Theophany is a Feastday of the Orthodox Church. We “celebrate” this with services followed by the “blessing of the waters” where Priests bless water to turn it into Holy Water. Theophany is the Baptism of the Lord Jesus Christ. This happens on 1/6 (in our Parish).

On 1/1 we celebrate the Feast known as “Circuncision of the Lord” which is always 8 days after Christmas (we’re “new calendar”).

For Theophany our Parish always blesses a river that flows directly from a glacier and ends up miles away in a large bay. I have witnessed some incredible things happen at these services.