Epiphany Ceremony at the Jordan. Epiphanias-Feier am Jordan. Cérémonie d'Epiphanie au Jourdain

Front Text - Edlilon Fr.Vestes & Co., Jerusalem. No. 49;Text on the back -Welpost-Verein Union Postale Univeraelle Carte Postale - Postkatre. Hermann Striemann, Typographie, Cottbus (Allemagne);Production period - end of the 19th century - beginning of the 20th century-?;founders, architects, painters etc. - Hermann Striemann;Front Period - end of the 19th century - beginning of the 20th century;Category - Sites;Description - A horizontal postcard depicting pilgrims at the Epiphany Ceremony at the Jordan. Ie describes men and women stand by the Jordan, 2 boats on the river. They dressed like eastern people - Eurpe and Middle-East. in the middle of the crowd there is a priest dressed in black cape and brimmed hat . One of them is holding branches of palm tree. The crowd is on the bank, and there is a bridge that leading to a white house. Epiphany, meaning 'appearance' or 'manifestation', is a Christian feast intended to celebrate the 'shining forth' or revelation of God to mankind in human form, in the person of Jesus. Some Christians commemorate the visitation of the Magi to the child Jesus on this day, while others use the day to commemorate the baptism of Jesus as an adult. It is also called Theophany, especially by those commemorating Christ's baptism. The observance ha