This afternoon, we begin our celebrations of the Epiphany. In our imagination, we join the Magi on the final leg of their long journey towards the Christchild. These strange unnamed and unnumbered ...

Credit: Vatican Media The solemnity of the Epiphany marks when the Magi, also called the Wise Men or three kings, arrived at the birthplace of Jesus bearing gifts of gold, frankincense ...

Our Nativity scenes seem incomplete until the 12th day of Christmas when the Magi finally arrive at Jesus' crib for the first celebration of the Epiphany. Although Matthew is the only evangelist ...

While it is not a holy day of obligation, it is a feast day celebrating the arrival of the Magi to see a newborn ... or by the front door on Epiphany Eve. The next day, they get presents and ...

On this day, believers celebrated three events at once — the Nativity of Christ, the coming of the Magi and the Baptism ... Thus, in Spain, on the eve of Epiphany, mass processions (La ...