Many Christmas carols make mention of the three kings ... In the Bible, they are not called kings, and their number is not specified—instead they are “wise men from the East.” ...

The wise men have become essential to the iconography of Christmas, but as religious ... Start, for example, with the hymns of the Magi, like “We Three Kings,” and why they are called kings.

The “three kings ... of the wise men has inspired artists for generations, as evidenced by this painting by Gerard David a 16th-century Dutch painter (Public domain) The magi are also ...

According to the Bible, although the birth of Jesus is celebrated on Christmas Day (Dec. 25), the Three Wise Men ... magi know that children live there and to leave them candy and gifts. Three ...

Surrounding Mary and Joseph and Jesus’ creche (left vacant until Christmas) were three large, glowing figures: the Magi. I loved dashing ... And what qualified them as wise men?

Some Western Christian churches know the feast day as Three Kings Day. It recalls the visit of three Magi, or wise men, to the infant ... It is the 12th day after Christmas and closes the ...

Although the birth of Jesus is celebrated on Christmas Day ... faiths celebrate Epiphany on Jan. 19. "The Three Kings" or the "wise men" or the "Magi" followed a star to Bethlehem to show their ...

The Cologne Cathedral houses the Shrine of the Three Kings, a reliquary which tradition says holds the bones of the Biblical Magi. But how did they get there?The long journey of the 'Three Wise ...

It’s beginning to “read” a lot like Christmas ... King. While many books have been written about the Epiphany, they may have missed their mark about the Wise Men. “The Magi are the ...

According to tradition, it marks the visit of the Three Wise Men to baby Jesus ... For this reason, Three Kings' Day became the Christmas Day on which family and friends exchange gifts.

An evening of music, food and gifts on Friday celebrated the arrival of the three wise men, or kings ... end of the 12 days of Christmas, when the three Magi reached Bethlehem and brought their ...