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The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple which falls on 2 February celebrates an early episode in the life of Jesus. In the Eastern Orthodox Church and some Eastern Catholic Churches it is one of the twelve Great Feasts and is sometimes called Hypapante (Ὑπαπαντή lit. ‘Meeting’ in Greek). Other traditional names include Candlemas the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin and the Meeting of the Lord.
