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Candlemas (Christian holidays, religious holidays, ... Events (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Refers to a Christian festival and feast most often observed on February 2 or forty days after Christmas. It commemorates the Virgin Mary's visit to the Temple in Jerusalem forty days after the birth of Jesus (Luke 2, 22-39). In accordance with Jewish law, Mary was purified and presented her son to God as her firstborn. In the Roman Catholic church the festival is currently called the Presentation of the Lord while the Anglican church calls it the Presentation of Christ in the Temple. Hypapante, the name for the festival in the Greek church, means 'meeting' and refers to the meeting of Jesus with Simeon and Anna in the Temple. The earliest reference to the festival comes from Jerusalem in the late 4th century. It quickly spread to other Eastern cities while it spread more slowly in the West. Justinian I decreed that it be observed on February 2 in 542. The festival was instituted in Rome probably before the time of Pope Sergius I (687-701) and the procession seems to have originated there, perhaps even before the feast itself was accepted. In the Western church it was mainly a celebration of the Virgin Mary (until the 1969 calendar reform) while in the Eastern church it was primarily a celebration of Christ. The name Candlemas comes from the tradition, in place by the mid-5th century, of observing the festival with candles. In the West, this procession with lit candles symbolizes Christ as the light of the world and his entry into the Temple.
 
Terms:
Candlemas (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,SN)
Candlemases (C,U,English,AD,U,PN)
Presentation of the Lord (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
Presentation of Christ in the Temple (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
Purification of the Virgin Mary (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
Purification of the Blessed Virgin (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
The Coming of the Son of God into the Temple (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
聖母行潔淨禮日 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
聖燭節 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
shèng mǔ xíng jié jìng lǐ rì (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
sheng mu xing jie jing li ri (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
sheng mu hsing chieh ching li jih (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
Maria-Lichtmis (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
Hypapante (C,V,Greek (transliterated),UF,U,U)
Hypapantē (C,V,Greek (transliterated),UF,U,U)
Presentación en el Templo (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)
Hypapante tou Kyriou (H,V,Greek (transliterated),UF,U,U)
Meeting of the Lord and Simeon (H,U,English,UF,U,U)
Occursus Domini (H,U,Latin,UF,U,U)
Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary (H,U,English,UF,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  K.KM

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Activities Facet
Activities Facet
Hierarchy of Events (hierarchy name)
.... Events (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of events (activities)
........ events (activities) (G)
Hierarchy of cultural events
............ cultural events (G)
Hierarchy of holidays
................ holidays (G)
Hierarchy of religious holidays
.................... religious holidays (G)
Hierarchy of Christian holidays
........................ Christian holidays (G)
Hierarchy of Candlemas
............................ Candlemas (G)

Additional Notes:
Chinese (traditional) ..... 基督教慶典與節日,最常於2月2日、或者耶誕節之後第40天慶祝。該節日是紀念聖母瑪利亞在耶穌誕生後的第40天,造訪耶路撒冷禮拜堂(路加福音 2:22—39)的日子。根據猶太法典,聖母行潔淨禮,將她的長子獻給上帝。羅馬天主教堂稱此日為「獻主節」;而英國國教稱之為「獻耶穌於聖殿節」。在希臘,這個個節慶被稱為Hypapante,意為「會面」,指耶穌與西默盎與亞納在禮拜堂相遇。關於此節日最早的參考文獻出自第四世紀晚期的耶路撒冷,隨後快速地傳到東歐城市,在西方世界擴展較慢。查士丁尼一世在西元542年頒布,定2月2日為聖燭節。在廣為世人接受之前,此節日可能在色爾爵一世教宗(687-701)之前,就已經在羅馬施行,遊行儀式似乎即源於此地。西方教會中聖母瑪利亞是此節日的主角(1969年律法改革之前),但在東方教會主要是慶祝基督。「聖母行潔淨禮日」名稱起源於自西元5世紀中期起,以蠟燭慶祝此節的傳統。西方教堂認為,持點燃蠟燭遊行象徵了耶穌為世界的光明,並紀念他的進入聖殿。 
Dutch ..... Verwijst naar een christelijk feest dat meestal wordt gevierd op 2 februari, of 40 dagen na Kerstmis. Op deze dag wordt herdacht dat Maria de Tempel in Jeruzalem bezocht, 40 dagen na de geboorte van Jezus (Lucas 2: 22-39). Overeenkomstig de joodse wetten werd Maria gereinigd en bood ze haar zoon als eerstgeborene aan God aan. In de rooms-katholieke kerk heeft dit feest tegenwoordig 'Opdracht van de Heer in de tempel', in de anglicaanse kerk 'Opdracht van Christus in de tempel'. Hypapante, zoals dit feest in de Griekse kerk wordt genoemd, betekent 'ontmoeting' en verwijst naar de ontmoeting van Jezus met Simeon en Anna in de Tempel. De vroegste verwijzing naar het feest stamt uit het einde van de 4de eeuw, uit Jeruzalem. De viering verspreidde zich al snel naar de steden van het Midden-Oosten, maar in het westen ging het minder snel. Justinianus I verordende in 542 dat het feest op 2 februari moest worden gevierd. In Rome werd Maria-Lichtmis vermoedelijk al vóór het pontificaat van paus Sergius I (687-701) ingesteld, en de processie lijkt daar haar oorsprong te hebben, wellicht zelfs voor het feest zelf ingang had gevonden. In de westerse kerk stond de verering van Maria centraal (tot aan de kalenderhervorming van 1969), terwijl het in de oosterse kerk op die dag vooral om de Christusverering ging. De naam Maria-Lichtmis verwijst naar de traditie die in de 5de eeuw ontstond en waarbij kaarsen worden aangestoken tijdens het feest. In het westen symboliseert de processie met de kaarsen Christus als zijnde het licht van de wereld, en zijn presentatie in de Tempel. 

Sources and Contributors:
聖母行潔淨禮日............  [AS-Academia Sinica Preferred]
.................  大英百科全書線上繁體中文版 March 20, 2012
聖燭節............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
...........  朗文當代大辭典 p. 239
...........  牛津當代大辭典 p. 239
Candlemas............  [VP Preferred]
....................  Bowker, Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1997) 192
....................  Catholic Encyclopedia online (1997-2003) accessed 10/01
....................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2001) accessed 10/01
Candlemases............  [VP]
.......................  Catholic Encyclopedia [online] (2003-)
Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple............  [VP]
................................................................................  Catholic Encyclopedia online (1997-2003) accessed 10/01
Hypapante............  [VP]
....................  Catholic Encyclopedia online (1997-2003) accessed 10/01
....................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2001) accessed 10/01
Hypapantē............  [VP]
....................  Bowker, Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1997) 192
Hypapante tou Kyriou............  [VP]
...................................  Catholic Encyclopedia online (1997-2003) accessed 10/01
Maria-Lichtmis............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
.............................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.............................  Van Dale Groot Woordenboek (1998)
.............................  Van Dale Ne-En (1991)
Meeting of the Lord and Simeon............  [VP]
.....................................................  New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967-1979) vol. 3, 23
Occursus Domini............  [VP]
.............................  New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967-1979) vol. 3, 23
Presentación en el Templo............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred]
............................................  Enciclopedia Encarta de Lujo. Bibioteca de Consulta 2003 (2003)
Presentation of Christ in the Temple............  [VP]
...........................................................  Bowker, Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1997) 192
Presentation of the Lord............  [VP]
.........................................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2001) accessed 10/01
Purification of the Blessed Virgin............  [VP]
...........................................................  Catholic Encyclopedia online (1997-2003) accessed 10/01
Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary............  [VP]
.................................................................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2001) accessed 10/01
Purification of the Virgin Mary............  [VP]
.....................................................  Bowker, Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1997) 192
sheng mu hsing chieh ching li jih............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
........................................................  TELDAP database (2009-)
sheng mu xing jie jing li ri............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
...............................................  TELDAP database (2009-)
shèng mǔ xíng jié jìng lǐ rì............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
..................................................  TELDAP database (2009-)
The Coming of the Son of God into the Temple............  [VP]
.......................................................................  Catholic Encyclopedia online (1997-2003) accessed 10/01
 
Subject: .....  [AS-Academia Sinica, CDBP-SNPC, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  Van Dale Groot Woordenboek (1998)
............  Van Dale Ne-En (1991)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Bowker, Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1997) 192
.......... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2001) accessed 10/01
Chinese (traditional) .......... [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......... TELDAP database (2009-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... Van Dale Groot Woordenboek (1998)
.......... Van Dale Ne-En (1991)

 

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