Theophany

See also: theophany

English

Noun

Theophany (plural Theophanies)

1. One of the Great Feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church, commemorating the revelation of Jesus' divinity, especially in his baptism by John the Baptist.
   • 2010 May 10, Ken Parry, The Blackwell Companion to Eastern Christianity, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 333:

     The Byzantine tradition concentrates all the birth narratives, including the Magi, at Christmas. Theophany is very much the feast of the Baptism of Christ, being marked by the very important ceremony of the great Blessing of Water […]

   • 2019 December 6, Mary Kathryn Lowell, Treasure in a Box: A Guide to the Icons of St. Andrew, Archway Publishing, →ISBN:

     Originally, the feast of Theophany included Christ's birth, the adoration of the Magi, and Christ's childhood narratives, such as his circumcision and his presentation in the temple. It also included his baptism and the wedding at Cana […]

Translations

one of the Great Feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church

• Arabic: عِيد الظُهُور الْإِلَٰهِيّ m (ʕīd aẓ-ẓuhūr al-ʔilāhiyy)
• French: Théophanie f
• Greek: Θεοφάνια (el) f (Theofánia)
• Ingrian: Veserista
• Komi-Zyrian: Крещенньӧ (Kreščenńö), ва вежӧдан лун (va vežödan lun)
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: Крешене (Krešeńe), Юмо чыкыме кече (JUmo čykyme keče)

• Portuguese: teofania (pt) f
• Russian: Богоявление (ru) (Bogojavlenije), Крещение Господне (ru) (Kreščenije Gospodne)
• Slovak: teofánia f
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: teofanija f

• Udmurt: Йӧвылэсултон (Jövylesulton)
• Ukrainian: Йордан m (Jordan)