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Monday, December 26, 2016

In ETHIOPIA, BAPTISM OF CHRIST MORE IMPORTANT THAN CHRISTMAS "Christmas and Epiphany, Birth and Baptism "

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So is this all ancient history? Well, maybe not, as we see if we move from Egypt to the ancient and still flourishing church of Ethiopia. Still today, by far the greatest celebration of the year is Timkat, which marks the Baptism of Christ, and the Epiphany. The event draws pilgrims in their millions. But why? I suggest that the commemoration recalls that ancient time when Jesus's followers had a special veneration for the Baptism, which some believed marked the moment when Christ received his divinity.
Although most of the..."
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousbench/2016/12/christmas-epiphany-birth-baptism/