Dictionary of church terms

ALTAR LIGHTS

Altar Lights: translation

put on
Lights to illumine the church, its sanctuary, and the altar, which must be lit during the liturgy and other prayers, even if services are held in daylight.
Inside the sanctuary two candle lamps must remain constantly lit: one in the eastern niche, and the other hanging down from the dome above the altar. During liturgical prayers two large candles are placed on candlesticks, one to the north and the other to the south of the altar.
Two wooden or metallic altar-candlesticks are either sides of the altar, and not upon it.
They refer to the two angels who were in the grave of our Lord.

  1. altar lights—Altar Lights translation Two candles in candlesticks placed on the retable of the Altar and lighted at the celebration of the Holy Eucharist frequently called Eucharistic...American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia