Four weeks of Advent leading up to Christ Incarnate’s entry into ... and our prideful selves. Christ the Light, a single candle lit in the wintry empurpled darkness. A beginning again, as we journey ...

The Advent wreath is made of four candles and a circle of branches. Before the first candle is lighted, the household gathers for this blessing. The blessing of an Advent Wreath takes place on the ...

A special form of wreath is the Advent Wreath, lit each evening by a designated ... usually fir or spruce, a 4-candle holder in a wreath shape, and 4 candles, 3 of purple and 1 of rose or pink ...

The wreath, which is raised to mark the start of Advent - December 1, contains five one-metre-tall candles – four purple candles around the edge and a white central candle – which will be lit ...

It starts on the Sunday nearest to 30 November and ends on the fourth Sunday before 25 December. An advent wreath with four candles lit. The fifth candle is lit on Christmas day.