“Strategist Brain” is a series where staffers share the stores they’ve stopped into, stuff they’ve spotted, and extra tidbits ...

If you’re still on the hunt for the perfect Valentine’s Day gift, look no further than Dayton’s A Chick with Wicks Candle Company! Owner Lee Mershad joined Living Dayton ...

The blessing of the candles during Candlemas, or Candelora, as we say in Italian (Image created with DALL-E 2) While firmly grounded in Christian tradition, the Candelora also bears connections to ...

Skier Lenka Lanč captured a rare atmospheric phenomenon, the 'sun candle,' in Austria, which quickly went viral. The phenomenon occurs when sunlight interacts with flat ice crystals, creating a ...

Thanksgiving is over, Black Friday has passed and Cyber Monday has emerged, all to help ease the anxiety over holiday gift giving. Surely by now, many of us are already feeling the rush of the ...

By T.J. Ray Columnist To begin with, it is doubtful that the Anti-Christ is abroad.  You know—the one medievals expected as a ...

The liturgical focus of the Presentation is light. Christ is our light ... Thus, this feast has long featured the carrying of candles by the faithful in procession and the blessing of candles ...

We light Advent candles with just that in mind, accepting that changing the wind is a long process, that the evening news will not always be positive, the stock markets will not always rise, the most ...

Small wonder that this climactic feast has also been known for centuries as Candlemas, a time for blessing candles that will be carried home to remind us daily of the miracle of Christmas, the miracle ...

It is also known as the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, and the Purification of St Mary the Virgin. That range of titles offers a lot of potential themes for a commentator: blessing (of candles ...

On January 13, sorrow engulfed Lydia Tokesi's family members after her mutilated body was discovered in Gataka Forest and her family will be holding a candle-lighting ceremony for her The requiem ...

Jesus's real name may not have been Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ's real name was most likely Yeshu Nazareen, according to language and phonetic experts, as cited in a New York Post report.