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| | Theophany |
 | | Originally the feast of Theophany included the birth of Christ, the adoration of the Magi and his presentation into the temple. | | | The Greek meaning of the word Theophany is "the appearance of God." Epiphany in Greek means "to show forth" or "to manifest." That is why these two words are used interchangeably for this feast of the Orthodox Church. | | | January 6th is the feast day of Theophany. |
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http://www.antiochian.org/1218
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| | YYA - In the Spotlight: Understanding the Theophany |
| | Theophany is the Feast which reveals the Most Holy Trinity to the world through the Baptism of the Lord (Mt 3:13-17; Mk 1:9-11; Lk 3:21-22). | | | In the ancient Church it was the custom to baptize catechumens at the Vespers of Theophany, so that Baptism also is revealed as the spiritual illumination of mankind. | | | From ancient times this Feast was called the Day of Illumination and the Feast of Lights, since God is Light and has appeared to illumine "those who sat in darkness," and "in the region of the shadow of death" (Mt 4:16), and to save the fallen race of mankind by grace. |
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http://yya.oca.org/SL-theophany.asp
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| | Theophany |
| | Theophany or “manifestation of God” is a joyous feast of the Church which occurs on January 6. | | | The feast of Theophany, or the Baptism of Christ, reminds us that, as Christians, we live, die, and are born again in Christ. | | | Indeed, baptism itself was formally called ‘illumination,’ and the feast of Theophany brings, not only the waters of purification but the grace of Epiphany. |
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http://www.sierratel.com/byzantineimages/theophany.htm
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| | January Synaxarion |
| | Troparia: of the Resurrection, of Theophany, and of the Precursor. | | | Troparia: of Theophany, of Saints Hermylos and Stratonikos, of the Fathers Massacred at Sinai and at Raithos, and of the Church Patron. | | | Troparia: of the Resurrection, of Theophany, of Saint Theodosius, and of the Church Patron. |
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http://www.rongolini.com/synjanuary.htm
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| | Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, WA |
| | The Feast of the Theophany is also called the 'Illuminating', for in the Jordan there is given to us an illumining, revealing God to us as Trinity, consubstantial and undivided. | | | After Pascha and Pentecost, the Feast of the Theophany (or Epiphany) of Our Lord Jesus Christ is the greatest feast of the Orthodox Church. | | | It is also from this that the feast is called "Theophany", that is, the divine manifestation, God's appearance among men. |
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http://home.iprimus.com.au/xenos/feophany.html
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| | Eagle Christian Church |
| | There is only one original theophany and it is the same one that was in the beginning, which later became expressed in Jesus Christ when God the Word through Jesus was made manifested on earth. | | | The theophany is in you but naturally your spirit is not in your theophany, the house not made with hands, till the change of these vile bodies. | | | The Logos is the Pillar of Fire that came out of God and was with God, and was God, before the foundation of the world. |
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http://www.theeaglesview.org/church/theophanyarticle.html
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| | Theophany |
| | That is, in a theophany, it is rather obvious that it is God who is there. | | | A theophany is when God shows up in a majestic, Almighty manner. | | | The appearances of gods have been said to provoke awe, quivering, total fear, and falling as if dead, preceded by earthquakes and |
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http://www.theophany.biz/biography
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| | Water - Variation on a Homily of Theophany |
| | Theophany means "manifestation of God" wherein the Holy Trinity was revealed in Christ's baptism when the Father's voice proclaimed Jesus to be His obedient Son; and the Son was revealed as the Messiah, anointed by the Holy Spirit, descending on Him in the form of a dove. | | | Philip Scott at the Divine Liturgy of Theophany 2002. | | | Our understanding of God's presence in all of creation is illumined so that we can glorify the indwelling God and become "theophanies" of His peace and love and joy for others. |
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http://www.byzantines.net/epiphany/water.htm
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| | Theophany Elias |
| | From ancient times, Theophany was called the "Day of Illumination" and "the Feast of Lights". | | | It was at this time that Jesus come from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptised in the Jordan by John. | | | On the Feast of Theophany (also known as "Epiphany") we celebrate the Baptism of our Lord, Christ Jesus. |
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http://www.saintelias.com/Feastdays_Elia/Theophany_Elia/Theophany_Elia.html
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| | The Great Blessing Of The Waters |
| | In the Gospels you have the simple account of John the Baptist immersing Jesus in the Jordan, Then the Gospel writers add a strange story. | | | It is the Orthodox teaching that when the Lord became incarnate and walked on the earth, the world began to be transfigured. | | | Over the next few weeks the priest will visit houses in the parish to bless the homes and the families with theophany water. |
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http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/orthodoxchurch/theophany.htm
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| | The Feast of Theophany |
| | The Epiphany, or Theophany (6th January) is - after Easter and Pentecost - the greatest Feast of the Orthodox Church. | | | This is why the word Epiphany meaning "manifestation" was replaced in the East by Theophany meaning "manifestation of God" the latter specifying and developing the meaning of the feast. | | | It was foreshadowed in the theophanies of the Old Covenant of Israel, for example, the visit Abraham received at the oak of Mamre (Genesis 18:1) And, as Father Hopko says: |
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http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/sermons/illtyd_theophany.htm
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| | Theophany - Epiphany - Bogoyavleniye |
| | THEOPHANY (January 6) IN THE EASTERN CHURCH (3) | | | The word, THEOPHANY (Theos - God; epiphaneia - manifestation) means in literal translation, "Manifestation of God". | | | Both of these feastdays originated in the Eastern Roman Empire as evidenced by the Greek words used to describe them. |
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http://www.byzantines.net/epiphany/epiphany.htm
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| | Crosswalk.com |
| | The Lord appears to Abraham on his arrival in the land, wherein God promised the land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 12:7-9); God reaffirmed his promises of land and progeny when Abraham was ninety-nine years old (Gen 17:1), and on the Plains of Mamre on his way to destroy Sodom (Gen 18:1). | | | The Spirit of God or the Spirit of the Lord must be considered theophanous, particularly when it comes upon men, transforming them (1 Sam 10:6) and equipping them for divine service (1 Sam 16:13). | | | At the conclusion of the book the Lord appears in a thunderstorm to deliver two discourses, designed to grant Job's request for a hearing and arguably to supply at least one of the meanings for Job's affliction: God is sovereign. |
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http://bible.crosswalk.com/Dictionaries/BakersEvangelicalDictionary/bed.cgi?number=T690
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| | ORTHODIXIE ... Southern, Orthodox, Convert, Etc.: THEOPHANY: House Blessings |
| | During the days following the Feast of the Theophany (January 6th), it is customary for the Priest to visit the homes of his parishioners, bringing with him the “Jordan Water” for the traditional Theophany House Blessing. | | | PRIEST: For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. | | | While that water may be given to the faithful to drink on that day and throughout the coming year, traditionally it is only the water from the Second Great Sanctification, which is performed on the day of the Feast of Theophany (January 6th), that is called "Jordan Water" and used for the Theophany House Blessing. |
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http://southern-orthodoxy.blogspot.com/2006/01/theophany-house-blessings.html
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| | Supreme Theophany Page |
| | This verse is included here to emphasize that this theophany should be understood as related to past theophanies in purpose and nature, and to testify to the unity of religion, a central teaching of Bahá'u'lláh. | | | Shoghi Effendi writes that the Maiden, symbolizing the Most Great Spirit that appeared to Bahá'u'lláh, is the "same Spirit" (Messages to America 100, God Passes By 101) represented in Judaism by the burning Bush, in Christianity by the Dove descending to Jesus, and in Islam as the angel Gabriel appearing to Muhammad. | | | The encounter between the Spirit of God and Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, or Bahá'u'lláh is too mysterious a reality to be adequately described in any language. |
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http://members.aol.com/adventarts/Supreme.html
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| | The Logos - Section II |
| | And that was the Theophany which was the Son of God. | | | And it was the theophany of God that went out. | | | King God, King Theophany, King Jesus; He's the King of Kings. |
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http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/presen02.htm
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| | The Theophany Feast or the Great Blessing of Waters |
| | For the Greeks in Vancouver, the Nativity feast culminates in the Feast of Theophany, | | | During the week of Theophany the Priest blesses the homes in the parish and prepares for the arrival of the Bishop for the Sunday liturgy. | | | The Theophany Feast or the Great Blessing of Waters |
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http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/noel/angl/teofani.htm
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| | Theophany, Christophany, Cacophony |
| | Whether this text is to be understood as a displaced resurrection appearance, a Theophany, or an apocalyptic vision, and whether it reports an actual experience of Jesus with the inner three or reflects the collective experience of the community in which this Gospel was born, its affective power is the same. | | | Stories of Theophanies are told in much the same way as in the Old Testament (there is a kind of stylized format that is followed): God appears, usually in splendor, nature trembles, the recipient responds with fear or dread, God then saves or calls. | | | What changes in the New Testament is that Theophanies become Cristophanies. |
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http://www.fpcknox.org/sermons/02mar2003.htm
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| | Theophany : Theophany CD |
| | The word theophany means a visible manifestation of the glory of God. | | | From originals to hymns, this 7-song EP is their first venture, meant to glorify God by encouraging others to deeper intimacy with Him and by sharing what He's doing in the hearts and lives of these musicians. | | | The members of theophany are genuine people who are REALLY doing it for the LORD and not themselves. |
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http://www.independentbands.com/cd/theophany/theophany.html
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| | The Last Theophany of Philip K. Dick |
| | The Christian God in theophany, who is other than world, who is transcendent. | | | You saw me revealed in theophany; I speak to you now; you have, while alive, experienced the bliss that is to come; few humans have experienced that bliss. | | | His (as I call it) taking the field, which is an inbreaking by the divine. |
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http://www.cures-not-wars.org/mimesis.html
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| | Feast of Theophany |
| | It is a tradition to have your home blessed by the parish priest following the Feast of Theophany using the holy water blessed on the feast. | | | We fervently implore You, O Almighty God, in behalf of this house, those who dwell in it, and all it contains: |
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http://www.iarelative.com/xmas/bless.htm
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| | Phillip's Fast / Advent in the Byzantine Church |
| | Yet the Phillipian Fast is an ancient practice in preparation for the Incarnation and Theophany of the Lord Jesus Christ. | | | Since the Nativity / Theophany events hold less importance than Pascha - the Feast of Feasts - (the Resurrection), a detailed structure never evolved for the Phillipian Fast. | | | Often it is confused with the Roman Catholic practice of Advent. |
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http://www.byzcath.org/faith/menaion/phillips_fast.htm
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| | Discourse On the Day of the Baptism of Christ - St John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople |
| | First of all therefore, it is necessary to say that there is not one Theophany, but two: the one actual, which already has occurred, and the second in future, which will happen with glory at the end of the world. | | | Thus concerning this, that the present feast is called Theophany -- everyone knows; but what this is -- Theophany, and whether it be one thing or another, they know not. | | | And a prophet speaks thus about this latter: "the sun shalt turn to darkness, and the moon to blood at first, then shalt come the great and illuminating Day of the Lord" (Joel 2:31). |
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http://members.aol.com/CFORTUNATO/Epiphany/Baptism/chrysostom.htm
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| | Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II, Vol. VII |
| | The name Theophany is given to it in reference to the Manifestation, and that of Birthday in respect of His Birth. | | | Of these on a future occasion; for the present the Festival is the Theophany or Birth-day, for it is called both, two titles being given to the one thing. | | | The two words seem both to have been used in the simplest sense of the Manifestation of God, and certainly were applied to Christmas Day. |
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http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/NPNF2-07/Npnf2-07-50.htm
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| | Who is Jesus: Theophany Texts |
| | The theophany is therefore more accurately defined as a Christophany, or an epiphany of God in Christ; and all nature is a storehouse of signs of the divine presence, which uniformly point to Christ (Rom. | | | The difference between the following theophanies and Jesus Christ, is that when the spirit of Almighty God became Jesus Christ it was no longer temporary, but He became a man until 1 Corinthians 15:24-28 shall be fulfilled. | | | When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty; walk before me and be blameless. |
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http://www.whoisjesus.com/theophanies.html
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| | Protocol Isaiah 03-22: Christmas and Theophany Schedules |
| | As you are aware, there are three Great Feasts in the Orthodox Church which are commemorated by celebrating two Divine Liturgies: Pascha, the Nativity of our Lord, and His Holy Theophany. | | | In addition, remember to schedule and celebrate Matins and the Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom on Wednesday morning, January 7, 2004 for the Feast of Saint John the Baptist. | | | In this season when you are preparing your Autumn and end-of-the-year schedules, I wish to communicate to you the following concerning both the Great Feast of the Nativity According to the Flesh of our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ as well as the Great Feast of the Holy Theophany. |
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http://www.denver.goarch.org/protocols/protocol-03-22.html
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| | Feast of Theophany |
| | It is an eastern European tradition to have your home blessed by the parish priest following the Feast of Theophany with the holy water that was blessed during the services on that day. | | | As a continuation of the celebration of the birth and life of Christ, the Theophany hymn "To Jordan's Water" consists of additional verses added to the popular Christmas koledy, Nebo i Zeml'a. | | | The people attending services on the Feast of Theophany bring a container with them to take home some of the holy water from the services. |
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http://www.iarelative.com/xmas/jordan.htm
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| | ADAMIC THEOPHANY |
| | Gen 3: 8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. | | | There are many other similar references like this which we have no clear definition of the form of God even though a form is implied. | | | Such revelation did take place from time immemorial to our fathers and it is this that form our faith and understanding. |
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http://www.acns.com/~mm9n/trinity/ot/ot.html
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| | Within This Darkness: Incarnation, Theophany and the Primordial Revelation |
| | It is only by being open to a radically reformed Christianity in harmony with the mystical traditions of the rest of the Abrahamic tradition, that the religion of Christ can find its fulfillment. | | | There is a balance, an "essential community being visible and invisible things"[45] and it is the function of theophanic perception to reveal this community as it is within the power of each being to perceive. | | | This is the Figure of whom Mohammad could say: "I have seen my Lord in the most beautiful of forms." It announces the truth that beauty is the supreme theophany. |
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http://www.esoteric.msu.edu/VolumeIV/Darkness.htm
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| | Theophany |
| | The Feast of Theophany celebrates the Baptism of Jesus the Anointed in the Jordan by John the Forerunner. | | | It is the festival of the manifestation to humanity of Jesus' Godhead and of the revelation of the Holy Trinity, as the voice of the Father declares him The "Beloved Son" and the Spirit in the form of a dove hovers above his Anointed. | | | We bow down before Christ as our King and our God, enlisting in his army in the battle with evil. |
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http://www.arimathea.co.uk/theopha.htm
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| | Theophany (The Baptism of Jesus Christ) |
| | Theophany was also the beginning of the Gospel and the New Testament and Jordan witnessed it as water did in the beginning of creation as St. Cyril of Jesrusalem points out: | | | It is not the day when Christ was born that should be called Theophany, | | | It is not the day when Christ was born that should be called Theophany, but through His Baptism. |
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http://www.stgregorioschurchdc.org/cgi/xpage.cgi?doc=danaha.lesson&xsl=XPage
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| | Theophany |
| | Theophany is a “modern mythology”: one could call it the outlines of a creative man’s life. | | | If my cinema cannot bring any pleasure to others, then it should be burned. | | | Christian’s god sent man out of the garden of Eden, and prevented him from ever returning to the tree of life. |
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http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pierre.jouvet/English/Theophany.htm
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| | Theophany or Epiphany |
| | The feast is often called "Theophany", which means the shining-forth and manifestation of God. | | | Wonderful are Your works, O Lord, glory to You!" | | | Adapted from The Icon Book, by Boojamra, Essey, McLuckie, and Matusiak. |
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http://www.theologic.com/oflweb/feasts/01-06.htm
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| | Texts for Theophany (Epiphany) |
| | About the Feast of the Theophany - Orthodox Church in America website | | | Wherefore do Thou, O King who lovest mankind, come down now also through the descent of Thy Holy Spirit, and sanctify this water. | | | Additional Orthodox Web-Resources on the Theophany of Christ: |
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http://www.monachos.net/liturgics/theophany_texts.shtml
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| | The Feast of the Theophany (January 6) |
| | And this is why Theophany completes and fulfills Christmas: it completes the movement of the Son of God from His heavenly glory to our lowliness, and fulfills His mission as Emmanuel, "God with us." | | | The first thing to realize is that the Feast of the Theophany--which means "the revelation or manifestation of God"-- | | | What's the big deal about the Feast of the Theophany? |
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http://web.mit.edu/jsolof/www/Sermons/theophany.html
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| | A. Theophany on the Mountain (19) |
| | The theophany passages of Exodus 19 establish a model of divine communication. | | | This is evidence that we might have two different theophany traditions in Exodus 19, an Elohist-Horeb one and a Yahwist-Mount Sinai one. | | | It was on the mountain of God, called Mount Sinai by the Yahwist and Horeb by the Elohist, that direct revelation from God was delivered. |
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http://www.hope.edu/academic/religion/bandstra/RTOT/CH3/CH3_2A.HTM
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| | theophany - definition of theophany by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. |
| | theophany - a visible (but not necessarily material) manifestation of a deity to a human person | | | theophany - definition of theophany by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. |
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/theophany
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| | The Season of Holy Theophany |
| | On the great feast of Theophany, literally the "appearance of God", we celebrate that glorious event, the manifestation of the worship of the Trinity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, one God. | | | At the end of each and every Divine Liturgy, we also chant: "We have seen the true light. |
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http://www.struggler.org/theophany.htm
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| | JewishEncyclopedia.com - THEOPHANY: |
| | 2) points to this revelation as to the source of the special election of Israel, but with this difference: with him the point of departure for the theophany is Mount Sinai and not heaven. | | | Manifestation of a god to man; the sensible sign by which the presence of a divinity is revealed. | | | If the word is taken in this sense, and the passages which merely mention the fact of a revelation without describing it are separated from those which speak of the "angel of God," only four theophanies will be found in the Bible. |
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http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=182&letter=T
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| | Book Abbreviations |
| | [GASCT] God at Sinai: Covenant and Theophany in the Bible and Ancient Near East, by Jeffrey J. Niehaus, Zondervan:1995. |
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http://www.christian-thinktank.com/bookabs.html
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| | Philip K. Dick’s Infinite Theophany - Pop Occulture |
| | It also pretty much encapsulates a concept I’ve been following for a while, that the knowledge of god (gnosis), when it “breaks into” our reality (or manifests as a theophany) is not a rational/reasonable thing. | | | Sneak through the back alleys of pop culture & religion. | | | A mere fifty-two items from the Exegesis were appended to the end of his novel VALIS, and can be accessed here under the name Tractates Cryptica Scriptura. |
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http://timboucher.com/journal/2005/04/12/philip-k-dicks-infinite-theophany
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| | Baptism of Christ |
| | The feast of the Baptism of Christ is also known as the Theophany (the manifestation of God - the Epiphany in the West) because it is the point at which Jesus begins His ministry of salvation. | | | John Chrysostom tells us (Discourse 37 on the Baptism) "It is not the day when Christ was born that should be called Theophany, but the day when He was baptised. | | | Not through His birth did he become known to all, but through His Baptism. |
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http://www.sspeterpaul.org/xcbaptism.htm
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