The Epiphany
The Feast of Epiphany is celebrating the Baby Jesus being seen or appearing, to the visitors who had travelled to see him.The word ‘epiphany’ comes from the verb ‘to appear’.
The Wise Men were very clever, and understood the religious writings that had been written many years before.The writings told them that one day there would be a great star and the star would mean that a new king had been born.So, the men decided to pack up their belongings, and follow the star to wherever it led them. The journey would have been very long.
They probably travelled on camels, across deserts and over mountains. The star led them to the town of Bethlehem in Israel.The star came to rest over the place where Jesus was, and the Wise Men brought expensive gifts for him and worshipped the new king.The gifts were gold, frankincense and myrrh.
The Feast of Epiphany is celebrated in churches, usually on the 6th January. At St,Peter's, we used our Worhsip Areas to reflect on what gifts we would take to Jesus.