"Chalking the door" is an ancient custom associated with the Feast of the Epiphany, also known as "Three Kings Day," which this year falls on Monday, Jan. 6 in the United States. As the Rev. David ...

King cakes are first eaten on Epiphany through the night of Mardi Gras. The baby symbolizes luck and prosperity to whoever finds it. A tradition known as "Chalking the Door” is also done to ...

In many churches, the festival that follows Christmas is Epiphany, Jan. 6 ... Here the custom is for Christians to use chalk blessed by a priest or minister to write the date and the initials ...

It's quite a deep thing.' Chalking the door is performed on or near the feast of the Epiphany, which comes on January 6. The day itself celebrates the moment when God became man in the form of ...

Epiphany morning came around and I asked ... my parish and convinced one of our priests to make the rounds and chalk up my door. A house blessing ensued and there I was in possession of a freshly ...

The trend for ‘chalking the door’ – a blessing which is believed ... use the chalk to mark their doorway in a traditional Epiphany celebration. Rev Arwen Folkes, the Rector of St Peter ...

A chalk home blessing from the feast of the Epiphany 2019. The same formula is ... 2025 Have you ever walked past a door and seen what appears to be random letters and numbers written at the ...

What is the Epiphany? The Epiphany is a Christian ... In Austria, some people write in chalk on their door to protect their house for the following year. They write the year with the initials ...

Much to my surprise, the chalk markings from last year’s Epiphany were still visible above the door. I explained to him the Christian tradition of chalking the doors on Epiphany. The markings ...

You may see that mysterious string of symbols chalked around homes throughout North Jersey in the coming days, as Christians ...