Epiphany season Epiphany season The Epiphany season, also known as Epiphanytide, is in some churches recognized as a liturgical period following the Christmas season (Christmastide). It begins on the day of Epiphany, and ends at various points as defined by those churches. In Advent 2000, the Church of England introduced into its liturgy an optional Epiphany season by approving the "Common Worship" series of services as an alternative to those in the "Book of Common Prayer", defining Epiphanytide as lasting from the feast of the Epiphany to Candlemas. An official publication of the Church of England states: "The Christmas season is often
Not in Our Name the injustices done by our government, in our names Not in our name will you wage endless war and concluding Another world is possible and we pledge to make it real. The pledge opposes what it characterizes as "endless war", "transfusions of blood for oil", invasions of foreign countries, bombing civilians, and killing children. It goes on, "Not in our name / will you erode the very freedoms / you have claimed to fight for." It implicitly accuses the Bush administration of deeming "whole peoples or countries" as "evil" and pledges, among other things, "...alliance with those/ who have come