Epiphany Blessing
Sunday 6 January 2013
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The Magi Blessing on the Church Doorpost
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The Epiphany Crib
Before the Sunday Mass on the Feast of the Epiphany (Sunday 6th January 2013). Bishop Damien Mead blessed the Church of St Augustine, Best Lane, Canterbury, Kent and inscribed in blessed chalk the Blessing of the Magi on the doorpost of the Church's front door. 20+C+M+B+13
Members of the congregation took pieces of blessed chalk and inscribed the blessing on their own homes later in the day.