Epiphany (holiday)

Nativity scene with the adoration of the Magi

Epiphany is a Christian holiday or festival on January 6. It celebrates the revelation of the Christ child to the Gentiles, when the Magi or wise men visited Bethlehem to see Jesus, by following a star. It is recorded in the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 2.

Epiphany is included in the Christmas time.

Epiphany (holiday) Media

Adoration of the Magi by El Greco (1568, Museo Soumaya, Mexico City).
Holy (Epiphany) water vessel from 15th–16th centuries. It is found on Hisar near the town of Leskovac, Serbia. Photographed in National museum of Leskovac.
Adoration of the Magi by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (17th century).
K † M † B † 2009 written on a door of a rectory in a Czech village, to bless the house by Christ
Russian icon of the Theophany (Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, 1497)
Theophany Crucession in Bulgaria. The priests are going to throw a wooden cross in the Yantra river. Believers will then jump into the icy waters to recover the cross.
Greek Orthodox bishop at the Great Blessing of Waters on Theophany, releasing the cross off the Glenelg Jetty, South Australia, for one of the swimmers below to retrieve
A traditional Bulgarian all-male horo dance in ice-cold water on Theophany
Children in Flanders celebrating Driekoningen

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