A new candle is lit every Sunday before Christmas ... Typically, three of the four Advent candles are purple—the first, second and fourth ones. The first candle, or "Prophet's Candle ...

Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas each year ... coming into the world and anticipation of his second coming. A fifth white candle is sometimes placed and lit in the middle ...

Before the first candle is lighted, the household gathers for this blessing. The blessing of an Advent Wreath takes place on the First Sunday of Advent or on the evening before the First Sunday of ...

Advent is four weeks long and marks the beginning of the Christian year. The first Sunday of Advent is always ... when Christians think about the second coming of Christ and what they need to ...