So it is time to light the first candle of the Advent wreath. The liturgical Advent wreath has three purple candles and one pink candle which is lit on the 3rd Sunday of Advent – the 'Gaudete Sunday'.

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.

A special form of wreath is the Advent Wreath, lit each evening by a ... usually fir or spruce, a 4-candle holder in a wreath shape, and 4 candles, 3 of purple and 1 of rose or pink, 1 each ...

The red candles were lit on weekdays and the white candles were lit on Sundays, according to Christianity. The Advent wreath eventually came to be created out of evergreens, symbolizing ...

The three purple candles will be lit on the first, second and fourth Sunday of Advent. The pink candle will be lit on the third Sunday of Advent, known as Gaudete Sunday. Gaudete means ‘to ...

The Advent wreath is made of four candles and a circle of branches ... 9:1-2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom, a light has ...

It starts on the Sunday nearest to 30 November and ends on the fourth Sunday before 25 December. An advent wreath with four candles lit. The fifth candle is lit on Christmas day.