THEOPHANY (JAN. 6TH)

Icon of the Epiphany of Jesus Christ, by Olga Shalamova

By Bp. Joseph 

In the West, today we celebrate the coming of the Wisemen to worship the Christ Child, called the "Epiphany". In the East, we celebrate Christ’s baptism in the Jordan, called the "Theophany", where we see the Trinity manifested for the first time. 

COLLECT

ALMIGHTY GOD, who by the leading of a star didst manifest thy only-begotten Son to the Gentiles, and didst manifest Thy Holy Trinity in the waters of the Jordan in the Baptism of Thine Only Son; Mercifully grant that we, who know thee now by faith, may after this life have the fruition of thy glorious Godhead; through Jesus Christ our Lord, Who livest and reignest with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

Contemporary Icon of the Theophany of Jesus Christ, by Olga Shalamova