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The next celebration after Christmas is Epiphany which occurs on January 6 every year. A date I remember well because it is the birthday of my oldest grandson. Many – maybe most – churches do not celebrate this event but some do. The word comes from Medieval English, old French, Latin and Greek and means ‘an appearance or manifestation of a god or other supernatural being’. ‘Epi’ means upon and ‘phaeinin’ means ‘to show or see’. Matthew 2 speaks of the epiphany when Jesus was brought to the temple and Simeon and Anna both recognized Him immediately as the promised Savior of our sins. The magi...