While the hustle and bustle of Christmas ends for many people on Dec. 26, throughout Christian history Christmas lasts for much longer. The feast marking the end of Christmas is called “Epiphany.” In ...

Epiphany — “Twelfth Night” (as in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”), falling on Jan. 6 — was once as important a Solemnity as Christmas itself. (It just happens to be coincidence that, because of their ...

Epiphany is a holiday that commemorates "the manifestation of Jesus Christ to the world and the coming of the Magi," explains the U.S. Library of Congress. It marks the manifestation of Christ's ...

Drawing on the account of the Magi on the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, Pope Francis on Saturday urged the faithful to “find God in flesh and bone, in the faces of those we meet each day, and ...

In the Western branch of Christianity generally, Epiphany commemorates the visit of the three wise men from the East, who, “following yonder star,” as a hymn says, traversed afar to see baby Jesus and ...

Today is Epiphany Sunday, recalling when Christians say Jesus’ divinity was revealed. For Western churches, the day marks when the Wise Men visited the young Jesus. It is known as Three Kings Day in ...

If you think that hearing another part of the Christmas story as late as January 8 is stretching it out too much, just imagine what those Magi felt as they trudged through the desert toward Jerusalem ...

Icon of the feast of the Epiphany (Photo: St. Mary & St. George Coptic Orthodox Church) In the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt, 19 January is a hallowed day, the feast of the Epiphany. I can still ...