{"id":142476,"date":"2026-01-08T12:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T17:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=142476"},"modified":"2026-01-08T18:19:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T23:19:42","slug":"ap-in-pictures-celebrations-of-epiphany-also-known-as-three-kings-day-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=142476","title":{"rendered":"(AP) In pictures: Celebrations of Epiphany, also known as Three Kings Day, around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Christians are celebrating the feast day of&nbsp;Epiphany, also known as Three Kings Day. It recalls the visit of the three kings, or magi, to the baby Jesus. Orthodox Christians focus on the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Europe, some worshippers bathe in icy lakes and rivers. Ceremonies this year in Greece highlighted&nbsp;water scarcity concerns. Children in Latin America traditionally unwrap holiday gifts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sightmagazine.com.au\/news\/in-pictures-celebrations-of-epiphany-also-known-as-three-kings-day-around-the-world\/\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is how children in Europe celebrate the Feast of the Three Kings, also known as Epiphany.<br><br>Image: Franz Lackner <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7lYhlJW8Wm\">pic.twitter.com\/7lYhlJW8Wm<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sachin Jose (@Sachinettiyil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sachinettiyil\/status\/1876484440630948120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christians are celebrating the feast day of&nbsp;Epiphany, also known as Three Kings Day. It recalls the visit of the three kings, or magi, to the baby Jesus. Orthodox Christians focus on the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist. In<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=142476\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568,119,183,154,195],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-epiphany","category-globalization","category-liturgy-music-worship","category-other-churches","category-photosphotography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142476"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142480,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142476\/revisions\/142480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}