Candlemas Candlemas (also spelled Candlemass), also known as the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus Christ, the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or the Feast of the Holy Encounter, is a Christian holiday commemorating the presentati ...

or Candlemass is the Christian feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple. Candlemas or Candlemass may also refer to: * Candlemass (band), a Swedish doom metal band from 1984 ** ''Candlemass'' (album), 2005 *

Candlemas Islands The Candlemas Islands ( es, Islas Candelaria) are a group of small uninhabited islands lying at the northern part of the South Sandwich Islands, southeast of Visokoi Island. They consist of Candlemas Island and Vindication Island, divided by ...

, a group of sub-Antarctic Islands **

Candlemas Island Candlemas Island ( es, Isla Candelaria) is a small uninhabited island of the Candlemas Islands in the South Sandwich Islands. It lies about from Vindication Island, separated by the Nelson Channel. On the northwest flank of the island is an act ...

, the main island of that group *

Candlemas Massacre The Raid on York (also known as the Candlemas Massacre) took place on 24 January 1692 during King William's War, when Chief Madockawando and Father Louis-Pierre Thury led 200-300 natives into the town of York (then in the District of Maine and p ...

, an incident in King William's War, in 1692 *

Candlemas Day (Scotland) Scottish term and quarter days mark the four divisions (terms and quarters) of the legal year in Scotland. These were historically used as the days when contracts and leases would begin and end, servants would be hired or dismissed, and rent, inte ...

, a term day in the legal year

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