8″ Thin 100% Pure Beeswax Orthodox Church Taper Candles

That is the choice above the Add to Cart button. Sets start small, so a first order can be a trial rather than a commitment, and run up to parish quantities where the price per candle drops. The candles are identical in every set; only the count changes.

Not always, and it is worth measuring first. These are pencil-thin tapers, far narrower than a dinner candle, and the exact diameter is in the specifications above. Church candle stands and holders made for thin tapers take them directly. If yours is too wide, soften the base of the candle briefly in a flame and press it into the cup; if it is slightly too tight, pare a little wax off the base with a knife.

Yes, and we would suggest it. The smallest set exists for exactly that: to see how the wax burns in your own holders and your own building before committing to a standing order. Parishes usually try one length, then settle on two, a shorter one for the candle stand and a taller one for services.

Because nothing has been done to the wax. Beeswax comes out of the hive amber, and it only turns white if it is bleached or dyed. Ours is filtered and left as it is, which is the wax customarily used in Orthodox churches. The shade shifts a little between batches, deeper in some and paler in others, and that is the material rather than a fault.

Either. One hour twenty is long enough to hold through a shorter service, a moleben or a panikhida, and long enough to outlast most of what a stand candle is asked to do. Parishes often keep this length alongside a shorter one for exactly that reason: it covers the cases in between without needing a third size.