This Sunday is Epiphany: but what do we celebrate on this holiday?

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This Sunday, January 5, 2025, we celebrate the visit of the Three Wise Men to the Child Jesus, so it is a religious commemoration. It is also an opportunity to taste the king cake.

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Epiphany, also known as Epiphany or Three Kings Day, is a Christian holiday celebrated on January 6, marking the end of the Christmas season and the beginning of the Carnival season. One of the oldest holidays, it commemorates the baptism of Jesus and the visit of the wise men (the Three Kings). On Epiphany, Christians around the world commemorate the appearance and baptism of the Messiah in the Jordan River.

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Epiphany Day is known to most people today because it is customary to take down the Christmas tree on this day, as this is the day that the Christmas holiday season ends according to Christian traditions. This also means that the carnival period traditionally begins after Epiphany. The liturgical name for the holiday is epiphany, which comes from the Greek Epiphania Domini, meaning the appearance of our Lord. Epiphany is the unexpected and tangi…