How the 'Three Wise Men from the East' ended up in Cologne
The Cologne Cathedral houses the Shrine of the Three Kings, a reliquary which tradition says holds the bones of the Biblical Magi. The long journey of the' Three Wise Men' to the Rhineland begins with ...
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The three Magi and other gift-bringers from around the world
Cultures all over the world have tales of winter wizards and snow maidens who bring gifts to good children, many of them far pre-dating Santa Claus, who first appeared in the 1823 poem 'A Visit ...
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FAITH PERSPECTIVES: A children's sermon for Epiphany Season — the Visit of the Magi
In Matthew 2:1-12 we read about The Three Kings visiting The Messiah. The Messiah was born in Bethlehem in Judaea during King ...
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How the 'three wise men from the east' ended up in Cologne
Although the three visitors are popularly referred to as kings, in the Bible they are rather described as wise men, in some translations astrologers or magi — priests specialized in the study of ...