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Epiphany season
The Epiphany season, also known as Epiphanytide, is in some churches recognized as a liturgical period following the Christmas season. It begins on the day of Epiphany, and ends at various points as defined by those churches. Other churches reject the notion of an Epiphany season.
==Epiphany to Candlemas==
In Advent 2000, the Church of England introduced into its liturgy an optional Epiphany season by approving the ''Common Worship'' series of services as an alternative to those in the ''Book of Common Prayer'', which in theory remains the church's normative liturgy and in which no such liturgical season appears.
An official publication of the Church of England states: "The Christmas season is often celebrated for twelve days, ending with the Epiphany. Contemporary use has sought to express an alternative tradition, in which Christmas lasts for a full forty days, ending with the Feast of the Presentation on 2 February."〔(''Common Worship Texts: Times and Seasons'' (Church House Publishing 2006), p. 64 )〕 It presents the latter part of this period as the Epiphany season, comprising the Sundays of Epiphany and ending "only with the Feast of the Presentation (Candlemas)".〔(Common Worship Texts: Times and Seasons'' (Church House Publishing 2006), p. 120 )〕
The Church of England's optional Epiphany season thus begins at Evening Prayer on the Eve of the Epiphany (which may be celebrated on 6 January or the Sunday between 2 and 8 January) and ends at Evening Prayer (or Night Prayer) on the Feast of the Presentation (which may be celebrated on 2 February or on the Sunday between 28 January and 3 February). The Epiphany season is seen as in some sense a continuation of the Christmas season, and together they last forty days. The three main events focused on during the Epiphany season are the visit of the Magi, the baptism of Jesus, and Jesus' miracle at the marriage at Cana. The visit of the Magi is traditionally interpreted as symbolic of God's revelation of himself to the Gentiles, and so one of the themes of the season is mission. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity also falls within the season, allowing another seasonal theme to be that of unity. The season culminates at the Feast of the Presentation, after which the liturgy stops looking back to Christmas and begins looking forward to the Passion. The colour for the season is white.
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