The Epiphany story of the wise men from the East who follow the star and come to pay homage to Jesus often gets mixed in with the story of Jesus’ birth when it comes to children’s pageants ...

This is another example of Matthew referring to the Old Testament and showing how Jesus has fulfilled it. The Magi have a symbolic role to play in this birth narrative. Coming from the east ...

Their unique insights can easily be obscured in a combined story – often seen in Christmas crèches – in which, for example, Matthean magi find Jesus in the Lucan manger. The Evangelist Luke repeatedly ...

What the Bible does tell us is that there were few people at Jesus' birth: only his parents, shepherds who attended later, followed by a visit from the magi (the wise men).' 1. Jesus was not born ...

In the first dance session we focus on star and king-walking actions where rhythm and working together is particularly important. Warm up: Skipping and freezing in snowflake and snowball shapes ...

Reflecting on the visit of the Magi to the child Jesus, recorded exclusively in the Gospel of St. Matthew, the 88-year-old pope encouraged Christians to follow in the footsteps of these wise ...