EU Green Capital Valencia will host 2024 edition of European Urban Resilience Forum
Crucial aspects of resilience, sustainable development and recovery will be under the thematic spotlight
Epiphany is an annual feast celebrated on January 6 by Christians around the world
Epiphany (Greek word for 'manifestation') is an annual feast celebrated on January 6 by Christians around the world. It pays homage to 'the revelation of God in his Son as human in Jesus Christ', marking two events in Jesus Christ’s life, according to the Bible: the gift-giving visit of the three wise men, or kings, to the newborn Messiah and his baptism by St John the Baptist.
Epiphany is a public holiday in many countries and is observed with a variety of festivities. In the Czech Republic and Slovakia, children dress as the three kings and visit homes, singing about the birth of Jesus and receiving cookies as a reward. In Prague, a traditional Three Kings swim takes place at the Vltava River.
Children in Spain fill their shoes with straw or grain as an offering to the three kings’ horses and leave them at the front door or on the veranda on Epiphany Eve.
In Britain, wassailers go from house to house singing and wishing their neighbours good health. The Drury Lane Theatre in London offers a Twelfth Night cake - a tradition dating back to 1795.
In line with Orthodox Church's traditions, followed in Bulgaria and Greece, a priest throws a cross in the water and bold men dive after it, competing to be the first who gets hold of the symbolic object.
The city was concerned about street noise and disturbances to residents
This, however, is likely to change soon
Crucial aspects of resilience, sustainable development and recovery will be under the thematic spotlight
This is city twinning for the 21st century
You can find it in the capital Sofia, where it was installed upon the initiative of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
People in both cities got to sit together both in person and virtually
The city was concerned about street noise and disturbances to residents
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