{"id":3311,"date":"2026-01-17T10:11:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T10:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saintolave.com\/?p=3311"},"modified":"2026-02-05T11:25:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:25:33","slug":"candlemas-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saintolave.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/17\/candlemas-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Candlemas &#8211; Sunday 1st &#038; Tuesday 3rd February 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3311\" class=\"elementor elementor-3311\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a1eb402 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2a1eb402\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c56d71d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c56d71d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Invite a friend and join us for our special services marking the end of the season of Epiphany and The Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple &#8211; also known as Candlemas. <br \/><br \/>Candlemas celebrates the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, forty days after his birth. Our prayers, readings and music at our services remind us that Jesus is the Light of the World. The Feast Day, which falls annually on 2nd February, concludes the season of Epiphany.<\/p><p><strong>Sunday 1st February 2026<\/strong> <strong>\u2013 11am-12pm<\/strong> \u2013 Sung Holy Communion with Procession, with music from the St Olave Scholars. Look out for our special online service recorded for The Church of England, which will be available on their YouTube and Facebook pages from 9am.<\/p><p><strong>Tuesday 3rd February 2026 \u2013 12.30pm-1.15pm<\/strong> \u2013 Sung Holy Communion with music from the St Olave Singers, followed by a light lunch. After lunch those able to do so are invited to a presentation on the site of 50 Fenchurch Street (which includes the tower of All Hallows Staining) by kind permission of Multiplex.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf06c60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bf06c60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/saintolave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260201-Candlemas-724x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3313\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saintolave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260201-Candlemas-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/saintolave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260201-Candlemas-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/saintolave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260201-Candlemas-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saintolave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260201-Candlemas.jpg 1002w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Invite a friend and join us for our special services marking the end of the season of Epiphany and The Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple &#8211; also known as Candlemas. 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