Each candle represent one of the four Sundays before Easter where Jesus rises. It is kind of like a count-down. The third candle is pinkish because it is the colour to show the anticipation of Easter.
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1. Candle of Hope -purple
2. Candle of Preparation -purple
3. Candle of Joy -purple
4. Candle of Love -pink
5. Christ Candle (located in the center of the wreath)
some symbols are : the advent wreath candles stars st nick(dec.6) Xmas tree poinsettia flower lights symbols of hope symbols of faith and ... symbols of love
"Adventskranz" =advent wreath It's an wreath, usually made from fir, and 4 candles. Every advent Sunday (4 Sundays before Christmas) one candle more will be lit. So the Sunday before Christmas all 4 candles burn.
All candles are sacramentals used in the Church's liturgy. The candles particular to Advent would be the candles on the Advent wreath, and these stand for the four Sundays in Advent, which is focused on penance and preparation for the coming of the Lord, both in His Nativity and in His Second Coming.
First off, it's not called an advent tree, they are the advent candles. Second off, there are 4 to 5 of them, not 3. The 4 purple or red ones are representing the 4 weeks counting down to the birth of the Christ child. The 5th optional candle is a large white candle in the center that represents that Christ has come.
The Advent Wreath is mainly a tradition for Christians all over the world. It symbolizes the passages of 4 weeks to Christmas and Advent, in which 4 candles are on, 3 purple and one pink. On Christmas eve or Christmas day, some people have a white candle in the center and light it on those days to signify Christ's birth.Catholic AnswerThe Advent Wreath originated in Germany, probably in the Lutheran Church, the candles symbolize the coming celebration of Christmas, when the Light of the World was born in Bethlehem.
The traditional Advent wreath has 4 candles, each representing 1000 years that the Jews awaited the birth of the Messiah for a total of 4000 years. Three candles are violet and one is rose colored, representing the half way mark of Advent. Some have added a fifth candle, the Christmas Candle, which is white.
You must be referring to the advent wreath. Some places around the world place 4 candles on the wreath. First candle is lit fourth week before Christmas. Two candles are lit third week before Christmas. Three candles are lit two weeks before Christmas. All four candles are lit the week of Christmas. Christians recognize Jesus Christ as the promised Messiah and the Son of the living God. God is light and Jesus Christ brought light into a dark hopeless world. Since Christmas is the holiday used to celebrate the birth and arrival of Jesus Christ, the candles on the advent wreath signify the light Jesus Christ brought into the world.
The white candle that is sometimes used in an Advent Wreath is the Christmas or Christ candle and it lit at the Masses starting with Christmas midnight Mass. Most Catholic Churches use only the 4 violet and rose candles during Advent and the wreath is removed from the church when Christmas decorations are put up on Christmas Eve.
Purple:HopePurple: FaithPurple: LovePink: Joy
There are 4 candles in all; the first three are purple and the last one is pink.
It depends what candles you are asking about. The white ones used for everyday ceremonies are lit to signify the presence of the Holy Spirit. There are also special candles, such as Advent candles, that have specific meaning Advent candles are lit for 4 week prior to Christmas. One new candle is lit every week. At Christmas, the Christ Candle is lit to show Christ's birth into the world. I have also seen Methodists use candles as a Nativity, in Wedding's, and when singing.
The first of the four candles - usually, sometimes there's a fifth "Christ candle" - is lit on the first Sunday of advent which can fall on any day between 27th November and 3ird December. On the next Sunday of advent the second candle is lit in addition to the first; so there would be two candles lit on the second Sunday.By the third Sunday the third candle is lit, with of course, the other two candles of the past couple of weeks. The third Sunday of advent is often quite soon before Christmas day itself, when the fourth and last candle is finally lit, amongst the rest.