Considered a season of light in the dark apex of winter, Advent is symbolized in the church by a candlelit evergreen wreath. In 1838 Johann Wichern, a German Lutheran pastor, began using this ...

Learn more about the Advent wreath tradition in Germany in our Advent Calendar. Welcome to the first of our 2024 Advent Doors. This year our Advent Calendar is all about different things that ...

The hymn is called "Stille Nacht" in German (the native language of Austrians ... and the first of four candles in the Advent wreath is lit. The residents of the capital, Zagreb, traditionally ...

The idea of Advent calendars was invented by German Lutherans in the 19th and ... This period also consists of an Advent ...

The circular shape of the wreath represents the eternal ... represent the everlasting life found in Christ. Advent calendars were adopted in the 19th century by German Lutherans as a way to ...

Advent calendars have become big business in ... This year, Gengenbach is featuring the work of German illustrator Olaf Hajek. The tradition began in the 1990s. Gengenbach was primarily a summer ...

Traditionally, the Advent wreath with its four candles and sometimes a central fifth, the Christ candle, is lit on Christmas Eve. The candles remind believers of the light Jesus brings into the ...

Advent started as a time for remembrance and a sign for Christians to be open and ready for the second coming of Christ and held to traditional items and events like a wreath with candles ...