Advent Sunday can fall on any date between 27 November ... Traditionally, each candle represents hope, faith, joy and peace. Sometimes, a fifth white candle is placed in the middle and lit on ...

Christians traditionally pray, sing, and light an additional candle on each Advent Sunday until all of the candles are lit on the fourth Sunday. A fifth, white candle known as the Christ candle ...

lighting a new one as each of the four Sundays/weeks pass – starting with the first Sunday of Advent. On Christmas Day, a fifth candle is lit to represent Jesus Christ. Usually, it’ll be white ...

Traditionally, the Advent wreath with its four candles and sometimes a central fifth, the Christ candle ... wreath in homes and churches. Each Sunday, a new candle is lit and this wreath serves ...

lighting a new one as each of the four Sundays/weeks pass – starting with the First Sunday of Advent. On Christmas Day, a fifth candle is lit to represent Jesus Christ. Usually, it’ll be white ...

Advent is four weeks long and marks the beginning of the Christian year. The first Sunday of Advent is always four Sundays before Christmas, which means it could be as early as 27 November.

On Gaudete Sunday and the days to follow ... It is uncertain when the practice of observing Advent began, but by the fifth century, there is evidence of Churchmen offering sermons and works ...