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Where Candles Are Born

In the days leading up to the Feast of the Meeting of the Lord, our monastery's candle workshop hums with quiet labor — preparing the candles that will soon be blessed during the festive services. Photos by M. Chernogolov.

cutting off ready-made candles

the church of the Inexhaustible Chalice icon

dipping threads in wax

making a feast candle

measuring the thickness of the candles

making green candles

melted wax

the process of making the candles

monastery's candle workshop

red candles

sets of candles

a street lamp

splitting the wax

stretched threads with wax

tensioning the threads

the workers of the candle workshop

thread tensioning

wax for the candles

wax melting furnace

the candle workshop at the convent's farmstead