Over the last few posts we’ve seen how flameless candle technology can be used for votive candles, altar candles, graveside candles, and memorial candles. From simple safety to lowering insurance costs, from a significant cost break to steady performance in all weather, there are many benefits to using flameless church candles in settings of prayer and remembrance. History of MausoleumsOne of the seven wonders of the ancient world was the very first mausoleum in history. Completed in about the year 350 B.C., it was an architectural wonder, a tribute of love and grief, from Queen Artemisia to her beloved husband,...

When we lose someone we love, often our first instinct is to commemorate them in some way to keep them with us. Similarly, when someone around us loses someone they are close to, our sympathy many times includes a memorial type gift known as a sympathy gift. When we grieve, we feel a huge void in our life where our loved one used to be. A memorial of them eases our loss, keeping the person in our thoughts when they can no longer be in our lives. Sympathy gifts are usually along the lines of jewelry, picture frames, flowers, or...

Recently we talked about how flameless graveside candles are the best option for keeping the flame of faith alive through snow and rain and wind. Your thoughts and love for the person you lost certainly won’t flicker with poor weather, and neither should your memorial candle. We all understand the sentimental value of a traditional wax and flame candle, but to be fair, flameless cemetery candles have some wonderful advantages to them. Their durability being one such advantage. How Cost Effective is Cost Effective? Another significant advantage of LED grave candles is their reasonable cost. If you wanted to have a one-year...

The tradition of lighting a flame for a departed loved one reaches back thousands of years into human history. Ancient Phoenicia, Asia, and Greece all have archaeological remains showing they used memorial candles and lamps to commemorate their dead. Memorial candle use began to make its way into early religion via the Jewish yahrzeit candle. “Yahrzeit” means, literally, anniversary, and has been used for millennia by mourners either in their own home or at the deceased’s graveside. It burns for 24 hours straight on the anniversary of the loved one’s death, or for a week straight during mourning, or “shiva.”...

Recently we’ve discussed the safety benefits of flameless votive candles and the ways that smart tech votive stand for churches can help them raise revenue. Insurance claims from fire damage average over $150,000 each—a sobering number that becomes even more horrible when you realize the most common culprit in these fires are candles. Flameless votive candles are an easy way to prevent this tragedy from occurring in your church and help lower your insurance costs at the same time. Electric votive candle stands can help a church raise their revenue also. They come equipped with SmartLite’s patented smart technology that...