Question about candles

[Anastasia13]

How are candles left burning at church if there is no one there? Are they blown out before the sanctuary is locked for the night?

[truthfinder]

In most parishes I’ve been, they stay burning until they self-extinguish. Now some insurance companies get concerned about this and mandate electric candles. But every parish I’ve been a member of in the past 20 years has their rack of votive candles set away from anything flammable and usually each candle is in a glass container shaped in such a way as to prevent the flame from contacting anything. 

[MIKolbe]

When I lived in Southern CA, they replaced many candles with "electric" candles... drop in $3 and press a button. I think the only exception was the Sanctuary Candle (Tabernacle Candle). I think.. As I do remember those sometimes being extinguished.. but I also remember them remaining lit.

In Pittsburgh though, everything remains lit until they run out, then they are replaced, as that's part of what I do. LOL

[ardillacid]

Thank you for your service ??