Candlemas

Candlemas (also spelled Candlemas Days), conjointly called the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord Hebrew and therefore the Feast of the Purification of the Madonna|The Virgin|Blessed Virgin|Madonna|Jewess|mother|female parent} Mary, could be a Christian holiday observance the presentation of Hebrew at the Temple. it's based mostly upon the account of the presentation of Hebrew in Luke 2:22–40. In accordance with Leviticus 12: a lady was to be given for purification by sacrifice thirty-three days when a boy's circumcision. It falls on the day, that is historically the fortieth day of the Christmas–Epiphany season. whereas it's customary for Christians in some countries to get rid of their Christmas decorations on Christian holy day (Epiphany Eve), those in alternative Christian countries traditionally take away them on Candlemas Day. On Candlemas Day, several Christians (especially Anglicans, Methodists, Lutherans, Orthodox, and Roman Catholics) conjointly bring their candles to their native church, wherever they're blessed then used for the remainder of the year;[5][6] for Christians, these blessed candles function a logo of Word, World Health Organization named himself because of the lightweight of the planet. Read More

The following holidays are celebrated by Christians

Sun	Jan 06, 2019	Epiphany
Sun	Jan 13, 2019	The Baptism of Jesus
Sat	Feb 02, 2019	Candlemas
Thu	Feb 14, 2019	St. Valentine's Day
Wed	Mar 06, 2019	Ash Wednesday
Sun	Mar 17, 2019	St. Patrick's Day
Tue	Mar 19, 2019	St. Joseph's Day
Sun	Apr 14, 2019	Palm Sunday
Thu	Apr 18, 2019	Maundy (Holy) Thursday
Fri	Apr 19, 2019	Good Friday
Sun	Apr 21, 2019	Easter
Mon	Apr 22, 2019	Easter Monday
Tue	Apr 23, 2019	St. George's Day
Thu	May 30, 2019	Ascension of Jesus
Sun	Jun 09, 2019	Pentecost
Sat	Jun 15, 2019	Saint Vladimir
Sun	Jun 16, 2019	Trinity Sunday
Thu	Jun 20, 2019	Corpus Christi
Sat	Jun 29, 2019	Saints Peter and Paul
Thu	Jul 25, 2019	St. James the Great Day
Thu	Aug 01, 2019	Lammas
Thu	Aug 15, 2019	The Assumption of Mary
Sat	Sep 14, 2019	Holy Cross Day
Sun	Sep 29, 2019	Michael and All Angels
Thu	Oct 31, 2019	All Hallows Eve
Fri	Nov 01, 2019	All Saints' Day
Sat	Nov 02, 2019	All Souls' Day
Sat	Nov 23, 2019	Thanksgiving (USA)
Tue	Nov 26, 2019	Christ the King
Sat	Nov 30, 2019	St. Andrew's Day
Sun	Dec 01, 2019	Advent - first Sunday
Fri	Dec 06, 2019	St. Nicholas Day
Tue	Dec 24, 2019	Christmas Eve
Wed	Dec 25, 2019	Christmas
Sa	Dec 28, 2019	Holy Innocents
Tue	Dec 31, 2019	Watch Night