Twelfth Night celebrates the arrival of the Three Kings to the birthplace of Christ. It is on January 5th.

Eastern Orthodo churches celebrate the Three Kings on a different day.

The Three Kings are: Caspar, King of Tarsus -The land of Myrrh Melchior, King of Arabia-The land of Gold Balthasar, King of Saba Fran incense flo!s fro" trees#
Three Kings or the !ise "en are vital part of the Nativity scenes and birth of Christ acted again and again in churches at Christ#as. They travelled for #iles to see baby Jesus and brought hi# the gifts of gold$ fran%incense and #yrrh. Known as the "agi &scholars$ priests or astrologers'$ these three #en were first #entioned in the New Testa#ent as the (wise #en fro# the East(.

They followed the divine star that led the# to the child Jesus to worship the "essiah and brought gifts for hi#. )ince$ these #en were fro# different cultures and bore rich gifts that were laden on #any ca#els$ they caused *uite a stir in Jerusale# and were highly regarded. They ca#e in*uiring about the newborn (King of the Jews(. !hat #ade their arrival even stranger was that co#ing of the foreign %ings and gentiles bearing gifts of gold and fran%incense for the pro#ised "essiah was foretold in the scriptures.

+ccord to the legend$ there were three "agi and they were so tal%ed about that they attracted the attention of King ,erod too. ,erod the -reat was one of the %ings sharing a fa#ily na#e of (,erod( who held the throne at the ti#e of Jesus(s birth. ,e was evil$ tyrannical and delighted in torturing his Jewish sub.ects. ,e was very suspicious and levied heavy ta es on his people. !hen he ca#e to %now that so#e distinguished visitors have entered his %ingdo#$ he consulted his priests to %now #ore about the ancient prophecy that predicted the birth of Christ in /ethlehe# and he was to be the future ruler of Israel. Then$ he invited "agi to his court and told the# that the "essiah was born in the city of /ethlehe# and as%ed the# to find the child and infor# his whereabouts to the %ing so he could also go and worship the child. The "agi who were being led by the divine star followed ,erod(s directions and the Christ#as )tar and reached /ethlehe#. There$ they found 0irgin "ary$ Joseph and the /aby Jesus in a lowly stable. They worshipped the Child and gave ,i# the gifts of gold$ fran%incense and #yrrh. +s they fell asleep that night$ they were warned in the drea# not to go bac% to Jerusale# and King ,erod. )i#ilarly$ Joseph and "ary were as%ed to leave /ethlehe# i##ediately with the ,oly Child until ,erod dies. Thus$ "agi too% a different route to their ho#es and Joseph and "ary fled to Egypt with the baby before ,erod reali1ed that "agi had given hi# a slip and ordered all the children under two to be put to death. True 3. The Three Kings ca#e to visit King ,erod 4. They wal%ed and followed a star that showed the# the way 5. They found /aby Jesus in a stable with his parents and worshipped hi#. 6. Then they went bac% to their countries without seeing King ,erod again. 5. King ,erod noticed that he had been deceived by the# and was very cruel with the little children. 2alse