(ἐπιφάνεια, appearance, manifestation), a Christian festival celebrated on the sixth of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the appearance of our Saviour to the magi or wise men of the East, who came to adore him with presents; or, according to others, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the magi, or the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles. Jerome and Chrysostom take the Epiphany to be the day of our Saviour's baptism, when a voice from heaven declared: "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." The Greek fathers use the word for the appearance of Christ in the world; and in this sense it is used by St Paul, 2 Tim. i. 10.