"Early in the morning, I met the train of three great kings who were going on a journey."
We all know this refrain, which we sang when we were little, before going to hide under the table to shoot the kings.
Epiphany Day arrives twelve days after Christmas every year.
This celebration of Christian origin is accompanied by a procession of traditions and specific words, without our always knowing their meaning.
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The word
"Epiphany"
for example, comes from the Greek
epiphaneia
, or
"appearance"
,
"manifestation"
.
It is about
"the appearance of Jesus Christ to the world, of his divinity"
, writes Pascal-Raphaël Ambrogi, in his
Cultural Dictionary of Christianity
(Honoré Champion, 2021).
"It is thus the feast of 'kings', that of the coming of the Magi, Melkon or Melchior king of Persia, Baltazar reigning over the Indians and Gaspard reigning over the Arabs (...)"
.
On this day of Epiphany, the editorial staff invites you to test your knowledge of the meaning of these Christian words.
Will you get 10/10?