Typically, three of the four Advent candles are purple—the first, second and fourth ones. The first candle, or "Prophet's Candle," symbolizes hope. The color means royalty, repentance and fasting.

Sisters all over the world share how Advent offers hope and needed silence after a year rife with uncertainty that follows ...

Just as with the meaning of each Advent candle, there are four things to keep us laser-focused on what Christmas is all about — and what it leads us to know and understand. They are the hope ...

Lighting Christmas candles is an age-old tradition that has great religious significance all across the globe.

Early Christians observed Advent with prayer and meditation, focusing on the themes of hope, peace, joy, and love — the four candles of the Advent wreath that many congregations light each week ...

an advent wreath is displayed in full view of congregants. One of the four candles is lit each week with a scriptural reading to illuminate the themes of hope, peace, joy and love. A white candle ...

The Christmas spirit, the songs and carols, the gift giving and gift receiving- is a sign and a reminder that something ...