Epiphany

Epiphany

Epiphany may refer to:

* Epiphany (holiday), a Christian holiday on January 6 celebrating the visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus
* Epiphany (feeling), the sudden realization or comprehension of the essence or meaning of something
* Theophany, an appearance of a deity to man
* Hierophany, a manifestation of the sacred
* Darśana, Hindu term commonly used for "visions of the divine"

Christianity

* Epiphany season, a liturgical period beginning with Epiphany
* Little Christmas, traditional Irish name for Epiphany
* Epiphany Monastery, Moscow, Russia
* Church of the Epiphany (Washington, D.C.)
* School of the Epiphany, San Francisco, California
* Brotherhood of the Epiphany, a.k.a. St. Paul's Brotherhood, an Anglican religious order based Bangladesh

Television

* "Epiphany" ("Angel"), a 2001 episode of "Angel"
* "Epiphany" ("Stargate Atlantis"), a 2005 episode of "Stargate Atlantis"
* "Epiphanies" ("Babylon 5"), a 1997 episode of "Babylon 5"
* "Epiphanies" ("Battlestar Galactica"), a 2006 episode of "Battlestar Galactica"
* Epiphany Johnson, a fictional character on the American soap opera "General Hospital"
* "Epiphany", a 1989 episode of "War of the Worlds"
* "Epiphanies", a 1999 episode of "Spaced"

Music

* "Epiphany" (album), released in 2007 by T-Pain
* "Epifanie" (Berio), a musical composition by the Italian composer Luciano Berio
* "", 1996 compilation album by Chaka Khan
* "Epiphany", 2005 album by Manafest
* "Epiphany", a song by Bad Religion from their 2002 album "The Process of Belief"
* "Epiphany", a song by Staind from their 2001 album "Break the Cycle"
* "Epiphany", a song by Bowling For Soup from their 2006 album "The Great Burrito Extortion Case"
* "Epiphany", a song in Stephen Sondheim's 1979 musical, "Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

Art

* "Epiphany" (Bosch painting), by Hieronymus Bosch
* "The Epiphany" (Bosch triptych), painting by Hieronymus Bosch
* "Epiphany" (painting), by Dutch painter Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
* "Epifania", a drawing by Michelangelo

Literature

*"Epiphany" (novel), a 1997 novel by David Hewson
* "Epiphany", a 1999 short story by Connie Willis

Other uses

* Epiphany (browser), a Web browser for the GNOME graphical computing desktop
* Epiphany Biosciences, a biotech company based in San Francisco
* Epiphany, Inc., a software development company
* Epiphone, a guitar manufacturer owned by Gibson
* Epiphany, a clone of the computer game Boulder Dash

ee also

*Epiphanes


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, (especially that of Christ by the star which guided the Magi to Bethlehem) / ,


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  • Epiphany — • The feast was called among the Syrians denho (up going), a name to be connected with the notion of rising light expressed in Luke. I, 78 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Epiphany     Epiphany …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Epiphany — E*piph a*ny, n. [F. [ e]piphanie, L. epiphania, Gr. epifa nia (sc. ?), for epifa neia appearance, fr. epifai nein to show forth; epi + fai nein to show. See {Fancy}.] 1. An appearance, or a becoming manifest. [1913 Webster] Whom but just before… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • epiphany — ► NOUN (pl. epiphanies) 1) (Epiphany) the manifestation of Christ to the Magi (Gospel of Matthew, chapter 2). 2) (Epiphany) the festival commemorating this, on 6 January. 3) a moment of sudden and great revelation. DERIVATIVES epiphanic …   English terms dictionary

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  • epiphany — early 14c., festival of the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles (celebrated Jan. 6; usually with a capital E ), from O.Fr. epiphanie, from L.L. epiphania, neuter plural (taken as feminine singular), from late Gk. epiphaneia manifestation,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Epiphany — [ē pif′ə nē, ipif′ə nē] n. pl. Epiphanies [ME & OFr epiphanie < LL(Ec) epiphania < Gr(Ec) epiphaneia, appearance < epiphainein, to show forth, manifest < epi , upon + phainein, to show: see FANTASY] 1. [e ] an appearance or… …   English World dictionary

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