Epiphany

Epiphany – a manifestation, a showing forth, especially of the divine.  In the Christian church calendar, it is the name given to the period immediately following the Christmas season.  The Feast of the Epiphany, which falls on January 6^th, in the Western church commemorates the visit of the Wise Men from the East to the Christ child, an event understood to be the first revelation of his divinity to the Gentiles.  In the Eastern church there is a dual emphasis, with the primary focus on the revelation of Jesus’ divinity at his baptism.