Candlemas

Summary

Candlemas is a holiday^[1]. Candlemas ranks in the top 8% of holiday entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (871 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].
• Presentation of Jesus at the Temple is named after Candlemas^[8].
• Candlemas was followed by Octave of the feast of Presentation of Jesus at the Temple^[9].
• Candlemas is part of Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church^[10].
• Candlemas's Commons category is recorded as Candlemas Day^[11].
• Candlemas's said to be the same as is recorded as Feast of the presentation of Jesus at the Temple^[12].
• Candlemas's said to be the same as is recorded as Slavic Candlemas^[13].
• Candlemas's said to be the same as is recorded as Gŵyl Fair y Canhwyllau^[14].
• Candlemas's commemorates is recorded as Presentation of Jesus at the Temple^[15].
• Candlemas's commemorates is recorded as Mary^[16].
• Candlemas's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as February 2^[17].
• Candlemas's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as February 15^[18].
• Candlemas's feast day is recorded as February 2^[19].
• Candlemas's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[20].
• Candlemas's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• Candlemas's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• Candlemas's described by source is recorded as The Catholic Encyclopedia^[23].
• Candlemas's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[24].
• Candlemas's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Candlemas'}^[25].
• Candlemas's subject named as is recorded as Lichtmess^[26].
• Candlemas's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage in France^[27].

Body

Context

Candlemas is part of Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church^[10]. Recorded instance of include holiday^[3], Christian holy day^[4], public holiday^[5], religious holiday^[6], and Marian feast days^[7]. Candlemas was followed by Octave of the feast of Presentation of Jesus at the Temple^[9].

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 (871 views/month).^[2] Candlemas has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Candlemas is known by 25 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].