The lighting of the unity candle symbolizes the merging of two lives into one.

In some ceremonies the lighting of the unity candle will also incorporate the families of the bride and groom. There it symbolizes the joining together of two families, as well as the union of the couple, in a marriage. It marks the transfer of commitment from their families to the new commitment in establishing their own family in their life together.

But in Eaglepoint, we will have the two mothers lighting the candles in the beginning of the ceremony signifying the giving of life by the mothers to the child and then after the exchange of vows, the bride and groom will take their own candle and light the candle in the middle signifying that from this forward, they are one and snuff out their individual candles.

The significance of this act is truly meaningful.