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The Twelfth Day of Christmas. Theophany Eve – Showing the World to be the World

By Fr. Stephen Freeman, January 5, 2019  I was standing beside the Jordan River, somewhere along its trek through Israel. I was with a group of pilgrims led by Met. Kallistos Ware gathered for the Great Blessing of the Waters. Somehow, it seemed that I was the only priest who had brought an epitrachelion (stole), so I loaned it to the Metropolitan for the service. As the service began, I noticed a school of fish