While for most Americans, the holiday season closes out with the New Year, many other cultures continue celebrating through the first week of January. Three Kings Day, or Epiphany, is celebrated ...
For those who celebrate the Epiphany — the celebration of the Twelfth Night after Christmas — on Jan. 6, you may look forward to putting your shoes outside your door for gifts, watching annual parades ...
Many Catholic parishes will give their parishioners ... and fidelity to Jesus Christ and his Church. The feast of the Epiphany is even older than the feast of Christmas and enjoys its own season ...
The last Sunday of Christmas on the Catholic ... The word “epiphany” means manifestation and not only refers to the day of the holiday itself but also to the rest of the church season that ...
Over time, Christian denominations developed a different attitude towards the feast of Epiphany. The Orthodox Church connects it primarily with the baptism of Christ, and the Catholic Church ...
In the Latin rite of the Catholic Church, Epiphany celebrates the revelation that Jesus was the Son of God. It focuses primarily on this revelation to the three Wise Men, but also on his baptism ...
Many Catholic parishes will give their parishioners a piece of chalk, a small bottle of holy water, and the words for the house blessing so that each family can bless their home. Epiphany ...