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Old 31st March 2010, 03:33
Amigoat Amigoat is offline
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More translation help please

Here I am with another word request.

The word is ----- Водохреща

Google says 'Epipheny' --- the word sounds like 'water christening' --baptism?

It's the title of a painting.

Thanks for your help.

Ernie
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Old 3rd April 2010, 10:16
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I looked at definitions of those terms and found

Baptism - - christening, introduction, start, inauguration…. , etc.

Epiphany – A Christian festival on January sixth , celebrating the visit of the wise men to the Baby Jesus.

So , act of baptism can take place any time it is needed. Epiphany – only at a certain time according to the church calendar.

You are talking about christening of water , and it takes place mainly during Epiphany. So , I think in your case Водохреща means Epiphany . Of course its origin needs more explanations for foreigners.
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