#Candlemas🕯️
If the sun shines on the altar on Candlemas Day, there will be an abundant harvest during the ensuing year 🌾
📍St Brynach's Church • Cowbridge ⛪️
#Wales #History
If the sun shines on the altar on Candlemas Day, there will be an abundant harvest during the ensuing year 🌾
📍St Brynach's Church • Cowbridge ⛪️
#Wales #History
February 2, 2026 at 8:01 PM
#Candlemas🕯️
If the sun shines on the altar on Candlemas Day, there will be an abundant harvest during the ensuing year 🌾
📍St Brynach's Church • Cowbridge ⛪️
#Wales #History
If the sun shines on the altar on Candlemas Day, there will be an abundant harvest during the ensuing year 🌾
📍St Brynach's Church • Cowbridge ⛪️
#Wales #History
It’s a full moon candlemas, tea witches! What are we drinking?
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February 2, 2026 at 4:48 AM
It’s a full moon candlemas, tea witches! What are we drinking?
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Today is Gŵyl Fair y Canhwyllau (Mary's Festival of the Candles), which is celebrated on Candlemas Day in Wales. 🕯️
Marking the gradual change from winter to spring, people lit candles, and in some homes, "every pane in the kitchen was illuminated in this way."
#candlemas #wales
Marking the gradual change from winter to spring, people lit candles, and in some homes, "every pane in the kitchen was illuminated in this way."
#candlemas #wales
February 2, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Today is Gŵyl Fair y Canhwyllau (Mary's Festival of the Candles), which is celebrated on Candlemas Day in Wales. 🕯️
Marking the gradual change from winter to spring, people lit candles, and in some homes, "every pane in the kitchen was illuminated in this way."
#candlemas #wales
Marking the gradual change from winter to spring, people lit candles, and in some homes, "every pane in the kitchen was illuminated in this way."
#candlemas #wales
In The Stripping of the Altars, Eamon Duffy recreates lay people’s experience of religion in the pre-Reformation church. Read about Candlemas, the festival commemorating the presentation of Jesus at the Temple.
yalebooks.co.uk/candlemas-th...
#ChurchHistory #Skystorians #medievalsky
yalebooks.co.uk/candlemas-th...
#ChurchHistory #Skystorians #medievalsky
Candlemas: The Last Festival of Christmas - Yale University Press London
In The Stripping of the Altars, Eamon Duffy recreates lay people’s experience of religion in the pre-Reformation church, showing that late-medieval
yalebooks.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Happy Candlemas🕯️
聖燭祭の日なので、以前に作ったスノードロップのイヤリングを💐
聖燭祭の日なので、以前に作ったスノードロップのイヤリングを💐
February 2, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Happy Candlemas🕯️
聖燭祭の日なので、以前に作ったスノードロップのイヤリングを💐
聖燭祭の日なので、以前に作ったスノードロップのイヤリングを💐
🤍🌱💚Wishing everyone a bright and Blessed #Imbolc #Candlemas🕯️
February 1, 2026 at 10:25 AM
🤍🌱💚Wishing everyone a bright and Blessed #Imbolc #Candlemas🕯️
Step into February through medieval eyes: Candlemas illuminates the month with glowing candles, while wintry traditions like ice-skating come alive in this beautiful manuscript! ❄️🕯️
Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Douce 5
#MedievalMonday
Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Douce 5
#MedievalMonday
February 2, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Step into February through medieval eyes: Candlemas illuminates the month with glowing candles, while wintry traditions like ice-skating come alive in this beautiful manuscript! ❄️🕯️
Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Douce 5
#MedievalMonday
Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Douce 5
#MedievalMonday
"Our candles also show how bright our souls should be when we go to meet Christ." ~ St. Sophronius (Office of Readings). #Candlemas! 🕯️
February 2, 2026 at 2:53 PM
"Our candles also show how bright our souls should be when we go to meet Christ." ~ St. Sophronius (Office of Readings). #Candlemas! 🕯️
This angel is staying in place until at least Candlemas! 🕯
January 24, 2026 at 2:40 PM
This angel is staying in place until at least Candlemas! 🕯
#WeekXforXmas #AlphabetChallenge
When your Snake Plant is nearly as tall as your 23 year old, 3ft Woolworths #ChristmasTree 😄🎄👌
Credit where credit's due - @manchesteve.bsky.social decorated this last Saturday so we'll be keeping the cosy and leaving it up till #Candlemas (2nd Feb) 🕯
#Manchester
When your Snake Plant is nearly as tall as your 23 year old, 3ft Woolworths #ChristmasTree 😄🎄👌
Credit where credit's due - @manchesteve.bsky.social decorated this last Saturday so we'll be keeping the cosy and leaving it up till #Candlemas (2nd Feb) 🕯
#Manchester
December 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
#WeekXforXmas #AlphabetChallenge
When your Snake Plant is nearly as tall as your 23 year old, 3ft Woolworths #ChristmasTree 😄🎄👌
Credit where credit's due - @manchesteve.bsky.social decorated this last Saturday so we'll be keeping the cosy and leaving it up till #Candlemas (2nd Feb) 🕯
#Manchester
When your Snake Plant is nearly as tall as your 23 year old, 3ft Woolworths #ChristmasTree 😄🎄👌
Credit where credit's due - @manchesteve.bsky.social decorated this last Saturday so we'll be keeping the cosy and leaving it up till #Candlemas (2nd Feb) 🕯
#Manchester
#GroundhogDay2025 🐿 lore ~
The annual ritual dates back to 1887.
It originates in the Feb. 2nd holiday of #Candlemas in Europe, where Christians would take candles to a church to have them blessed. 🕯️
The annual ritual dates back to 1887.
It originates in the Feb. 2nd holiday of #Candlemas in Europe, where Christians would take candles to a church to have them blessed. 🕯️
February 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
#GroundhogDay2025 🐿 lore ~
The annual ritual dates back to 1887.
It originates in the Feb. 2nd holiday of #Candlemas in Europe, where Christians would take candles to a church to have them blessed. 🕯️
The annual ritual dates back to 1887.
It originates in the Feb. 2nd holiday of #Candlemas in Europe, where Christians would take candles to a church to have them blessed. 🕯️
#Candlemas🕯️
If the sun shines on the altar on Candlemas Day, there will be an abundant harvest during the ensuing year 🌾
#FolkloreSunday #History
If the sun shines on the altar on Candlemas Day, there will be an abundant harvest during the ensuing year 🌾
#FolkloreSunday #History
February 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
#Candlemas🕯️
If the sun shines on the altar on Candlemas Day, there will be an abundant harvest during the ensuing year 🌾
#FolkloreSunday #History
If the sun shines on the altar on Candlemas Day, there will be an abundant harvest during the ensuing year 🌾
#FolkloreSunday #History
My altar dedicated to Brigid... ☺️
Happy Imbolc and Happy Candlemas (in Italian: Candelora) to my Catholic friends. ❄️🕯️🔥
#Imbolc
#Imbolcblessings
#Brigid
Happy Imbolc and Happy Candlemas (in Italian: Candelora) to my Catholic friends. ❄️🕯️🔥
#Imbolc
#Imbolcblessings
#Brigid
February 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
My altar dedicated to Brigid... ☺️
Happy Imbolc and Happy Candlemas (in Italian: Candelora) to my Catholic friends. ❄️🕯️🔥
#Imbolc
#Imbolcblessings
#Brigid
Happy Imbolc and Happy Candlemas (in Italian: Candelora) to my Catholic friends. ❄️🕯️🔥
#Imbolc
#Imbolcblessings
#Brigid
🕯️ #Candlemas 🕯️
…in substance of our flesh...
–pre-1979 Collect
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same…
–Hebrews 2.14 KJV
Perfect God and perfect Man, of a reasonable soul and human flesh subsisting.
–Athanasian Creed
…in substance of our flesh...
–pre-1979 Collect
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same…
–Hebrews 2.14 KJV
Perfect God and perfect Man, of a reasonable soul and human flesh subsisting.
–Athanasian Creed
⚓ Blessed Candlemas!
The collect for today in the 1979 is identical to the old one, except for one phrase omitted: "in the substance of our flesh." (1979 removed this phrase in both Rite 1 and 2.) Weird.
The collect for today in the 1979 is identical to the old one, except for one phrase omitted: "in the substance of our flesh." (1979 removed this phrase in both Rite 1 and 2.) Weird.
February 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🕯️ #Candlemas 🕯️
…in substance of our flesh...
–pre-1979 Collect
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same…
–Hebrews 2.14 KJV
Perfect God and perfect Man, of a reasonable soul and human flesh subsisting.
–Athanasian Creed
…in substance of our flesh...
–pre-1979 Collect
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same…
–Hebrews 2.14 KJV
Perfect God and perfect Man, of a reasonable soul and human flesh subsisting.
–Athanasian Creed
Happy Candlemas 🕯️🌷
February 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Happy Candlemas 🕯️🌷
Happy Candlemas! 🕯️The Christmastide season is officially over & the new Light is growing. Another sunshiney walk to the sea today. 🌊🚶♀️😍
February 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Happy Candlemas! 🕯️The Christmastide season is officially over & the new Light is growing. Another sunshiney walk to the sea today. 🌊🚶♀️😍
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
–Romans 8.18-19 KJV #Candlemas 🕯️
–Romans 8.18-19 KJV #Candlemas 🕯️
February 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
–Romans 8.18-19 KJV #Candlemas 🕯️
–Romans 8.18-19 KJV #Candlemas 🕯️
🕯️ Happy Candlemas!
Today we celebrated the Feast of Light, reminding us that hope shines even in winter’s darkness. May we carry kindness and warmth into our communities.
Today we celebrated the Feast of Light, reminding us that hope shines even in winter’s darkness. May we carry kindness and warmth into our communities.
February 2, 2026 at 6:27 PM
🕯️ Happy Candlemas!
Today we celebrated the Feast of Light, reminding us that hope shines even in winter’s darkness. May we carry kindness and warmth into our communities.
Today we celebrated the Feast of Light, reminding us that hope shines even in winter’s darkness. May we carry kindness and warmth into our communities.
🕯️"If Candlemas be fine
and clear,
There will be two winters
in one year,
But if Candlemas bring
clouds and rain,
Winter is gone and will
not come again."🕯️
📚Cornish Sayings, Superstitions and Remedies
✍️Kathleen Hawke (1973) #FolkloreThursday
and clear,
There will be two winters
in one year,
But if Candlemas bring
clouds and rain,
Winter is gone and will
not come again."🕯️
📚Cornish Sayings, Superstitions and Remedies
✍️Kathleen Hawke (1973) #FolkloreThursday
February 27, 2025 at 8:59 AM
🕯️"If Candlemas be fine
and clear,
There will be two winters
in one year,
But if Candlemas bring
clouds and rain,
Winter is gone and will
not come again."🕯️
📚Cornish Sayings, Superstitions and Remedies
✍️Kathleen Hawke (1973) #FolkloreThursday
and clear,
There will be two winters
in one year,
But if Candlemas bring
clouds and rain,
Winter is gone and will
not come again."🕯️
📚Cornish Sayings, Superstitions and Remedies
✍️Kathleen Hawke (1973) #FolkloreThursday
One of theorized etymologies of the word Imbolc is "in the belly of the mother"
Which is beautifully fitting once again isn't it ?🕯️
So happy Imbolc/Candlemas or any other kind early February celebration to you all!
Which is beautifully fitting once again isn't it ?🕯️
So happy Imbolc/Candlemas or any other kind early February celebration to you all!
February 3, 2024 at 4:27 PM
One of theorized etymologies of the word Imbolc is "in the belly of the mother"
Which is beautifully fitting once again isn't it ?🕯️
So happy Imbolc/Candlemas or any other kind early February celebration to you all!
Which is beautifully fitting once again isn't it ?🕯️
So happy Imbolc/Candlemas or any other kind early February celebration to you all!
Many thanks to Fr Cody and All Saints for a beautiful Sunday mass and a stunning sermon ... and Candlemas. 🕯
February 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Many thanks to Fr Cody and All Saints for a beautiful Sunday mass and a stunning sermon ... and Candlemas. 🕯
Join us for a joyful celebration as we wrap up our Christmas and Epiphany festivities with an All Age Christingle Service 🌟 Create your own Christingle and discover the joy of Jesus.
🍊🕯️❤️ Sunday, 1st Feb. at 10 am #Christingle #Community #Candlemas
🍊🕯️❤️ Sunday, 1st Feb. at 10 am #Christingle #Community #Candlemas
January 30, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Join us for a joyful celebration as we wrap up our Christmas and Epiphany festivities with an All Age Christingle Service 🌟 Create your own Christingle and discover the joy of Jesus.
🍊🕯️❤️ Sunday, 1st Feb. at 10 am #Christingle #Community #Candlemas
🍊🕯️❤️ Sunday, 1st Feb. at 10 am #Christingle #Community #Candlemas
Blessed 🕯️Candlemas!
February 3, 2024 at 12:52 AM
Blessed 🕯️Candlemas!
🕯 Happy #Candlemas! 🕯
I was honoured to do a reading at the Lambeth Palace Candlemas service. I hope everyone who celebrated had a wonderful, peaceful day.
I was honoured to do a reading at the Lambeth Palace Candlemas service. I hope everyone who celebrated had a wonderful, peaceful day.
February 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
🕯 Happy #Candlemas! 🕯
I was honoured to do a reading at the Lambeth Palace Candlemas service. I hope everyone who celebrated had a wonderful, peaceful day.
I was honoured to do a reading at the Lambeth Palace Candlemas service. I hope everyone who celebrated had a wonderful, peaceful day.
Hugs about all of that February is quite a good month for me festival of light 🕯️ imbolc candlemas is my parents birthday then lupercalia/Valentine's day and my birthday at the other end of the month.
February 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Hugs about all of that February is quite a good month for me festival of light 🕯️ imbolc candlemas is my parents birthday then lupercalia/Valentine's day and my birthday at the other end of the month.