The South Sandwich Islands were born from a tectonic collision, forged by volcanism and relentlessly reshaped by ice, wind ...
February 2nd is a big deal for Catholic believers because it's Candlemas Day. On this day, it's customary to bring the image of Baby Jesus, along with candles and rosemary, to the church for a ...
Although our liturgical calendar doesn’t completely reflect it in the season of Ordinary Time, the Feast of the Presentation, also called the Feast of the Purification of Mary or Candlemas, is the ...
While many people know the date as Groundhog Day, the celebration of Feb. 2 in the Catholic Church began far earlier than 1887, the year people across the United States started looking for a woodchuck ...
People carry Baby Jesus' at Candelaria neighborhood in Mexico City, during Candlemas Day (Dia de la Candelaria), Feb. 2, 2012. Getty Images Friday marks the Christian holiday Candlemas, or Día de La ...
People run from a bull during the annual Candlemas celebrations in Tlacotalpan, Mexico in 2011. A pack of bulls is let loose to rampage through the streets for hours as crowds taunt them as part of ...
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AMONG Christian festivals, Candlemas is one of the oldest on record, with references going all the way back to the fourth century. But when does the date fall, what is the biblical story behind it and ...
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