We'll go over the meaning of each color and why the color is used. Typically, three of the four Advent candles are purple—the ...

The second week of Advent While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart ...

Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas each year, always falling between Nov. 27 and Dec. 3 and ending on ...

The notes ring out, sweet and clear as we light the second of two candles on our dining table Advent wreath. For Christians ...

As the season of Advent draws to a close, four local clergy have offered their perspectives of the importance of Advent as it ...

Advent started as a time for remembrance and a sign for Christians to be open and ready for the second coming of Christ and held to traditional items and events like a wreath with candles ...

Typically, three of the four Advent candles are purple—the first, second and fourth ones. The first candle, or "Prophet's Candle," symbolizes hope. The color means royalty, repentance and fasting.

Advent, from “adventus” in Latin ... lord’s first coming into the world and anticipation of his second coming. A fifth white candle is sometimes placed and lit in the middle of the wreath ...