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A bugia being held at a Solemn Pontifical Mass A bugia as depicted in John Naifa's 1925 work "Costume of Prelates of the Catholic Church" A bugia (Latin: scotula , palmatorium [ 1 ] , French: bougeoir [ 2 ] ) or hand-candlestick is liturgical candlestick held beside a Latin Catholic bishop or other prelate .
In the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, churches typically use two candles in the following manner: Altar candles are tall, thin candles made of beeswax and stearine. They are topped with a brass or glass candle follower, which helps keep wax from spilling on the altar linens.
From one of the candles on the triple candlestick, the Paschal candle is afterwards lit during the chanting of the Exsultet. [3] [4] In 1955 the triple candlestick was abolished in the liturgical reforms of Pope Pius XII. Since then, the Paschal candle is lit directly from the Paschal fire at the beginning of the Easter Vigil mass.
An aspergillum is used in Roman Catholic, Lutheran and Anglican ceremonies, including the Rite of Baptism and during the Easter Season. [3] In addition, a priest will use the aspergillum to bless the candles during Candlemas services and the palms during Palm Sunday Mass. [4] At a requiem, if a coffin is present, the priest will sprinkle holy water on the coffin.
The Paschal candle of Manila Cathedral usually reaches 4 or 4.5 inches (10 or 11 centimetres) and stands at 50 inches (130 centimetres) tall. The Paschal candle, like all liturgical candles, must be made at least from the most part of beeswax (ex cera apum saltem in maxima parte). [1] The Church Fathers saw the bee as a symbol of the Virgin ...
The Blessing of the Throats is a sacramental of the Roman Catholic Church, ordinarily celebrated on February 3, the feast day of Saint Blaise of Sebaste (modern Sivas, Turkey). It is also celebrated in some of the Eastern Catholic Churches, and in parishes of the Anglican Communion on the same day as a commemoration .
An acolyte can assist in worship by carrying a processional cross, lighting candles, holding the Gospel book, holding candles or "torches", assisting a deacon or priest prepare and clean the altar, swinging a censer or thurible [21] (also being named the thurifer) or carrying the incense boat, handing the offering plates to ushers, and many ...
Altar of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere in Rome, as arranged in 1700. The Roman Rite (Latin: Rītus Rōmānus) [1] is the most common ritual family for performing the ecclesiastical services of the Latin Church, the largest of the sui iuris particular churches that comprise the Catholic Church.