Gentile da Fabriano’s “Adoration of the Magi” at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence depicts the journey of the three kings (Melchior, Balthazar and Caspar) to pay homage to the newborn Christ, a deeply ...
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We all know the image. Baby Jesus in the manger. Around him, shepherds, animals, angels and three wise men: Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar. Two of them are white, one of them Black. Above them, the ...
Most Spanish children receive their Christmas presents on Jan. 6, the day when Melchior, Balthazar and Caspar are said to have visited the infant Christ with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
The snowstorm that hit New York on Tuesday and the icy temperatures that accompanied it did not stop New Yorkers in the Latino neighborhood of East Harlem also known as Spanish Harlem and El Barrio ...
It is not until the three gift-laden camels lope through the lamplit archways of Madrid`s grand Plaza Mayor, heralding the arrival of the three kings, that the Christmas season hits its peak in Spain.
Three Kings Day or Epiphany is celebrated on Jan. 6 each year It marks the day Gaspar, Balthasar and Melchior visited the infant Jesus and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh Children ...