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Epiphany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Epiphany (Greek: επιφάνεια, "the appearance; miraculous phenomenon") is a Christian feast intended to celebrate the 'shining forth' or revelation of God to humankind in human form, in the person of Jesus. Orthodox Churches also perform a "Blessing of the Waters" on Epiphany Day: following Divine Liturgy, clerics proceed to the nearest body of water, be it a beach, a harbor, a quay, a river, a lake, a swimming pool, a water depot etc, and after a short ceremony they cast a cross in the water. Prior to 1970, the Roman Catholic Church (and prior to 1976, the Anglican churches) reckoned Epiphany as an eight-day feast, beginning on January 6 and continuing through the Octave of Epiphany, or January 13. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Epiphanies   (1048 words)

Christmas Prayer: Epiphany by Victor Hoagland, C.P. The Feast of the Epiphany (epiphany means "manifestation", "revelation") is the oldest of the Christmas feasts and is still celebrated on January 6th as the major feast of the season by the eastern Christian churches. Historians see the Feast of the Epiphany originating from early Jewish-Christian celebrations of the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles, which celebrated God's glory in covenant, light and water. From earliest times the Feast of the Epiphany, like Easter, was a day for baptising those who believed in his name. www.cptryon.org /prayer/adx/x3k.html   (1048 words)

Epiphany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Epiphany ( Greek : επιφάνεια, "the appearance; miraculous phenomenon") is a Christian feast intended to celebrate the 'shining forth' or revelation of God to mankind in human form, in the person of Jesus. The first reference to an ecclesiastical feast of the Epiphany, in Ammianus Marcellinus (XXI:ii), is in 361. The feast was initially based on, and viewed as a fulfillment of, the Jewish Feast of Lights. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Epiphany_(feast)   (1048 words)

Epiphany (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Epiphany, a Christian feast (The visiting of the three kings to Jesus). epiphany (feeling), a realization or comprehension of the essence or meaning of something. This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Epiphany_(disambiguation)   (115 words)

Epiphany (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Epiphany, a Christian feast (The visiting of the Magi to Jesus). epiphany (feeling), a realization or comprehension of the essence or meaning of something. Epiphany (web browser), a web browser for Unix-like systems. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Epiphany_(disambiguation)   (106 words)

The Epiphany of our Lord Jesus Christ - Theophania Epiphany is the most ancient feast, after Easter, relating to the Lord and is observed by the Christian Church on January 6. In the Orthodox calendar the feast of the Epiphany is called 'Theophania', meaning the manifestation of God. When the Eastern Epiphany day was introduced in the West, the already celebrated Nativity on December 25th remained as such, and January 6th, although accepted as the day of Baptism, took the character of manifestation of Christ's Divinity to the pagan world. home.it.net.au /~jgrapsas/pages/Epiphany.html   (106 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Martin Luther Moreover, his personal feelings, as the relentless antagonist of Luther, could hardly be effaced, so that a cause which demanded the most untrammelled exercise of judicial impartiality and Christian charity would hardly find its best exponent in a man in whom individual triumph would supersede the pure love of justice. On Epiphany (6 January, 1505), he was advanced to the master's degree, being second among seventeen applicants. It is on the whole such a brusque rejection and coarse philippic against the pope as "Antichrist", that we need not marvel that Melancthon shrank from affixing his unqualified signature to it. www.newadvent.org /cathen/09438b.htm   (16884 words)

Epiphany and the Blessing of Holy Water The Epiphany, one of the most ancient and venerable festivities, originated in Palestine where it was celebrated with a vigil and special services on the spot where, according to Christian tradition, Our Lord was actually baptized. One of the most impressive ceremonies of the Byzantine Rite is the Solemn Blessing of the Water on the Feast of the Epiphany commemorating Christ’s baptism in the River Jordan. However, the presently prevailing custom is to bless the water on the Feast of the Epiphany itself, immediately after the Divine Liturgy, when the majority of the parish faithful are present. www.byzantines.net /feasts/epiphany.htm   (16884 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Christian Calendar But the feast of the Nativity is of importance in the calendar not only for itself, as one of the greatest celebrations of the year, but also for the other days which depend upon it. The starting-point of the Christian system of feasts was of course the commemoration of the Resurrection of Christ on Easter day. The Day of Atonement fell on 10 Tishri and the Feast of Tabernacles extended from the 14th to the 21st, with a sort of octave day on the 22nd, but these had no direct bearing on the calendar of the Christian Church. www.newadvent.org /cathen/03158a.htm   (16884 words)

EPIPHANY - THREE KINGS The twelve days of Christmas end with the Feast of Epiphany also called "The Adoration of the Magi" or "The Manifestation of God." Celebrated on January 6, it is known as the day of the Three Kings (or wise men/magi): Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar. The history of Christmas, (the festival of the nativity of Jesus Christ,) is intertwined with that of the Epiphany. In the fourth century, December 25 was finally adopted by the Western Christian Church as the date of the Feast of Christ's birth. www.serve.com /shea/germusa/3kings.htm   (16884 words)

Special Feast Days This feast was instituted by Saint Pius V on the anniversary of the naval victory won by the Christian fleet at Lepanto. This feast originated in the fourth century as the Eastern Feast of all Martyrs and was attested to by St. Ephrem. This feast recalls the apparitions of Mary at the hill of Tepayac on December 9-12, 1531 to Blessed Juan Diego. www.carr.org /~meripper/faith/feasts.htm   (16884 words)

Resources for Christian Worship The Christian Season of Epiphany, the climax of the season of Advent and Christmas, and its place in the church year, including a reflective prayer. The Christian Season of Advent from a Protestant perspective, including the meaning of the symbols used to celebrate it and its theological significance as part of Christian worship. The Season of the Christian Church Year known as Pentecost, its history from the Old Testament, and its significance as an aspect of Christian theology and worship. www.cresourcei.org /worship.html   (1262 words)

Last Epiphany B Gordon MacDonald, once president of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, begins his book Ordering Your Private World with a chapter called "the Sinkhole Syndrome." Giant versions of the DC post-snow pothole, sinkholes are those Florida phenomenons that occur when the ground suddenly collapses, creating a massive depression into which automobiles, sidewalks, and even houses fall. Give prayer a try, keep it up, and by Easter you will be transfigured, seeing more clearly who Jesus is and who you yourself are called to be, and, most of all, knowing that you are loved. To latter Jewish people Elijah would be the quintessential prophet, representing the best of all of the prophets of the Hebrew Scriptures, and foreshadowing even the Messiah himself. www.stjohnsolney.org /sermons/20030302.html   (1442 words)

Christmas Christmas is the fourth most important Christian date after Easter, Pentecost, and Epiphany, a feast held January 6 to commemorate the manifestation of the divinity of Jesus. In the fourth century Christmas was added to the Church calendar as a feast day. The Romans celebrated Saturnalia, a feast named for Saturn, god of agriculture, on December 21, the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere. www.infoplease.com /spot/christmas1.html   (1442 words)

Epiphany The Christian Season of Epiphany, the climax of the season of Advent and Christmas, and its place in the church year, including a reflective prayer. Epiphany is a GNOME web browser based on the mozilla rendering engine (Gecko). EPIPHANY AND THE BLESSING OF WATER The Epiphany, one fraxa.info /info/Epiphany   (282 words)

Resources for Christian Worship The Christian Season of Epiphany, the climax of the season of Advent and Christmas, and its place in the church year, including a reflective prayer. The Christian Season of Advent from a Protestant perspective, including the meaning of the symbols used to celebrate it and its theological significance as part of Christian worship. The Season of the Christian Church Year known as Pentecost, its history from the Old Testament, and its significance as an aspect of Christian theology and worship. www.cresourcei.org /worship.html   (1262 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary Not less remarkable is the ever increasing prominence given to the Blessed Virgin during the fourth and fifth centuries in Christian art. The cathedrals of Reims, Chartres, Rouen, Amiens, Nîmes, Evreux, Paris, Bayeux, Séez, Toulon etc., though built at different dates, were all consecrated in her honour. As early as 540 we find a mosaic in which she sits enthroned as Queen of Heaven in the centre of the apex of the cathedral of Parenzo in Austria, which was constructed at that date by Bishop Euphrasius. www.newadvent.org /cathen/15459a.htm   (1262 words)

Events @ the Cathedral Soon to be added to this list was the Feast of the Epiphany, which marked the Visit of the Magi to the Christ Child as recorded in Matthew chapter 2. In some churches such as the Charismatic Episcopal Church, the period of time between the Feast of Epiphany and the Season of Lent is observed as the Season of Epiphany, where we focus on manifesting Christ in our own lives. Also around this time the Church began to relive during the week between Palm Sunday and Easter those momentous days in the life of Christ.They called it Holy Week, and it remains to this day just as the title infers — the holiest week of the Christian’s year. www.iccec-sea.org /events/calendar.htm   (1262 words)

Feast of the Epiphany That missionaries may find new strength through today's Feast, and may enjoy the support of the Christian people, we pray to the Lord... General Intercessions for the Feast of the Epiphany, Cycle A That this Year of the Eucharist may bring many to discover this mystery of Faith, and worship the Lord as did the wise men of old, we pray to the Lord... www.priestsforlife.org /prayers/weeklyint/epipha.htm   (1262 words)

luckyasian.com - epiphany A Christian feast celebrating the manifestation of the divine nature of Jesus to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi. Buy a Stiffel Epiphany table lamp or shop for other furniture and decor at Amazon.com. Find epiphany at one of the best sites the Internet has to offer! www.luckyasian.com /Epiphany.aspx   (1262 words)

The Food Timeline--Christmas foods This Christian holiday is called Epiphany, Twelfth Night, and Three Kings Day. In France the cake was known as gateau des rois, or king's cake, in honour of the Wise Men, whose feast Epiphany is; in Louisiana it is "king cake"; in Germany it is Dreikongskuchen; it is the Black Bun in Scotland; in Portugal it is bola-rei; and in Spain it is rosca de reyes." The man who found the object in his slice of cake was declared "King of the Bean." If a woman received the bean, she became queen and appointed a man as king...The king presided over the rest of the evening's activities...Christmas season mock kings sprouted up regularly in mediveal Europe. www.foodtimeline.org /christmasfood.html   (1262 words)

Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Worship Services: The Paradox of Christmas and Epiphany Worship Calvin Institute of Christian Worship 1855 Knollcrest Circle SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546-4402 (616) 526-6088 Symposium on Worship, conferences, courses, workshops, and worship for students, worshipers, and leaders webapps.calvin.edu /worship   (130 words)

Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly . EXCERPT . Rev. Irv Cummings on Homelessness . April 5, 2002 PBS Christian churches commemorate the season of Epiphany, which in part involves the flight of the holy family to the land of Egypt, where they were homeless for a time. The prophets, in the biblical tradition, can be frequently found imploring the rulers and the "haves" in society to exchange their hearts of stone for hearts of flesh. My prayer for all of us is that our land be one in which those who have hearts of stone be enabled, by the graces given to us, to exchange them for hearts of flesh. www.pbs.org /wnet/religionandethics/week531/sermon.html   (130 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Christian Calendar In England the holidays of obligation are the Circumcision, the Epiphany, the Ascension, Corpus Christi, Sts. That the early Christians kept with especial honour the anniversary of the Resurrection itself is more a matter of inference than of positive knowledge. Here, then, we have the most conclusive evidence that the Christians already in the first half of the second century were accustomed to celebrate the feasts of the martyrs. www.newadvent.org /cathen/03158a.htm   (9055 words)

Epiphany at St Paul's In the Christian Church year, Epiphany is the period after Christmas commemorating the manifestation of Christ to the Magi, celebrated on 6 January. Hyperion's long series of St Paul's recordings is graced by this latest addition dedicated to music for Epiphany, a companion disc to 'Advent at St Paul's' (CDA66994). The programme embraces music from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, from Bach to Bingham and includes many long-established favourites by Wesley, Cornelius, Howells and others. www.hyperion-records.co.uk /details/67269.asp   (9055 words)

Boehme, Jacob (1575-1624) - MavicaNET He experienced a seminal religious epiphany in 1600, when a ray of sunlight reflected in a pewter dish catapulted him into an ecstatic vision of the Godhead as penetrating all existence, including even the Abyss of Non-being. Page on one of the great Christian Gnostics whose writings employ myths and symbols rather than concepts. History of Christian spirituality, sexuality and androgyny, relation of male and female, position of woman and man, position of reason and science in Western culture, esotericism, gnosticism, theosophy, marriage, celibacy, virginity, procreation, enlightenment www.mavicanet.com /directory/ger/7372.html   (9055 words)

Venice Diocese As Christian Brothers celebrate the bicentennial of their founding at St. Patrick Cathedral, New York, and St. Mary Cathedral, Miami, members of the congregation in western Florida will gather at Epiphany Cathedral, Venice. Bishop Nevins, himself educated by the Christian Brothers, was one of the small international group of bishops chosen to concelebrate with the pope at the beatification. Two congregations look to Blessed Edmund Rice as their founder—the Congregation of Christian Brothers, who are on every continent, and the Presentation Brothers, who are less numerous. www.dioceseofvenice.org /news/newspar.cfm?ArticleID=481   (311 words)

Studies in Philology Online Database: List of Contents by Author Cirillo, A. "Crashaw's 'Epiphany Hymn': The Dawn of Christian Time," 67 (1970): 67-88. Pendergast, John S. "Christian Allegory and Spenser's 'General Intention,'" 93 (1996): 267-87. "Camus' Thoughts on Christian Metaphysics and Neoplatonism," 64 (1967): 97-108; "Jean-Paul Sartre: Literary Critic," 55 (1958): 98-106. www.unc.edu /student/orgs/cams/SP_Online_Database/authors.htm   (311 words)

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