Feasts and saints with names like “BALTHASAR”

The Adoration of the Magi: Melchior, Caspar, and Balthasar

The Adoration of the Magi: Melchior, Caspar, and Balthasar

The Nativity of Christ was revealed to the Magi by a wondrous star. Saint John Chrysostom and Saint Theophylactus, commenting on Saint Matthew’s Gospel, say that this was no ordinary star. Rather, it was “a divine and angelic power that appeared in the form of a star.” Saint…