The Advent wreath is made of four candles and a circle of branches. Before the first candle is lighted, the household gathers for this blessing. In the short days and long nights of Advent ...

Just as the evergreen wreath symbolizes eternity and fidelity ... Generally the tree is not decorated until late Christmas Eve as Advent is still a season of penance, if not as filled with ...

PHOTO URN KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Church of Uganda has abolished the practice of laying wreaths on caskets during burials in favour of planting trees, as a strategic intervention to ...

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