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To Know Christ and Make Him Known
| A Look at Our Church Seasons and Holy Days - Epiphany |
We celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany on January 6 of each year. “Epiphany” means
“showing forth,” and the feast commemorates the first showing forth of Christ to the world,
when His presence was revealed to the three Magi.
In the season of Epiphany we also:
The predominant symbol of the season is Light—the light from the Star of Bethlehem and the
Light of Christ spreading throughout the world.
The liturgical color of Epiphany is green.
The number of Sundays in the Epiphany season varies from four to nine according to the
date of Easter Sunday (which is a movable feast derived from the lunar calendar).
The last day of Epiphany is variously recalled in the celebration of Carnival (“farewell to
meat”) which concluded on “Fat Tuesday” or Mardi Gras, and in Shrove Tuesday’s
pancakes (consuming the eggs, milk and fat not allowed during the fasting of Lent). “Shrove”
Tuesday refers to the ancient practice of being “shriven” (confessing and receiving
absolution) in order to begin and keep a holy Lent.
“showing forth,” and the feast commemorates the first showing forth of Christ to the world,
when His presence was revealed to the three Magi.
In the season of Epiphany we also:
- remember the revelation of Christ to John the Baptist, to the disciples, and to all
Christians. - remember Christ’s baptism and our own, together with the ways in which Christ was
revealed to humankind, especially in the healing miracles. - ponder the ways in which we ourselves are called to bring Christ to the world.
The predominant symbol of the season is Light—the light from the Star of Bethlehem and the
Light of Christ spreading throughout the world.
The liturgical color of Epiphany is green.
The number of Sundays in the Epiphany season varies from four to nine according to the
date of Easter Sunday (which is a movable feast derived from the lunar calendar).
The last day of Epiphany is variously recalled in the celebration of Carnival (“farewell to
meat”) which concluded on “Fat Tuesday” or Mardi Gras, and in Shrove Tuesday’s
pancakes (consuming the eggs, milk and fat not allowed during the fasting of Lent). “Shrove”
Tuesday refers to the ancient practice of being “shriven” (confessing and receiving
absolution) in order to begin and keep a holy Lent.