Epiphany

January 6th:  Epiphany (AKA"Twelfth Night")

On the night of the 12th day of Christmas:  Evensong at 6 p.m. in the church, and dinner in the Parish Hall afterwards.  The "Burning of the Greens" follows dinner. 

Often unrecognized today is the fact that Epiphany has, over the centuries, celebrated several "manifestations" of Christ: the Visitation of the Wise Men; Christ's baptism in the Jordan by John the Baptist; and Christ's first miracle at the wedding at Cana. A Marenzio motet from the 16th century Tribus miraculis (the text of which comes from the Magnificat antiphon for second vespers of the Epiphany), describes this:

Three are the miracles we celebrate this day:
On this day by a star the wise men were led to the manger;
On this day wine out of water was brought forth for the wedding feast;
On this day in Jordan's waters by Saint John's hand Jesus chose to be baptized,
That he might save us. Alleluia.

The season of Epiphanytide runs, depending on how various churches see it, for an Octave after the day of Epiphany; from December 6th until Candlemas (also called "Presentation," Feburary 2); or from the day of Epiphany until the Sunday before Ash Wednesday.

Below is a wonderful El Greco of Jesus' baptism by John in the Jordan River.