Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

Jesus’ baptism by John the Baptist in the River Jordan has always been considered a significant manifestation of Jesus’ divinity, and has been celebrated on Epiphany by the Orthodox Church since the end of the second century. However, in 1961 the Roman Catholic Church began to celebrate it as a separate feast in its own right. The original date for the feast was January 13, but when the Church calendar was reorganized in 1969, the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord was moved to the Sunday following the Epiphany. Discuss

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