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A large three-branched candle for the Great Blessing of Waters in the background, in front of the bishop. Also, bishop's trikirion and dikirion held by subdeacons.. Among the Ukrainian Eastern Christians (Russian Orthodox, Ukrainian Orthodox and Ukrainian Catholic), it is common for the priest or bishop to use a large three-branch candle for the Great Blessing of Waters on the Great Feast of ...
As specified in the liturgical books the Pentecostarion [1] and the Typicon, [2] deacons also carry a candle throughout the paschal services. The deacon's candle is a single large candle which he carries in his left hand while reciting ektenias (litanies), while censing, and at other times when his hands are not otherwise occupied.
From left to right: A priest's kamilavka and epitrachelion (stole), Euchologion, bowl of water, blessing cross, candle, aspergillum made of basil branches, incense (Muzeul Naţional de Artă, Bucharest). Metropolitan Korniliy, the head of Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church, consecrating a well
Greek Orthodox Churches. Orthodox Christians observe Advent for a longer period of time. Instead of one month, it is 40 days. They use six different candles—green, blue, gold, white, purple and red.
Russian Orthodox Church candle Tomb of Jesus, inside the Edicule. Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem. This is where the Holy Fire manifests itself. Candlestand in an Eastern Orthodox church. In the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite, there is a large amount of ceremonial use of light.
The Holy Fire (Greek: Ἃγιον Φῶς, "Holy Light") is a ceremony that occurs every year at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Great Saturday, the day before Orthodox Easter. During the ceremony, a prayer is performed after which a fire is lit inside the aediculae where some believe the Tomb of Jesus may have been located.
The deacon (or, if there is no deacon, the priest) swings the censer throughout almost the entire service, while all stand holding lighted candles. Near the end of the service, during the final troparia, all either extinguish their candles, or place them in a candle holder by the memorial table. Each candle symbolizes the individual soul, which ...
Russian candles have layers of color beneath the surface