WHAT IS THE BAPTISM OF JESUS - ANSWERS

The Baptism of Jesus Christ is celebrated today as a feast day in the new liturgical calendar. This is celebrated the Sunday after January 6. It signifies the end of the Christmas season. However, in the liturgical cycle the official end of Christmas is February 2nd or Candlemas; this is also known as the feast of the Purification.
Jesus Christ went to his cousin St. John the Baptist to be baptized in the river Jordan. The bible accounts this in the New Testament: John 1: 29-33,

Luke 3: 15 - 16, 21 - 22
15	As the people were in expectation, and all men questioned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he were the Christ,
16	John answered them all, "I baptize you with water; but he who is mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
21	Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened,
22	and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form, as a dove, and a voice came from heaven, "Thou art my beloved Son; with thee I am well pleased."