"Theophany" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Theophanies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Theophany (plural Theophanies)
  1. One of the Great Feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church, commemorating the revelation of Jesus' divinity, especially in his baptism by John the Baptist. Wikipedia link: Theophany Translations (one of the Great Feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church): عِيد الظُهُور الْإِلَٰهِيّ (ʕīd aẓ-ẓuhūr al-ʔilāhiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), Крешене (Krešeńe) (Eastern Mari), Юмо чыкыме кече (JUmo čykyme keče) (Eastern Mari), Théophanie [feminine] (French), Θεοφάνια (Theofánia) [feminine] (Greek), Veserista (Ingrian), Крещенньӧ (Kreščenńö) (Komi-Zyrian), ва вежӧдан лун (va vežödan lun) (Komi-Zyrian), teofania [feminine] (Portuguese), Богоявление (Bogojavlenije) (Russian), Крещение Господне (Kreščenije Gospodne) (Russian), teofánia [feminine] (Slovak), Йӧвылэсултон (Jövylesulton) (Udmurt), Йордан (english: Jordan) [masculine] (Ukrainian), teofanija [feminine] (Upper Sorbian)

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