TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. -- The Epiphany celebration is back. And for it's 116th edition on Spring Bayou, Tarpon Springs is welcoming back full crowds. Last year's celebration took place but was muted ...

The Rig Veda, so big on symbolism, brings in Indra with his thunderbolt (hello light, hello epiphany, hello the way a poem or the truth arrives like a flash). But it is not Indra’s physical ...

You thought the holidays were over. Technically, no — not until Jan. 6, when Christians all over the world celebrate Epiphany. In some places, the day is known as “Three Kings Day” after the ...

On January 13, the "Octave Day" of the Epiphany, Fr. Joseph Kelly came to Guardian Angel School and did an Epiphany blessing. This involved a blessing using holy water, incense, and chalk that was ...

Msgr. John McGuirl, joined by altar servers, explains the significance of the chalking to a second-grade class. (Photo: Alexandra Moyen) FOREST HILLS — The Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Academy community ...

CNA Staff, 05 January, 2025 / 7:25 pm (ACI Africa). Have you ever walked past a door and seen what appears to be random letters and numbers written at the top? These letters and numbers actually have ...

Traditionally on the feast of Epiphany, Catholics bless their homes by writing the letters C, M, and B and the numbers of the year on either side — so this year it would look like “20+C+M+B+25.” ...

"Chalking the door" is an ancient custom associated with the Feast of the Epiphany, also known as "Three Kings Day," which this year falls on Monday, Jan. 6 in the United States.

A chalk home blessing from the feast of the Epiphany 2019. The same formula is used, but with 2025. (photo: A. Davey via Flickr / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Francesca Pollio Fenton/CNA Features January 5, 2025 ...

Epiphany inscription Have you chalked your door this year? This traditional Epiphany custom is practiced in many countries across Europe and is becoming more popular here in the UK too. After the ...

Epiphany is recognised as the day that the Three Wise Men, or the Magi, visited the baby Jesus, and is considered by Christians to be the end of the Christmas season.