Feast of Our Lady of the Candles (February 2nd) - Swieto Matki Boskiej Gromnicznej
On this day the faithful bring to Church candles, often made by themselves from their own beeswax, decorated with artificial flowers and bright ribbons, to be blessed by the priest.  After the ceremony all walk in procession around the Church carrying the lighted candles called "Gromnice." At home the "Gromnica" is lighted and set on a window sill during a thunder storm, as a source of protection against the elements, and is placed in the hands of the dying on their death bed, as a source of protection against the assaults of the devil.