Tuesday, January 6, 2009

ANNOUNCEMENT: Epiphany is today!

This is a significant Christian Holy Day (holiday), or at least it used to be. Do you think that it still be celebrated?
from wikipedia

Epiphany
(Greek for "to manifest" or "to show"), is a Christian feast day which celebrates the revelation of God in human form in the person of Jesus Christ. Epiphany falls on January 6 or, if celebrated on a Sunday, on the first Sunday after New Year's Day.[1] Western Christians commemorate the visitation of the Biblical Magi to the child Jesus on this day, i.e., his manifestation to the Gentiles.
It is also called Theophany, especially by Eastern Christians.

Theophany, from the Greek, theophaneia (meaning "appearance/showing of God"),[1] refers to the appearance of a deity to a human, or to a divine disclosure. [2]

This term has been used to refer to appearances of the gods in the ancient Greek and Near Eastern religions. The term has acquired a specific usage for Christians with respect to the Bible. In this sense, theophany refers to the visible appearances of God in the Old Testament.

It is on your calendars, or many of them, but maybe you never knew what it meant.

g-ram

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