Why Are Bells Ringing Today?

If you’re merrily sauntering through the park on a lazy weekend afternoon or hustling down a busy city road, you perchance may have heard the jingling, bonging, clanging tintinnabulation of a few precocious bells and wondered: Why are the bells ringing today?  Bells ring from time to time for any number of reasons. Here are but a few of the impelling civic, societal, or religious forces that may have set the bells ringing today.  

Bell Ringing in Scripture and Liturgy, from BLAGOVEST BELLS

The bells St Paul's Cathedral

Why do they ring the church bells so long and at such odd times? : r/Antwerpen

Bells of St Mary's Cathedral

Church bells ring and uk hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

Ringing of Bells Tonight at 7pm

This Italian Town Silenced a Historic Bell That Kept Tourists Awake. Now, Locals Can't Sleep, Smart News

Why are church bells ringing today at 6pm across the country? - Scottish Daily Express

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Tower Bells St. Martin-in-the-Fields

Why are bells sometimes used during Mass?

Why do they ring the church bells so long and at such odd times? : r/Antwerpen

All Saints Church Bells & Bellringers, Old Heathfield