Candlemas
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Candlemas
Summary
Candlemas is a holiday[1]. Candlemas ranks in the top 8% of holiday entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,128 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Candlemas's instance of is recorded as holiday[3].
- Candlemas's instance of is recorded as Christian holy day[4].
- Candlemas's instance of is recorded as public holiday[5].
- Candlemas's instance of is recorded as religious holiday[6].
- Candlemas's instance of is recorded as Marian feast days[7].
- Candlemas's instance of is recorded as Orthodox holy days[8].
- Presentation of Jesus at the Temple is named after Candlemas[9].
- Candlemas was followed by Octave of the feast of Presentation of Jesus at the Temple[10].
- Candlemas is part of Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church[11].
- Candlemas's Commons category is recorded as Candlemas Day[12].
- Candlemas's said to be the same as is recorded as Feast of the presentation of Jesus at the Temple[13].
- Candlemas's said to be the same as is recorded as Slavic Candlemas[14].
- Candlemas's said to be the same as is recorded as Gŵyl Fair y Canhwyllau[15].
- Candlemas's commemorates is recorded as Presentation of Jesus at the Temple[16].
- Candlemas's commemorates is recorded as Mary[17].
- Candlemas's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as February 2[18].
- Candlemas's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as February 15[19].
- Candlemas's feast day is recorded as February 2[20].
- Candlemas's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21].
- Candlemas's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
- Candlemas's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
- Candlemas's described by source is recorded as The Catholic Encyclopedia[24].
- Candlemas's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[25].
- Candlemas's native label is recorded as Candlemas[26].
- Candlemas's subject named as is recorded as Lichtmess[27].
Body
Context
Candlemas is part of Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church[11]. Recorded instance of include holiday[3], Christian holy day[4], public holiday[5], religious holiday[6], Marian feast days[7], and Orthodox holy days[8]. Candlemas was followed by Octave of the feast of Presentation of Jesus at the Temple[10].
Outcome and Impact
Things named for Candlemas include Sretensky Monastery[28], an eastern orthodox monastery[29], in Russia[30], founded in 1301[31] and Candlemas Islands[32], an island group[33], in United Kingdom[34].
Why It Matters
Candlemas ranks in the top 8% of holiday entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,128 views/month).[2] Candlemas has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Candlemas is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]
Entities named for Candlemas include Sretensky Monastery[28], an eastern orthodox monastery[29], in Russia[30], founded in 1301[31] and Candlemas Islands[32], an island group[33], in United Kingdom[34].