The Holy Theophany of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ

Christ is baptized:
he comes up out of the waters,
and with Him He carries up the world.

Today the creation is enlightened.
Today all nature is glad,
things of heaven and things upon earth.

At thine appearing in the body,
the earth was sanctified,
the waters blessed,
the heaven enlightened,
and mankind was set loose
from the bitter tyranny of the enemy.

When Thou, O Lord,
wast baptized in the Jordan,
the worship of the Trinity
was made manifest.
For the voice of the Father
bore witness unto Thee,
calling Thee the beloved Son,
and the Spirit in the form of a dove
confirmed His word as sure and steadfast.
O Christ our God who hast appeared
and enlightened the world,
glory to Thee.


Photos used in the graphics from byzantines.net
Texts from the liturgies of the Theophany in The Festal Menaion, tr. by Mother Mary and Kallistos Ware
--the BB