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  2. What Is Epiphany? And When Is It Celebrated in 2024? - AOL

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    Epiphany, also called Theophany, is a celebration of God manifesting as the baby Jesus and revealing Himself to the world. The holiday also marks the day the Magi, or the three kings, visited the ...

  3. Epiphany (holiday) - Wikipedia

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    In the Karelian language Epiphany is called vieristä, meaning cross, from the Orthodox custom of submerging a cross three times to bless water on this day. [100] Today, in the Lutheran church, Epiphany is a day dedicated to a focus on missionary work in addition to the Wise Men narrative. Between 1973 and 1991 Epiphany was observed in Finland ...

  4. Feasts of Jesus Christ - Wikipedia

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    Feasts of the Theotokos (Богородичные праздники; by definition same to Marian feast days, the actual set differs between Catholic and Orthodox Churches) Feasts of Saints While Easter is treated as Feast of Feasts, the following eight feasts of Christ are assigned the highest rank of the Great Feasts in the Eastern Orthodox ...

  5. Epiphany season - Wikipedia

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    The Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church regards the time after Epiphany as a subset of the Christmas season. The Christmas season ends on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, a feast typically celebrated on the Sunday after Epiphany.

  6. Chalking the door - Wikipedia

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    Epiphany season door chalking on an apartment door in Germany A Christmas wreath adorning a home, with the top left-hand corner of the front door chalked for Epiphany-tide and the wreath hanger bearing a placard of the archangel Gabriel. Chalking the door is a Christian Epiphanytide tradition used to bless one's home, [1] which originated in ...

  7. Star singers - Wikipedia

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    In Catholic parts of Germany and in Austria, this is done by the Sternsinger (literally "Star singers"). After having sung their songs, recited a poem, and collected donations for children in poorer parts of the world, they will chalk the blessing on the top of the door frame or place a sticker with the blessing.

  8. Noveritis - Wikipedia

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    The Noveritis, also variously known as the Announcement of Easter and the Moveable Feasts (in the post-1970 Roman Missal) or the Epiphany proclamation, is a liturgical chant sung on the Feast of Epiphany that contains a summary of liturgical dates of moveable feasts in the year ahead. Noveritis comes from the incipit of the chant.

  9. Major Catholic group launches ads attacking Kamala Harris ...

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    The Vatican issued a document in April laying out the Catholic Church’s stance on sex-change surgeries, arguing that it goes against the dignity of the person. The ads list the number of sex ...