Our Nativity scenes seem incomplete until the 12th day of Christmas when the Magi finally arrive at Jesus' crib for the first celebration of the Epiphany. Although Matthew is the only evangelist ...

Leonardo da Vinci was commissioned to paint an 8-by-9-foot work for the main altar of the San Donato monastery in Sopeto. He started his "Adoration of ...

“The Adoration of the Magi” tapestry by Edward Burne-Jones (1904). Western Christians traditionally commemorate the visit of the Magi to the Christ Child on Epiphany. Credit: Public domain Epiphany is ...

Baby Jesus barely competes with the architectural ruins that are the backdrop for this Adoration of the Magi—a scene usually set in a barn or stable. Despite the distracting ancient temple that ...

Approximately 200 years after his death, the first surviving images of Christ showed up in Roman catacombs (235 A.D.) — with the first known image of his birth, “The Adoration of the Magi,” appearing ...

The Magi travel nearly 600 miles to reach Jerusalem ... The Greek word means “to fall down in worship” or “to give adoration.” This is no minor act of homage or sign of respect to an ...

The second century Adoration of the Magi fresco in the Priscilla Catacomb in Rome is the earliest known depiction of the scene, while Gentile da Fabriano is known for one of the more famous ...

Rather, it has three: the adoration of the magi, the baptism of Christ, and the wedding at Cana: each individually a “sign” — to use John’s word — of divine grace. By extending Epiphany to a four-week ...

One of the joys of covering the area’s classical music scene over the century’s first quarter has been reporting on ...

In the wonder of Eucharistic adoration, “we can find hope,” he said when recently speaking in a chapel in the Cathedral of St. George. The archbishop reminded the faithful that the Eucharist ...

Adoration or veneration of an image or representation of Christ's cross does not mean that we actually adore the material image, of course, but rather what it represents.