United in Prayer - Epiphany (Coptic Orthodox Church)
The bridegroom is the one to whom the bride belongs; but the bridegroom's friend, who stands by and listens, is glad when he hears the bridegroom's voice. This is how my own happiness is made complete. John 3: 29
The baptism of John was the baptism of repentance. The Lord Christ was not in need of repentance. Why then was He baptized? He was baptized instead of the human kind in entering the baptism of repentance (His Holiness Pope Shenouda III - The Epiphany & St. John The Baptist).
