The Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, is on Sunday, Jan. 5, or Monday, Jan. 6, this year, ... it is a feast day celebrating the ...

It recalls the visit of three Magi, or wise men, to the infant Jesus, and their sense of wonder at the encounter. It is the 12th day after Christmas and closes the Christmas season.

With Jesus and the three wise men being the focal point of Epiphany, many celebrations recognize these figures. The star that guides the three wise men to Christ also symbolizes Epiphany, as do ...

Christians around the world will mark the Epiphany on Jan. 6 with a series of celebrations that go from parades and gift-giving for children to the blessing of water. The holiday is also called the… ...

Before the date of Christmas was set on Dec. 25 in the Fourth Century, Epiphany included the celebration of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, but now primarily celebrates the visit of the Magi to ...

But it opens the church’s “season of Epiphany,” a time when sermons and lessons focus on the miracles of Jesus; the season ends on the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (this year on March 1), the ...

With Jesus and the three wise men being the focal point of Epiphany, many celebrations recognize these figures. The star that guides the three wise men to Christ also symbolizes Epiphany, as do ...

Shifting Ascension Day and Epiphany to weekends would save hundreds of millions of euros, according to the Federation of ...

With Jesus and the three wise men being the focal point of Epiphany, many celebrations recognize these figures. The Gospel of Matthew said the three kings followed a star to Bethlehem and gave ...

Epiphany, the 12th night of Christmas, marks the day the three wise men visited baby Jesus. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File) Greeks celebrate Epiphany with blessing of the waters ceremonies across ...

Christians around the world will mark the Epiphany on Jan. 6 with a series ... Jan. 6, 2020. Epiphany, the 12th night of Christmas, marks the day the three wise men visited baby Jesus. (AP ...