When he was a child, Bill Amburgey’s family had an Advent wreath. It was traditional, he said, and looked “not a thing like this.” With hot glue gun in hand, Amburgey, in jeans and black T-shirt, his ...

Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Vestal has held wreath-making workshops for 25 years Advent comes from the Latin word for arrival or coming: adventus Advent wreaths contain evergreens arranged in a ...

WILKES-BARRE — “At least it’s round,” 13-year-old Patrick Franckiewicz of Wilkes-Barre said, sharing a grin with his dad as they added fresh greenery to their hand-crafted Advent wreath. “We got that ...

An Advent wreath is depicted in a stained-glass window at Christ the King Church in Commack, N.Y. Advent, a season of joyful expectation before Christmas, begins Dec. 3 this year. The Advent wreath, ...

During the four Sundays of Advent, churches across the Peninsula will be illuminated with candles as congregations light their Advent wreaths of evergreen, shaped in a perfect circle to symbolize ...

During the liturgical season of Advent, many churches opt to display an Advent wreath as a way to mark the days and weeks leading up to Christmas and the birth of Jesus Christ. But what is an Advent ...

A lit candle is seen on an Advent wreath. Advent, a season of joyful expectation before Christmas, begins Dec. 3 this year. The Advent wreath, with a candle marking each week of the season, is a ...

The Advent wreath is a long-standing Christian tradition that marks the four weeks preceding the celebration of Christmas. However, the origins of the Advent wreath are mysterious. The Pre-Christian ...

"Silent night, holy night. All is calm, all is bright," the familiar hymn goes. Advent is a four-week period during which many Christians reflect on Jesus' birth and the promises of the future.

“That deep purple that you see in Advent, that very rich color, is the color of repentance,” Father Briscoe explained. “It reminds us of the sober and somber character of the season and tells us that ...

I have always loved Advent. Even as a child, I was filled with the aching wonder of the season when my dad would lead us in singing O Come, O Come Emmanuel to the glow of the Advent wreath in the dark ...