Epiphany (holiday) facts for kids
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.
Images for kids
-
Adoration of the Magi by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 17th century
-
Adoration of the Magi by El Greco, 1568, Museo Soumaya, Mexico City
-
The Three Magi: Balthasar, Melchior, and Gaspar, from a late-6th-century mosaic at the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna, Italy
-
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
-
Orthodox priests dancing during the celebration of Timkat
-
Star singers visit President Karl Carstens (1982).
-
Epiphany procession in the capital of North Macedonia Skopje near Stone Bridge on the Vardar river in the early 1920s
-
King cakes of the type locally called "French style" on display at the chain bakery/restaurant "La Madeline" branch in Carrollton, New Orleans. They come with cardboard "crowns" to be worn by whoever gets the slice with the token and becomes monarch of the event.
See also
In Spanish: Epifanía para niños