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A candlelight vigil at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the City and Diocese of Washington, part of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (2018) Vigil candle. A candlelight vigil or candlelit vigil or candlelight service is an assembly of people carrying candles, held after sunset in order to pray ...
Background. A large candlelight rally was held in Gwanghwamun, Seoul, in memory of two female students who were run over and killed by a U.S. armored vehicle in 2002. The candlelight vigil was initiated by a user with the ID "Angma" on the bulletin board of Ohmy News on November 28, 2002.
Vigil, tacuinum sanitatis casanatensis (14th century) A Knight's Vigil by John Pettie A vigil, from the Latin vigilia meaning 'wakefulness' (Greek: pannychis, [1] παννυχίς or agrypnia [2] ἀγρυπνία), [3] is a period of purposeful sleeplessness, an occasion for devotional watching, or an observance.
The Candlelight Vigil traces its beginnings to a fan-organized gathering outside the Graceland gates in 1978. But when did Elvis Week begin?
Thousands of adoring Elvis Presley fans shrugged off heat index readings of 111 degrees to participate in the annual Candlelight Vigil ... English, so they weren't entirely certain of the meaning ...
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For example, the organizers of the annual candlelight vigil, the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, have a website where people can sign the "Condolence Book for the victims of Tiananmen". [38] The book is then "burnt in front of the statue of democracy at the June 4 Candlelight vigil". [38]
A candlelight vigil will be held Wednesday night for three sisters and their mother, who were tragically killed along with two close family friends on July 12 as they were driving home to Southern ...