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The Orthodoxy Of Epiphany

The Orthodoxy Of Epiphany

And, with this, I really do wrap up Christmastide. For today is the celebration of Epiphany in the Eastern Orthodox Church, which both never switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian one that most of us use and celebrates Epiphany as the day of Jesus’ baptism of Jesus by John the Forerunner in the River Jordan rather than the arrival of the three Magi.

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Another Epiphany

Another Epiphany From Our Norm

While most of the West and Christianity celebrates Epiphany on January 6th, since 1970, the celebration is held in some countries on the Sunday after January 1. Pretty close this year, but still… 😉

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And Wrap It Up With Epiphany

And Wrap It Up With Epiphany

And it’s Epiphany for most of Christendom – well, the majority of the Western church at least. So I’ll mostly wrap it up with these fine, Christmastide beauties.

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Happy Twelfth Night

Happy Twelfth Night

An interesting historical fact is that tonight, Twelfth Night, was the crescendo of Christmastide. Christmas itself was – until the rise of Protestantism and, later, Cromwell and his Roundheads – the beginning of the season and Twelfth Night the culmination of it and the biggest party night. 😉

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Advent Of Beauty

The Advent Of Beauty

It’s Advent and, hence, also the Advent of Beauty. And his a bunch of the beauties of thereof. 😀 As you can clearly see, there’s a lot of delicious reasons why Christmastide is considered a joyous season.

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