Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

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Christian feast liturgical celebration moveable feast

The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord is a Christian liturgical celebration, observed at the end of the Christmas season, that honors Jesus’ public revelation and the beginning of his ministry.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Feast of the Baptism of the Lord canonical	5
Baptism of the Lord	4
Feast of the Manifestation of Christ	1
Theophany (in Eastern Christian tradition)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian feast ⓘ liturgical celebration ⓘ moveable feast ⓘ
associatedEvent	Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist GENERATED ⓘ
associatedPerson	Jesus Christ GENERATED ⓘ John the Baptist GENERATED ⓘ
associatedPlace	Jordan River GENERATED ⓘ
category	Christian holy day GENERATED ⓘ Feast of Jesus GENERATED ⓘ
celebratedBy	Anglican Communion GENERATED ⓘ Lutheran churches GENERATED ⓘ Roman Catholic Church GENERATED ⓘ some Methodist churches GENERATED ⓘ some Reformed churches GENERATED ⓘ
celebratedInMonth	January in most Western churches GENERATED ⓘ
celebratedSinceCentury	4th century in various Eastern traditions GENERATED ⓘ
commemorates	Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River GENERATED ⓘ
emphasizes	Christian baptismal identity GENERATED ⓘ call to discipleship GENERATED ⓘ obedience of Christ GENERATED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Baptism of the Lord GENERATED ⓘ Feast of the Baptism of Christ GENERATED ⓘ
hasGospelReading	account of Jesus’ baptism in the Synoptic Gospels GENERATED ⓘ
hasLiturgicalSeason	Christmas season GENERATED ⓘ
honors	public revelation of Jesus GENERATED ⓘ
liturgicalColor	white GENERATED ⓘ
liturgicalRank	feast GENERATED ⓘ
marks	end of the Christmas season in the Roman Rite GENERATED ⓘ
observedInRite	Anglican rite ⓘ surface form: Anglican liturgical rites Lutheran liturgical rites ⓘ Roman Rite GENERATED ⓘ
partOf	Temporal cycle of the liturgical year GENERATED ⓘ
precedes	Ordinary Time in the Roman Rite GENERATED ⓘ
relatedToFeast	Epiphany GENERATED ⓘ Feast of the Theophany ⓘ surface form: Theophany
scripturalSource	Gospel of Luke GENERATED ⓘ Gospel of Mark GENERATED ⓘ Gospel of Matthew GENERATED ⓘ
separatedFrom	Feast of the Epiphany in Western practice GENERATED ⓘ
signifies	beginning of Jesus’ public ministry GENERATED ⓘ
theologicalTheme	beginning of Christ’s saving mission GENERATED ⓘ manifestation of the Trinity GENERATED ⓘ revelation of Jesus as Son of God GENERATED ⓘ sanctification of the waters of baptism GENERATED ⓘ
typicalDate	Monday after Epiphany when Epiphany is transferred to Sunday in some calendars GENERATED ⓘ Sunday after Epiphany in the Roman Rite GENERATED ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baptism in the Jordan → commemoratedBy → Feast of the Baptism of the Lord ⓘ

Baptism in the Jordan → alsoKnownAs → Feast of the Baptism of the Lord ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baptism of the Lord

Baptism in the Jordan → alsoKnownAs → Feast of the Baptism of the Lord ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theophany (in Eastern Christian tradition)

Ordinary Time → beginsAfter → Feast of the Baptism of the Lord ⓘ

Epiphany → hasAlternativeName → Feast of the Baptism of the Lord ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of the Manifestation of Christ

Christmastide → endsOn → Feast of the Baptism of the Lord ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baptism of the Lord

Christmastide → hasMajorFeast → Feast of the Baptism of the Lord ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baptism of the Lord

Three Kings Day → occursBefore → Feast of the Baptism of the Lord ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baptism of the Lord

Feast of the Theophany → alsoKnownAs → Feast of the Baptism of the Lord ⓘ

Time after Epiphany → mayInclude → Feast of the Baptism of the Lord ⓘ

Roman Rite liturgical calendar → includesFeast → Feast of the Baptism of the Lord ⓘ