have been lighting
Present perfect progressive conjugation of light. There are other translations for this conjugation.
From the beginning of the Advent to the week right before Christmas, parishes have been lighting their Christmas trees one after the other.
Du début de l’avent à la semaine juste avant Noël, les paroisses ont les unes après les autres allumés les arbres de Noël.
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