A memorial service has been held for the former Dean of Canterbury, Dr Robert Willis, who became famous around the world for his on-line reflections during the pandemic. The choral evensong was held ...

The beloved blessing of the throats on the feast of St. Blaise has outlasted empires, plagues and revolutions — proving that ...

It belongs to me." (Exodus 13:2) The writers of the Eastern church speak of Mary's being prepurified (protokathareises) by the Holy Spirit at the Annunciation. The name Candlemas comes to us from ...

Patrick Kidd is churchwarden of All Saints’, Blackheath, and Diary editor of The Times.

It was quite the command performance. Three Technicolor lions, their massive glittery heads covered in fur and festooned in lavish decorative patterns, gilded through the parish hall of St ...

The Bishops of Norwich, Thetford and Lynn have issued a statement expressing their deep concern regarding safeguarding issues ...

Catholic families celebrate Candlemas Day by bringing the image of Baby Jesus to the church along with candles and rosemary.

On February 2nd, in some Mexican Catholic households, it's a tradition to make tamales to share with family and friends on ...

Candlemas, for all its focus on babies, and candles, and lights to lighten nations, Candlemas, this feast, is a work of chiaroscuro; the opposition of light and dark. Artists often depict Simeon ...

On darkness and light at the hinge of winter into spring... For Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1, listen to At Candlemas, by Neil Hegarty above. This week, these last few days of January slipping ...

Here's what you should know about Groundhog Day 2025. Groundhog Day is rooted in the Christian holiday Candlemas, the midway point between the winter solstice and spring equinox. During Candlemas ...

If he doesn’t, it’s a forecast of an early spring. Groundhog Day’s roots are in the Christian holiday Candlemas, the midway point between the winter solstice and spring equinox.