The word "advent" means "coming," and the month of December is the season of Advent where we wait expectantly and get our hearts ready for Christmas and the celebration of Christ's birth.

People gathered Tuesday night at Murray Baptist Church for a community candlelight Christmas Eve Service to enjoy music, a ...

While Jews light their Menorahs during the eight days of Hanukkah, Christians usually light their Advent candles over four weeks, one per week, during the time leading up to Christmas as “part of the ...

Hanukkah and Christmas fall on the same day in 2024, a calendar coincidence that's happened only nine times since 1900 and ...

Within the wreath’s branches, four candles representing the four weeks of Advent are inserted, with one lit on each of the four Sundays before Christmas. Three candles are purple and one is rose ...

Lighting Christmas candles is an age-old tradition that has great religious significance all across the globe.

The practice of increasing the light each week in Advent is a way for us to not only recreate what happened before in ...

The fourth Advent candle, the candle of love, celebrates God’s love coming to earth in the flesh in the form of the birth of ...

In addition to the regular actions that characterize corporate worship, like preaching and teaching, an advent wreath is displayed in full view of congregants. One of the four candles is lit each ...

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