Join us for a festal service of Holy Communion, with the chapel choir of Corpus Christi College, as we mark the Feast of the Presentation. The Rev’d Dr Matthew Bullimore, Chaplain of Corpus, will preach, and blessed candles will be shared with the congregation.

One of the oldest feasts in Christianity, Candlemas commemorates the presentation of Jesus at the Temple by Joseph and Mary ( Luke 2:22–40), and marks the end of the seasons of Christmas and Epiphany.

The tradition of giving out blessed candles on this day dates back to the 5th century, and is a way to commemorate Jesus as the Light of the World – and to symbolically bring that light into our own homes.