Candlelight Divine Liturgy to be celebrated on January 5

Candlelight Divine Liturgy to be celebrated on January 5

20:45 04/01/2014 » SOCIETY

As according to the Church the day is changed at 17:00 p.m., after the
evening service, the feast of the Holy Nativity and Theophany of Our
Lord Jesus Christ starts on the eve, in the evening of January 5, and
is continued after the midnight, on January 6, qahana.am reports.

On the eve a solemn Candlelight Divine Liturgy is celebrated.
Following the conclusion of the Liturgy, the assembled faithful take
lit candles and lamps home symbolizing the divine light and the
blessing of the Church. Lighting lamps symbolizes the light of the
Bethlehem Star which guided the way of the magi to the baby Christ.

Source: Panorama.am