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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Epiphany
		The feast was called among the Syrians denho (up-going), a name to be connected with the notion of rising light expressed in Luke.
		Moreover, the first actual reference to the ecclesiastical feast of the Epiphany (Ammianus Marcellinus, XXI, ii), in 361, appears to be doubled in Zonaras (XIII, xi) by a reference to the same festival as that of Christ's Nativity.
		Pope Siricius, who answered him (P.L., XIII, 1134) identifies the feasts of Natalitia Christi and of his Apparitio, and is very indignant at the extension of the period for baptisms beyond that of Easter and that of Pentecost.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/05504c.htm (2589 words)

	Jesus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It has been traditionally celebrated in the liturgical season of Christmastide as Christmas on 25 December, a date that can be traced as early as 330 among Roman Christians.
		Before then, Jesus' birth was generally celebrated on January 6 as part of the feast of Theophany,
		The Gospel of John describes three different passover feasts over the course of Jesus' ministry.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jesus (8155 words)

	Theophany (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net
		The Creator appeared to Adam and Eve in visible form in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:8).
		Jesus Christ was God made flesh, and he dwelled among us (John 1:1, 14).
		The Orthodox Church celebrates a Feast of Theophany (January 6).
	www.christiananswers.net /dictionary/theophany.html (262 words)

	Christmas in Slovakia
		"I greet you with the Feast of Christ’s Nativity and wish that the Infant Jesus shower upon all of you His choicest blessings.
		May we all live in health, peace, and happiness and may we all celebrate another Christmas together.
		To Jordan's Water - the Hymn of Theophany
	www.iarelative.com /xmas/index.html (775 words)

	Holy Water - ReligionFacts
		Since Jesus had no sin, but was God himself, his baptism had the effect of Jesus blessing the water, making it holy, that is used fully for its original created purpose to be an instrument of life.
		Jesus' baptism is commemorated in the Orthodox Church at the Feast of Theophany (literally "God shining forth") on January 6.
		At the Vespers of this feast, a font of holy water is typically blessed in the church, to provide holy water for the parish's use in the coming year.
	www.religionfacts.com /christianity/things/holy_water.htm (1094 words)

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