Theophany, The Baptism Of God's Beloved Son
And: the Feast of St. Sergei Mechev, Martyr Of The Bolsheviks
Today I’ll send out a newsletter extra, because it’s the Orthodox feast of Theophany, celebrating the baptism of Jesus. In Western Christianity, it is Epiphany, marking the visit of the Magi. The overall meaning of the two feasts is the same: the recognition by people in the world that Jesus is the Messiah.
(I should say that today is Theophany for us O…
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