The number of magi, their ethnicity and their names — and for that matter, what "magi" are — is mentioned nowhere. Yet this is the scene we see, in every crèche, in every school play, in ...

Although Gospel accounts of the Nativity do not specify the number of the Magi who came to pay homage to Christ, they do mention three gifts — gold, frankincense and myrrh — which is likely to have ...

And there, as in majority-Catholic countries, they celebrate "Three Kings Day" — the last of the 12 Days of Christmas, Jan. 6, when kids get a parting present from the magi.

A tableau of sculptures or living beings, the Nativity scene (as well as the closely related Adoration of the Magi) traces its origins back some 1,500 years.

How St. Francis created the Nativity scene, with a miraculous event in 1223. Story by Vanessa Corcoran, Georgetown University ... Matthew tells the story of the three wise men, or Magi, ...

The magi are also referred to in the Old Testament in the Book of Daniel, named for a Jewish prophet who lived between 620 and 538 BCE and was known for his skill in dream interpretation.

Our Nativity scenes seem incomplete until the 12th day of Christmas when the Magi finally arrive at Jesus' crib for the first celebration of the Epiphany.

How many Magi visit Jesus in the Bible? Where do they come from? The answers, for many, are as easy to recall as the first line of the beloved Christmas hymn: “We three kings of Orient are.” ...

The afternoon celebration on Jan. 6 brought together a small crowd of believers, young and old, in the Latin Church of St. Catherine, part of the complex of the Basilica of the Nativity.

Hailey Nelson as Mary holding the baby Jesus, Mike Rosenow as Joseph, Camila Lindholm as a shepherd and Jerry DeChaine as one of the magi form the nativity during the CHRISTmas Journey at ...

We all know the image. Baby Jesus in the manger. Around him, shepherds, animals, angels and three wise men: Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar. Two of them are white, one of them Black. Above them ...