Our painting by Lorenzetti originally decorated the altar of St Crescentius in the magnificent Cathedral of Siena. It depicts ...

"The Presentation in the Temple," by Alvaro Pirez, 1430. (Metropolitan Museum of Art) At the end of the fourth century, a woman named Etheria made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. When her journal was ...

The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord celebrates that, from his infancy, Christ was already the one sent by God to save humanity through obedience to God, his Father. To clarify the meaning of ...

Peter’s Square on Feb. 2, the feast of the Presentation of the Lord. The Holy Father also renewed his urgent appeal for peace in conflict zones worldwide, particularly in the Democratic Republic ...

Peter’s Square on Feb. 2, 2025, the feast of the Presentation of the Lord. (photo: Vatican Media / VM) AC Wimmer/CNA Vatican February 2, 2025 In a profound reflection delivered during Sunday’s ...

The Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary ... they brought her to the Temple to consecrate their only daughter to The Lord.The celebration of the Feast is first documented in ...

St. Joseph Cathedral, 401 Main St., Baton Rouge, will observe the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (Candlemas) at all ...

Each year, on Feb. 2, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, is observed, marking 40 days after Christmas. This day commemorates Jesus’ presentation to God in the Temple, in accordance with ...

On February 2, Orthodox believers celebrate the Presentation of the Lord. In the church tradition, it symbolizes the unity of the Old and New Testaments, and according to folk beliefs, it marks the ...

Feast of the Presentation of the Lord – 2 February 2025. Readings Mal. 3:1-4; Responsorial Psalm Ps 24:7.8.9.10 (R.10bc); Heb. 2:14-18 & Gospel Lk. 2:22-40. In the first reading, the Prophet Malachi ...

Support for this article was provided by the British Library’s Eccles Institute for the Americas & Oceania Phil Davies ...