For instance, members of the Orthodox Church in Russia , Georgia, Ukraine, Macedonia, Serbia, and Jerusalem, observe this holiday according to the Julian calendar which falls on January 7th. Hence, these Orthodox Christians observe Christmas on December 25th. On the other hand, the Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates the birth of Jesus on the same day as His baptism which is referred to as Theophany on January 6th.
In some cases, especially for the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, they observe Christmas Theophany on January 19th. Although Christmas traditions vary from one region to another due to cultural differences, common customs around this holiday include:.
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What is the origin of Christmas? When is Christmas Day celebrated across the world? Add a Comment Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Please do not post: Aggressive or discriminatory language Profanities of any kind Trade secrets or confidential information Thank you once again for doing your part to keep Edarabia the most trusted education source. It celebrates Jesus' birth. Christmas Day is a holiday in many, but not all, countries. Many homes have Christmas trees and other decorations in the weeks leading to Christmas Day.
Some workplaces hold Christmas parties prior to December Festive activities include exchanging presents, singing Christmas songs, going to parties. It's a special time when children get presents from family, friends and Santa Claus, or Father Christmas. Christmas cards are also given or sent out prior to Christmas Day.
For some, Christmas is an exclusive family affair, while others invite friends to a Christmas buffet or pot luck meal. But Christianity is God's Religion.
We have to respect. But many people do not understand. Merry Christmas to all. All religions teach and stand for love peace and for the good of all. The resurection of Jesus Christ, is the hope of the gospel to be taught through out the world. From life to life everlasting. Thank you for your beautiful post. Yes, Jesus is the joy and hope of all our lives. Merry Christmas!
If we dont know the christ's birth date, why we we celebrate on December 25th?? Just because it will be a snow day??? Lol, everything is fake I dont know if ther is anything real I think, only christ can prove it or the real one and only God!!!
I agree with you. I've read the Bible over and over and it never says Jesus said he wants us to remember his birth, but to remember his crusification on a stake. The reason why he died for us. Being Adam was a perfect man who sinned and was deemed to die as all of his offspring. Until another perfect man equal to Adams came in our behalf to redeem our sins. According to the Catholic Church, Jesus may not have actually born on December 25 nor is this proclaimed.
We celebrate it on this day. It's a celebration of the Incarnation, not a memorial of a specific day. One reason December 25 may have been thought fitting is its proximity to the winter solstice. After that date the days start to become longer, and thus it is at the beginning of a season of light entering the world cf. John Even though it didn't become an official holiday until the 4th century, some Christians were celebrating the nativity on December 25th in the s - which is before the Roman holiday of Sol Invictus existed.
And they believed in a sort of serendipity where great men were thought to be conceived and die on the same day. In Scandinavia, and some other parts of northern Europe, the time around the Winter Solstice is known as Yule although the word Yule only seems to date to about the year In Eastern Europe the mid-winter festival is called Koleda.
Shab-e Chelleh means 'night of forty' as it happens forty nights into winter. The word Yalda means 'birth' and comes from early Christians living in Persia celebrating the birth of Jesus around this time.
The Romans also thought that the Solstice took place on December 25th. It's also thought that in the Roman emperor Aurelian created 'Dies Natalis Solis Invicti' meaning 'birthday of the unconquered sun' also called 'Sol Invictus' and it was held on December 25th. However, there are records going back to around of early Christians connecting the Nisan 14 to the 25th March, and so 25th December was a 'Christian' festival date many years before 'Sol Invictus'!
More recent studies have also found that the 'Sol Invictus' connection didn't appear until the 12th century and it's from one scribbled note in the margins of a manuscript. There's also evidence that 'Sol Invictus' might also have happened in October and not December anyway!
Christmas had also been celebrated by the early Church on January 6th, when they also celebrated the Epiphany which means the revelation that Jesus was God's son and the Baptism of Jesus.
Now Epiphany mainly celebrates the visit of the Wise Men to the baby Jesus , but back then it celebrated both things! Jesus's Baptism was originally seen as more important than his birth, as this was when he started his ministry.
The Jewish festival of Lights, Hanukkah starts on the eve of the Kislev 25 the month in the Jewish calendar that occurs at about the same time as December.
Hanukkah celebrates when the Jewish people were able to re-dedicate and worship in their Temple, in Jerusalem, again following many years of not being allowed to practice their religion. Jesus was a Jew, so this could be another reason that helped the early Church choose December the 25th for the date of Christmas! The Gregorian calendar is more accurate than the Roman calendar which had too many days in a year!
When the switch was made 10 days were lost, so that the day that followed the 4th October was 15th October In the UK the change of calendars was made in The day after 2nd September was 14th September Many Orthodox and Coptic Churches still use the Julian Calendar and so celebrate Christmas on the 7th January which is when December 25th would have been on the Julian calendar.
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