Candlelight vigil
A candlelight vigil is where a group of people mourn the loss of someone who was close to them. These events are usually held at sunset. Many vigils can be for someone who recently died and are remembered with silence and a candle burning.
Candlelight Vigil Media
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 pastor leads prayer in the Czech Brethren Church of John Amos Comenius for the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial (2001)
2010 National Police Week 22nd annual candlelight vigil at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial at Judiciary Square, Washington, D.C.
Candlelight vigil at the Katyń Memorial Cross at the Church of St. Giles, Kraków following the Smolensk air disaster
Candlelight service at Andrews Memorial Chapel at Westminster School (Connecticut)
Every year from 1990 to 2019, people attend candlelight vigils on June 4 in Victoria Park, Hong Kong commemorating the victims of 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. It could no longer be held.
A candlelight vigil in Lourdes, France.
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References
- American Medical Students Association, Planning Candle Light Vigils Archived 2008-05-19 at the Wayback Machine
- "Example Candle Light Vigil for the Little Ambassador" Archived 2013-01-26 at Archive.today
