Rorate Caeli Candlemas 1997. Mass in the Sarum Use (long story, it was a thing at the time) in my college chapel (Merton). Mostly I was astonished by the size of the congregation. I was expecting only the OU chaplaincy hard core. Where had all these people come from? Why?
Patrick Coffin 51% Beeswax Candles blessed on Candlemas!
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GuyManDudeBro Robin The Elden Lord Matt the ᚺᛖᚹᛖᚱ Jennifer Moreland Grok SolarxPvP🥋 WesleyHuff I've seen nothing to suggest Lupercalia was moved with April later in the year, if anything evidence to suggest Candlemas or St Valentines Day were the actual inheritors of Lupercalia.
Anglo-Celtic SPQR Ælþemplær Not sure. I just know that it's shortly after Candlemas, and there's supposed to an unseasonable cold snap right before it. This puts it close to Lent/Easter. There's also the "illumination of conscience", but I don't know if I believe it, so I don't know where that fits in.
(news) DOGE 2/ Advent Sundays. Christmas Eve and Christmas. New Year’s Eve and Day. The 12 Days of Christmastide. Candlemas / Groundhog Day. Ash Wednesday and Lent. Valentine’s Day. St Pat’s Day. March in like a lion and out like a lamb. April Fools. Easter. The Tax Man Cometh.
Ye Ol' Acolyte Fr Edward Hauschild I’m not sure it’s just liberal- if you go to the SSPX seminary in Virginia you’ll see some young men there in button down shirts and slacks. They are “pre-seminarians” until Candlemas, which is traditionally when they take the cassock.
Adrianne Curry Same people absolutely insisting on it probably don' t even know what the traditional Michaelmas or Candlemas celebrations are. But well, if they want to celebrate it privately, why not, others do celebrate things like Groundhog Day. 🤷
Martian Orthodox Definitely. Only Advent until Christmas but Christmas extends to Candlemas.