas in the parish, in the family, in the apostolic group; with literature and songs for the feast | | | I have all 8 of the LLewlyn pagan holiday books and found this one to be very disappointing. | | | Christmas to Candlemas: A book of verses and stories about the joyful forty days |
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http://www.holiday-book-reviews.com/Candlemas
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| | Sabbats: Candlemas |
| | Candlemas should be a time of reflection, regarding the four major themes of potential, illumination, purification, and love. | | | One reason why Brigid is honored on Candlemas is because she has been celebrated over the centuries with the fires associated with beckoning the sun to return once more. | | | Although the Wiccan calendar symbolically begins at Yule with the rebirth of the Lord and Lady, Candlemas is the first holiday of the calendar year. |
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http://www.wiccanlife.com/craft/candlemas.htm
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| | Ground Hog's Day History & Cartoon Fun! aka Candlemas. |
| | Candlemas in the Middle Ages was the day in which the church blessed candles for the entire year. | | | The Law of Moses stated that parents were obligated to bring their first born son to the church and make an offering to God on his behalf. | | | The candles that are "purified" or blessed on February 2 by the church are also used to bless people's throats on St. Blaise's Day (February 3) to protect them from colds and getting fish bones stuck in their throats. |
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http://www.brownielocks.com/groundhog.html
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| | Annie's Candlemas Page |
| | The candles used in the church during the rest of the year are blessed on February 2. | | | Candlemas Day formerly honored Mary's purification after the birth of Jesus. | | | The name Candlemas comes from the traditional observance of blessing candles and |
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http://www.annieshomepage.com/candlemas.html
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| | Candlemas And Groundhogs |
| | From this association may have arisen the eventual name "Candlemas" as candles were identified on that day with Jesus, the "Light of the World," and through the passage of time came to be blessed on Feb. 2. | | | Candlemas actually had its antecedents in a pagan festival. | | | Whatever its inspirational cause, the "badger day" was revived during the time of the Protestant Reformation as a type of "grass-roots" reaction to what Protestants viewed as a day filled with excessive and unnecessary church ritual. |
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1071381/posts
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| | CANDLEMAS LITURGY |
| | Today we celebrate the feast of Candlemas with all the children of the world in Mission Together. | | | It is also called the feast of Candlemas. | | | Today we gather in the name of all children from the five continents to ask God to bless us and to help us walk in the light. |
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http://members.aol.com/cfortunato/Epiphany/Candlemas/rcchildrensliturgy.htm
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| | Candlemas |
| | This is probably due, in large part if not entirely, to the influence of the Palm Sunday services, which follow the same format. | | | The primary concern of liturgical ritual is, as we see in the Concordia's directions for the Depositio, the ‘strengthening of faith', and its dramatic propensities come from its deliberate attempts to make the participants feel that, for the purposes of the ritual, they are at one with, for Candlemas, Simeon. | | | As such, one cannot look for associative antecedents based on correlation with the gospel narrative. |
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http://mywebpages.comcast.net/bbedingfield/thesis/candle.html
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| | Candlemas |
| | It is a feast day, and the revelation of the child Jesus in the Temple, greeted by Simeon and Anna, calls for rejoicing. | | | We also give encouragement for this feast to be celebrated on the nearest Sunday to 2 February, to enable it to make its impact. | | | In origin this probably reflects little more than the habitually penitential nature of Processional rites, even when associated with a feast. |
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http://www.oremus.org/liturgy/pohg/s6a.html
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| | Myth*ingLinks: Imbolc/Candlemas Links |
| | The Roman festival was Christianised as Candlemas, a time for blessing the candles for the church and seen symbolically as the time when the Virgin Mary was purified after the birth of Christ. | | | In the Catholic Church, the feast is Candlemas ("Mass of the Candles"), for in earlier times churches and monasteries were filled with tiers of burning candles to mark the end of the Yule season with a celebration commemorating the Virgin Mary's ritual purification forty days after giving birth. | | | Candles play an important part in many religions, symbolising light.... |
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http://www.mythinglinks.org/Imbolc.html
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| | Candlemas-- Medieval Customs |
| | Called Candlemas, Feast of the Purification, St. Blaise's Day, St. Bridget's Day, and Imbolc or Oimelc, it was celebrated with candles and blessings. | | | Their Catholic descendants burned as many candles as possible in veneration of Mary, giving the day another name, Candlemas. | | | Poles saved gromnica, candles blessed on St. Blaise's day, and burned them as protection against thunder and evil magic. |
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http://www.eisental.eastkingdom.org/classes/candlemas.html
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| | Candlemas/Imbolc |
| | Traditional activities during Candlemas consist of: lighting all the lamps in your home (either at sunset or after your ritual) - even if only for a moment, or placing lit candles in each room on Candlemas eve, gathering stones, searching for signs of spring and learning about alternative healing techinques. | | | Spellwork can be for: fertility, protection, as well as ones to help define and focus on spiritual and physical desires for the future. | | | Appropriate Candlemas Gods are: all Dragon-headed Gods, Flame Gods. |
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| | News-Star OnlineEmmanuel to observe service of Candlemas 01/29/05 |
| | Candlemas will feature the Order for Evening with Holy Eucharist, and it is a candlelight service marking the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple. | | | On Wednesday evening, Emmanuel Episcopal Church will celebrate Candlemas, a worship experience that also will honor the feast day of Saint Blaise. | | | The story is from Luke 2, where light is an important theme because Jesus is acknowledged as the light that will enlighten the Gentiles. |
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http://www.news-star.com/stories/012905/rel_22.shtml
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| | Zeal.com |
| | Details the origins and meaning of this holiday also known as the Purification of the Blessed Virgin. | | | United States > New > Personal > Religion and Belief > Religions A-Z > Faiths and Beliefs C > Christianity > Beliefs and Practices > Holidays > Candlemas | | | Category: United States > New > Personal > Religion and Belief > Religions A-Z > Faiths and Beliefs C > Christianity > Beliefs and Practices > Holidays > Candlemas |
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| | Candlemas |
| | A Candlemas ritual altar can be dressed in white to symbolize new life and purity. | | | The following ritual is adapted from Diane Stein's book, Casting the Circle. | | | This can be a poem honoring the Goddess and her relationship to this particular time, a song or prayer -- whatever comes to you to do at this time. |
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http://www.awakenedwoman.com/candlemas.htm
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| | Seasonal Flower Reflections; Candlemas Bells |
| | The snowdrop, "Candlemas Bells", is further treasured by Mary-Gardeners in that it commemorates the heavenly birthday, the beginning of the eternal season of heavenly bloom, of Frances Crane Lillie, founder of the Woods Hole mother Mary Garden, who died on Candlemas, February 2nd, 1958. | | | While they have not yet won it, women claim for themselves an equality with men before the law and in fact." - The Church in the Modern World, par. | | | A number of the medieval Flowers of Our Lady have been associated with the feasts or seasons of the liturgical year for which they are in bloom, and for which their characteristic forms or colors have been seen as symbols. |
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| | Candlemas |
| | The celebration of Candlemas comes from two separate events including the presentation of the Christ Child in the temple and the purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. | | | It is 40 days after the celebration of the birth of Christ which under the Law of Moses was the first time after conception a mother could enter the temple. |
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http://www.holidayorigins.com/html/candlemas.html
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| | New - February, 1996 |
| | Candlemas also recalls the Prophecy of Simeon at the time of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple that he was to be "a light unto the gentiles" (hence the holding of lighted candles at Mass by all the faithful, giving rise to the name Candlemas). | | | In our Mary's Gardens thoughts and prayers Candlemas is also the anniversary of the passing of Frances Crane Lillie, of beloved memory, who in 1932 established the first public Mary Garden in the United States beside the Angelus Tower, given by her, at St. Joseph's Church in Woods Hole, on Cape Cod, Massachuestts. | | | In Europe Candlemas was the pivotal day on which it was discerned by various signs of nature whether there was to be early or late spring weather - a popular tradition which has been continued in the United States as Groundhog's Day. |
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| | Candlemas |
| | Like most other Christian feasts, Candlemas was an occasion of greater importance before the Reformation than after. | | | Today it has meaning mostly for the Roman Catholic. | | | Pope Sergius I was responsible for the introduction of the procession with candles, from which the feast acquired the name Candlemas. |
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http://www.theholidayspot.com/groundhogday/candlemas.htm
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| | Groundhog Day History from Stormfax® |
| | For the early Christians in Europe, it was the custom on Candlemas Day for clergy to bless candles and distribute them to the people in the dark of Winter. | | | For as the snow blows on Candlemas Day, | | | When German settlers arrived in the 1700s, they brought a tradition known as Candlemas Day, which has an early origin in the pagan celebration of Imbolc. |
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http://www.stormfax.com/ghogday.htm
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| | Candlemas and Saint Brighid - Pagan |
| | Candlemas, or Imbolc, is a festival for the Maiden and for the Irish goddess Brighid. | | | It is also sometimes called Oimelc (EE-mulk) which means “ewe’s milk.” Candlemas is a cross quarter day, falling halfway between Yule and the Spring Equinox. | | | Reborn as the Corn Maiden, this dollie is now dressed in white and displayed as Brighid the Bride. |
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http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art27504.asp
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| | Upcoming Events in the Kingdom of An Tir |
| | Due to limited space the feast will be pre-registration only. | | | The Barony of Dragon's Laire invites all gentles to join them in our celebration of Candlemas. | | | The events will include the A & S Championship, an Ithra, musical entertainment, and a fabulous feast. |
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http://www.antir.sca.org/Upcoming?Event_ID=1176
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| | Candlemas Day |
| | Candlemas or Presentation of Our Lord (f/k/a the Purification of the Virgin Mary) - commemorates the presentation of Jesus in the Temple and purification of Mary on the 40th day after the birth of Jesus. | | | Candles have been blessed on this day since the 11th century, and this was the original forecaster, “If Candlemas is fair and clear, there’ll be two winters in the year.” | | | Candlemas Postcards, Ecards and Greeting Cards @ 1001 Postcards |
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http://www.partyguideonline.com/religion/Christianity/Candlemas.html
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| | The Old Ways: Candlemas |
| | Candlemas, another name for the festival, was originated by the Christian Church. | | | Therefore, this time of the reawakening of the Earth to life bears a logical association with the rowan, the Flame of Life. | | | Roman Pagans held candlelight processions in honor of Juno, thus offending the Patriarchal Christians. |
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http://www.cyberwitch.com/Wychwood/Temple/imbolc.htm
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| | Candlemas |
| | Brigit's Festival of Light and Life - Candlemas, Feast of Flames | | | Candlemas magick and divination: flame scrying, hearthside divination, candle magick and protection magick | | | Candlemas sheds light on the origins, lore, and customs of this ancient holy day with: |
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| | Groundhog Day - Is it Spring Yet? - Candlemas |
| | But the job was reassigned to the groundhog after importing their Candlemas traditions to the U.S. Candlemas commemorates the ritual purification of Mary, 40 days after the birth of Jesus. | | | Candlemas is one of the four "cross-quarters" of the year, occurring half way between the first day of winter and the first day of spring. | | | Traditionally, it was believed that if Candlemas was sunny, the remaining six weeks of winter would be stormy and cold. |
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http://wilstar.com/holidays/grndhog.htm
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| | Celebrating Candlemas - School of the Seasons |
| | You can gather all the candles in your home in one room and light them from one central candle. | | | Certain foods are traditional for Candlemas, including crepes, pancakes and cakes, all grain-based foods. | | | Since Candlemas is a time of new beginnings, this is a good day to ritually celebrate all things new. |
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http://www.schooloftheseasons.com/candlemas.html
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| | How to Celebrate Candlemas - eHow.com |
| | While celebrating Groundhog Day on February 2, don't forget about Candlemas, which occurs on the same day. | | | Candlemas is a time of new beginnings, so this is the day to launch those piano lessons you've been meaning to take, to welcome a new puppy to the family, or to make those New Year's resolutions you didn't get to on January 1. | | | Hold a Candlemas party and serve the day's traditional grain-based foods, including crepes and pancakes. |
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http://www.ehow.com/how_10187_celebrate-candlemas.html
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| | Feast of the Presentation (Purification of the Virgin Mary; Candlemas Day) |
| | We use a dash to continue the previous note for another beat.) | | | Feast of the Presentation (Purification of the Virgin Mary; Candlemas Day) | | | On the other hand, Groundhog Day ("If the groundhog (or woodchuck, a kind of marmot, which burrows and hibernates) sees his shadow on 2 February, there will be six more weeks of winter.") is strictly a secular holiday, brought to the United States and Canada by Greman immigrants. |
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http://www.satucket.com/lectionary/Purification.htm
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| | Infoplease Search: candlemas |
| | (Encyclopedia) Candlemas, Feb. 2, Christian festival commemorating the Purification of the Blessed Virgin and the... |
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| | Groundhogs in Ohio |
| | Pennsylvania Dutch brought the Groundhog's Day tradition to America in the 18th Century. | | | February 2, also regarded as Candlemas, occurs half way between the first day of winter and the first day of spring. | | | If the day is sunny, and the groundhog sees his shadow, the remaining six weeks will be stormy and cold. |
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| | Candlemas Comes to America |
| | It was also here that Germans came to settle bringing their celebration of Candlemas Day with them to America. | | | "Last Tuesday, the 2nd, was Candlemas day, the day on which, according to the Germans, the Groundhog peeps out of his winter quarters and if he sees his shadow he pops back for another six weeks nap, but if the day be cloudy he remains out, as the weather is moderate... | | | However, though the tradition called for use of a hedgehog to predict the length of winter, they found no hedgehogs here. |
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