{"id":20946,"date":"2024-11-28T21:04:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T21:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=20946"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:16:12","slug":"epiphany-christian-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/epiphany-christian-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Wat is Driekoningen en waarom vieren christenen dit?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Epiphany celebrates God showing himself to the world in Jesus. Christians keep it on 6 January. In the West it recalls above all the wise men who came from the East to worship the child (Matthew 2:1\u201312). In the East it is Theophany, the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan. Old tradition joins the wedding at Cana to both. At the Epiphany the Church celebrates a God who lets himself be found, and lets strangers from far away find him.\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Epiphany, 6 January, celebrates God made known in Jesus: the wise men in the West, Christ&#039;s baptism (Theophany) in the East, and Cana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38],"tags":[210],"series":[209],"class_list":["post-20946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-mysteries","tag-christmas-series","series-christmas"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20938,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/star-of-bethlehem-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":20946,"position":0},"title":"What Was the Star of Bethlehem, and What Does It Mean?","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"november 29, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Nobody knows what the Star of Bethlehem was: a conjunction, a comet or a sign from God. 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