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What do you celebrate on the epiphany?

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the sighting & experience in the home coming of the holy ghost.The three wise Magi & the star was sighted during Christ's birth.

Roman Catholic AnswerThe feast of the Epiphany celebrates three different manifestations of Christ as God to the people: 1) the Magi, 2) His Baptism in the Jordan, and 3) His first miracle at Cana.

from Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980

Epiphany. The feast commemorating Christ's manifestation to the Gentiles in the person of the Magi, as well as his baptism and first miracle at Cana. It began in the East in the third century and soon spread to the West, where it is identified with the visit of the Magi. In some countries it is know as Twelfth Night (after Christmas) and is the occasion for special celebrations. For centuries the Epiphany has been a holy day of obligation in many places. (Etym. Greek epiphaneia, appearance, manifestation.

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