Feast of the Epiphany - Two traditions
This beautiful Three Kings tapestry was displayed in the art exhibit at the Topsham Maine Public Library: Needlepoint Tapestry by Jill A. Vendituoli Practically all Christians recognize the Feast of the Three Kings as the celebration of the Epiphany. In my father's Ukrainian Greek Catholic tradition, this was the feast day when families exchanged gifts. This tradition is consistent with the Biblical story about how the three kings made the the presentation of gold, frankincense and myrrh, to the infant Jesus, after the they traveled east, following a brilliant star, to find the Nativity. " Star of Wonder, Star of Night, Star with Royal Beauty Bright " is the hymn we sang during the Celebration of the Epiphany, at Sunday's Jan. 6th, Mass. In the Eastern Rite and the Roman Rite, the Epiphany is explained somewhat (but not entirely) differently. In my mother's Roman Catholic Rite, the Epiphany was a celebration of when the Three Kings visited Jesus in the B