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noun - feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple
A Christian feast commemorating the purification of the Virgin Mary and the presentation of the infant Jesus in the temple.
February 2, the day on which this feast is observed.
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| Before Groundhog Day took off, February 2nd was celebrated by the Catholic Church as this day for wax objects |
| This Christian festival celebrates the day the infant Jesus was taken to the temple by Mary |
| February 2 is this day when Mary went to the Temple in Jerusalem to be purified after birth |
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| Candlemas (also spelled Candlemass), also known as the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord Jesus and the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is a Christian Holy Day commemorating the presentation of Jesus at the Temple. It is based upon the account of the presentation of Jesus in Luke 2:2240. In accordance with Leviticus 12: a woman was to be presented for purification by sacrifice 33 days after a boy's circumcision. It falls on February 2, which is traditionally the 40th day of the ChristmasEpiphany season. While it is customary for Christians in some countries to remove their Christmas decorations on Twelfth Night (Epiphany Eve), those in other Christian countries historically remove them on Candlemas. On Candlemas, many Christians (especially Anglicans, Methodists, Lutherans, Orthodox and Roman Catholics) also bring their candles to their local church, where they are blessed and then used for the rest of the year; for Christians, these blessed candles serve as a |