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Epiphany in India (Song & Art)

Happy Epiphany!  Epiphany (Greek for epiphaneia, manifestation) is the holy day remembering Jesus Christ’s revealing to the world and has been celebrated since at least the mid-fourth century on January 6th. It remembers the revealing of Jesus as King and Messiah to the magi (and thus, to the Gentiles); the revealing of Jesus as the Son of God at his baptism; and the revealing of his ministry with his first miracle: turning water to wine at the Cana wedding.

I’m celebrating how Jesus has been revealed to people in India through the arts of India! You’re listening to the song ‘One Star Shines in the Sky,’ composed by Fr. Anil Dev and found on his album of Christmas songs I found recently in India at the Christian ashram he leads. It refers to the star led that the Magi from the east to come and worship the Christ child.

Fr. Dev was born in Kerala (India) in 1957 and is one of the most prolific and well-known composers of Christian bhajans, devotional songs in Hindi. Read more about him and hear another of his Christmas songs in my earlier blog post at
http://globalworship.tumblr.com/post/135684763365/you-came-in-the-stable-hindi-by-fr-anil-dev-fr

As well as gifting many Indian Christian composers to reveal and manifest Jesus through song, God has likewise gifted many Indian Christian artists to reveal and manifest Jesus through paintings. Here are some of my favorite paintings from India of the Magi - may we follow their lead to come and worship the Christ, adoring Jesus.

Visit of the Magi, by Sr. Claire SMMI

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The Three Magi Visiting Jesus, by Sudhir Bairagi

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Adoration of the Magi, from 17th-century India

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Mary and Child with Kings, by Jamini Roy

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Arrival of the Kings, by Frank Wesley

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ArtistAnil Dev
TitleOne Star Shines in the Sky
AlbumChristmas Hymns (Hindi)
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