When was 25 december set as christmas day

Due to a difference in the Georgian and Julian calendars, Jan. The majority of the Orthodox churches worldwide use the Julian calendar, created under the reign of Julius Caesar in 45 BC, and have not adopted the Gregorian calendar, proposed by Latin Pope Gregory of Rome in There are 13 days in difference between the two calendars, the Gregorian calendar being the one long adopted by Western nations. December 25 on the Julian calendar actually falls on January 7 on the Gregorian calendar.

So strictly speaking, Christmas is still kept on December 25, which just happens to fall 13 days later on the Julian calendar. For those remaining on the Julian calendar, the Epiphany is celebrated on Jan. Adoption of the Gregorian calendar among Orthodox churches varies among jurisdictions within the denomination.

All are grossly incorrect. Unfortunately, what the first article overlooks is the Book of Luke. Herod the Great was long dead.

Matthew So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee, 23 and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene. The Background section appears as follows:. The oldest relatively complete extant manuscripts of the Bible are the Codex Vaticanus and the Codex Sinaiticus, which date from the 4th century.

Besides these, there exist manuscript fragments ranging from a few verses to whole chapters. Papyrus and Papyrus 67 are notable fragments of Matthew. These are copies of copies.

In the process of recopying, variations slipped in, different regional manuscript traditions emerged, and corrections and adjustments were made. Modern textual scholars collate all major surviving manuscripts, as well as citations in the works of the Church Fathers, in order to produce a text which most likely approximates to the lost autographs. Were there not warnings not to add to nor take away from the Scriptures?

So, either this passage has been tampered with or the passage in Luke has; they are incongruent. Fortunately, the essential truths remain for our salvation. Yes, much paganism was assimilated through the Catholic Church, and those false traditions carried over unchecked after the Protestant Reformation. Some have asked: Why is this important?

Bottom line: God does everything in accordance with His appointed times on His calendar. Christmas is not of God; Christmas is about Mithra s! Then it was right after sunset, of B. That astrological setup, happens about once every 30 years. And then, if he was two weeks premature not unusual for a first child, at 13 years of age , his conception would be about B.

Which began, at sunset of B. You cannot celebrate His birth — For no one, back then, celebrated birthdays, because they did not know when they were conceived. They counted your birth, as being your year one, already. He told you to celebrate only His death.

It was near the Passover, and an eclipse in Jerusalem, and there is an earthquake thrown in there, somewhere. It comes out to being 1 B. He was dying, and his sons were ruling in his stead the last 3 years. He sent his troops out to kill the children up to two one, to us ; the wise men had showed up later, when the Holy Family were living in town.

The shepherds put the sheep in the harvested fields before October back then, in Israel. They eat up the straw and weeds, and so forth, and fertilize all of the fields with their droppings, in the winter. Shepherds were not well liked; these nomads, were considered to be thieves.

But the sheep and goat droppings, which convert the chaff and weeds to fertilizer, were desirable to the farming people, who lived in the small towns.

Bethlehem was pretty small, back then. A city back then, was like a village or a small town is, today. Sheep need no shepherd watching over them, once they are closed in the fields, close to town.

One guy, can handle a bunch of flocks. The lions and the wolves, are generally more up in the hills, and not close to the towns. Would be by B. Around then, not much later, as he died in the following spring.

Herod had his sons rule before, with the two sons he killed off. Josephus says of one of them, that he was effectively the king. They only lacked the crown itself. But you often predated your rule, on the coins that you issued. This has been found, in the ancient world.

Most successions, were not as abrupt as people think that they were. You kept giving your son more-and-more power and authority while you lived, to try him out, to see if he was fit to rule.

The sons who Herod killed, also had coins made in their names, while Herod was still alive. There are also 4 Jewish calendars, and the Roman one. And if you ruled for a part of a year? To the Romans, that was a full year, of your reign.

Your successor, thus began his reign on the first day of the following year, no matter when he actually started being Emperor. All of that, has to be considered in analyzing the data. The grain, the bread, is the sign of the Harvester, Virgo. She used to be shown holding a shock of wheat, or a loaf of bread. The twin fishes, are the sign of Pisces. Virgo, is fall; Pisces, is spring. Both of them, reference harvest seasons.

Unusable fish, of the catch? Are fertilizer, for the spring planting. The Ancient World, was a hardscrabble existence. And anything which could be harvested, and sold, was. The Ancients believed that your major stars, were designated by your birthdate. Your minor stars, are of the astrological sign, of 6 months later. You do not believe that astrology has anything to do with the Bible? Then why the twins Gemini and the archer on horseback Chiron; Sagittarius in Genesis?

The rams Aires and the scales of Judgment and good measure and the recording of the Books Libra of Canaanite Leviticus? The constellation is that long… Moses, has to fit in here, somewhere… Yeshua likely was crucified on C. Which gives you, 34 years, 6 months, 22 days. But if you add on the time in the womb? You add on days, or 5 months and 14 days. Which gives you, 35 years, 2 months, and 2 days. It all works out — To make Christmas about His conception day, and Easter about His death, and the fall festivals, about His birth.

The twins Gemini and the archer on horseback Chiron; Sagittarius — The first 2, years. Pisces the fishes and Virgo the Harvester; the bread; the grain — The fourth 2, years. The first 2,, predate Abraham, still in Ur. The next 2,, take you to the start of the conquest of Canaan, via the enslavement, in Egypt. The next 2,, take you up to today… The final 2,? The Millennial Reign, of God On earth, for 1, years? Aquarius, represents that. And then the 1, years, of the Release of the Dragon?

You guys are too clever for your own good!! I believe Christmas is a moot point in every respect. As for a savior? This is a horribly researched article, and BAS should be ashamed for re- publishing it. The census of Quirinius certainly occurred in 6 CE. HaDerech in Acts, then these Biblical accounts become crystal clear.

The only time that occurs is in Course Year 3 of 6 from the 14th through the 20th. Therefore, Yochanan was conceived on the 22nd of the 12th month in 4 CE. That certainly coincides with the first census of Quirinius. I even verified what the star of Bet Lechem Bethlehem was with our local planetarium. Christ arose as the Lord of the weekly Sabbath on 18 Abib, which was — not coincidentally — when Jehoiarib first served after originally being selected by lot.

The Order of Malki-tsedeq Melchizedek supplanted that of the imperfect Levitical priesthood. Finally, His empty tomb was discovered early on the first day of the week 19 Abib! He never reached 30 years of age; that is also consistent with the Scriptures. There is a significance to the days and times given us to observe and keep. These dates are not therefore to be confused with the days and times set by man in the name of their deity.

I have read or heard much of this before. However, it is a nice seasonal reminder. As this article suggests, she would be using a comparative-religions approach to the interpretation of the Christmas event — an approach that is not as ancient, necessarily, as she supposes. The above article gives alternate perspectives, and for that I am quite grateful. Every word in the Bible is there because God put it there.

How about that! She confirmed what I had been told. We will never know the actual date of Jesus birth. If Zechariah saw the angel Gabriel in 6 BCE, Elizabeth would have conceived John a couple of days later, after Zechariah completed his service and went home.

The burning of the incense takes place during the Day of Atonement. That day was Sept 22, 6 BCE. This would allow time for Herod to seek the death of Jesus. Allowing a few months for the Magi to arrive and Herod would have hedged his bet by calling for the killing of every boy under 2.

This would also allow time for the flight to Egypt and upon returning, Herod Archelaus would be king causing Joseph to settle in Nazareth. If the early church did the calculations for themselves, they too could have arrived at a similar result. Sheep do graze in the fields of Bethlehem all year long according to some people who have been there.

But whenever he was born, it was the start of his incarnation, not of his existence, since he was there at the creation. Thanks BAR and the Author. Merry Christmas! Material implication already of Stoics in Nicea A. D battle: st. Athanassius contra Arius plus B. God bless! All true. However the important aspect missing form the article is that Jesus was a sun god born of a moon god through Virgo, the virgin in the House of Bread, Bethlehem.

The birth of the sun is seen as 3 days past the winter solstice. On this day the constellations display the birth narrative just before sunrise. Scholars turn their back on the fact Jude-Christianity is built upon cosmic mythology like all the other religions in the region.

It is not special. Stop pretending. The moment of conception is vastly more important than the day of birth, without which there would nevr be a birth. Gloria a Dios en las alturas,Y en la tierra paz, buena voluntad para con los hombres!! Lucas I believe you may have missed the importance of the Feasts of God and their significance.

Christ was likely born during the feast of tabernacles dwellings commemorating the temporary dwellings for the Hebrews upon leaving Egypt. Christ was born in a temporary dwelling as his family was traveling as well. This correlation may be worthy of examination as the feasts were prophetic as well as contemporary to the day they were given. Saturnalia was an ancient Roman festival in honour of deity Saturn, held on 17 December of the Julian calendar and later expanded with festivities through to 23 December.

The holiday was celebrated with a sacrifice at the Temple of Saturn, in the Roman Forum, and a public banquet, followed by private gift-giving, continual partying, and a carnival atmosphere that overturned Roman social norms: gambling was permitted, and masters provided table service for their slaves. But instead the gifts are given to others? Really, Jesus is the replacement of the sun god of the pagan festival, which during that festival they gave each other gifts. Worship of false gods?

Worship of idols? Followers of tradition? December 06, Jesus was well not born on Dec 25 we just celebrate it on that day because of the festivities. We believe the Dec. However, the method of proof by which to substantiate that claim has largely been lost to history. This has left Christmas open to the charge that the date was derived from the pagan winter soltice, or other serreptious means.

However, other than the mere coincidence of sharing the common date of Dec. To the contraary, evidence that Jesus was born Dec. We are happy to be able to share the evidence with you here. Jesus Christ was not born on 25 December. A statement by Pope is a reality that has been confessed. There remains a few more of the realities both the Christian faith and the rest of the world has started to realise.

He as is believed specially by Christians and Muslims in particular that was taken to heaven and will appear is a totally wrong.

Jesus migrated to India and died there at the age of about years. His tomb is in Srinagar city. Another interesting fact for Christian world is that Marry mother of Jesus has her grave in Murree a beautiful hill station about one hour drive from Islamabad the capital city of Pakistan. Further more that the world is expecting the Messiah will not come in shape of Jesus instead the Messiah has not only come in shape of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian.

He claimed to be the Messiah and the Imam mehdi in in India and died in Lahore currently in Pakistan in After his death currently it is his fifth successor Mirza Masroor Ahmad who currently resides in London. While the Christian people specially youth are getting rid of Christianity and becoming more of disbelievers of Allah Almighty. It is the Ahmadiyya community which is telling the truth about Jesus and Mary in particular hence the world is rapidly approaching and entering Islam. For further information you are more than welcome to visit my country Pakistan where I can do my utmost to entertain you and provide maximum details.

I recently watched The Star of Bethlehem, a fascinating documentary linking the arrival of the wise men in Bethlehem to December 25 on our solar calendar. I always knew that our date of celebration had to have some heavenly significance not tied to a pagan holiday to have continued to our present day. I was pleased to learn that it does. Can you condemn others with a clear conscience?

Jesus may not have commanded that not celebrate his birth, but many did long before it came into regular practice. Do you condemn the shepherds and wise men? If it is done properly, we are worshipping the sacrifice of our Lord and Savior for humbling himself to become a helpless baby.

We remember it because His journey of sacrifice began then and his birth and death are linked. They cannot be separated. That is simply what we are doing. God announced a party for the birth of His son. Jesus was born on December 25 Christmas is the biggest celebration of Christianity, at which all celebrate the birth of Christ. There is, however, no mention biblical or otherwise indicating 25 December as the one in which Jesus was born.

You should be concerned with the attitude of Christians towards Christmas and not the Feast itself. Constantine was a follower of this religion. Mithraus just happened to be born on ….. A perfect fit!

It also this much distance between summer to the end of winter. God has no beginning and ending. Instead of rejecting paganism, some people embraced pagan practices. Because God manifested in the flesh to die for our sins. Why insist to give Christ a celebration of His coming as a Messiah or His birth which is a false tradition of Roman Catholic.

Any half-truth is not truth at all but lies. His resurrection truly defeat sin, death and Hell. If there is no night, then eternity is surely only one day!!!

Details on my blog at: crazyrev dot blogspot dot com please make the necessary adjustments! At the end of the day, why do we waste so much time on speculation about this date?

The miracle is Scritpure teaches clearly that His birth was the fulfillment of prophecies given hundreds of years prior, His vicory over sin and satan millennia prior. For surely the relegation of them to a single date each in the calendar dulls the joy of everything about our God?

Above all things, let us rather celebrate the promise of his return, for it is in that our hope is fulfilled. Eternity is so much more than a day, surely? Thank you Mr. McGowan for such an interesting and engaging article. Ultimately, however, I think the traditional Saturnalia celebration linkage is far more credible because we know how pervasive Greco-Roman paganism was and how it very nearly subsumed Jewish culture with the Maccabean Revolt and events before and after.

Christmas in Europe at one point resembled trick or treating for Halloween, which is why it was banned for many years in the United States. Nor is Tishri the 9th month after Abib for that 9 month symettry you allude to but is the 7th month. Thank you for your kind attention.

Lots of comments and ideas…many interesting, others — well……As to Shteef who is offended that Christians believe the multiple gods are untrue —when did this become news to you? Judaism was, and is, firmly monotheistic. Read Isaiah and Micah, among others. Kriishna was no virgin birth. And while his birth story is unusual, it is not more so than the birth story alleged of Alexander the Great, Buddha, or others.

But not virginal — and certainly not monotheistic or something prophesied as a solution to the sins of mankind. E, rather then AD. Nine months from June 21st is March 21st 4 BC. I am still seeking the exact date. This is consistent with new borns being first borns usually being a week or two late. He was not born December 25th nor January 6 nor in September. I find it hard to believe that a very prominent climate event such as the winter solstice did not command the attention of the leading elders, as it had from earlier times.

Apparently the solstice was considered proof of the return of the longer days leading to the spring equinox and the planting season, and eventually the summer solstice and later harvesting.

Anyone claiming one was chosen because of the other is plain wrong — epic fail. December 25th was NOT chosen because it was the birthday of Mithras, quite the reverse, Mithras was very late in its existence celebrated on December 25th by some following the date the Christians were using for Christ.

There is no evidence Mithraism dated Mithras birthday at all till the 4th Century at the earliest. There is NO evidence at all that Sol Invictus was celebrated on December 25th before the mid 4th Century, given there is plenty of evidence of Christianity using this well before that date the claim that dating Christmas Day followed that of Sol Invictus cannot be maintained.

It is clear that the Christians selected December 25th as they believed he was conceived and died on the same date March 25th and they believed a pregnancy was exactly 9 months. Whilst both these assertions are in fact highly improbable to know, they are clearly not taken from other religions but are based on what they believed from extrapolating via their own scripture.

It was important to them at that time to have a single agreed day for all Christians to celebrate the birth of Christ. And so it goes on doing so now. Arguments over whether it really was December 25th or any other day are largely irrelevant.

Perhaps it would be much better to say that 25th December is the date Christians choose to make special remembrance of the Incarnation. Mary conceived when Elizabeth was 6 mths pregnant Luke , some time around the 15th of Shevat perhaps.

Good grief. So many who actually believe Dec. It is the Winter Solstice and the date was used so that Paegans would embrace Christianity. And those of you who believe that the Christian Bible is accurate……fools. It has been changed so many times, I dare you to find one publication that is accurate to the original scriptures of those who wrote them.

Not god, gods. Chimps DNA and ours is only one marker apart. A little artificial insemination with a few female chimps and voila! Gods help us! There is no evidence whatsoever to link the Christmas tree with any pagan religious practice at all. There is plenty of evidence showing links between the image of a tree and Christianity and more specifically, with Christ and even specifically with his birth.

The link between Christ, Adam and the Fall is well established which lead to mystery plays performed at Christmas often starting with the story of Adam and Eve. The earliest Christmas trees were hung with fruit of which our glass baubles are the modern representation. Apropos Easter and spring lambing. Lambing in Israel did not occur in what we call spring. Seasons are rather different in Palestine. The Summer is hot and dry and grazing is poor. The winter is mild and wet — grazing is plentiful.

The coincidence of Christian festivals with the solar cardinal points is notable. There is, however, no need to posit a pagan reason for this. After all, Genesis says the sun and moon were placed in the heavens for signs and seasons.

What more important events in history, for Christians, should they be signs for? December Original article here. Why is the birth story of Jesus so similar to the story of Danae in the Greek mythology before Christ? Well, Dia de Muertos was moved to Oct 31 to coincide with All Saints day; before the Spanish colonization, it was celebrated some time in early Summer.

Why do Christians worship on Sunday, when in the Ten Commandments it clearly says to remember the Sabbath day and to keep it holy? How was that insulting? March 25 Christ conceived by the Holy Ghost plus nine months brings us to December 25 the birth of Christ at Bethlehem. The article was first republished in …… […]. Retrieved from Bible History Daily. Since the Roman registration was an early census, it can be assumed that the two are […]. Christmas is not biblical period. It is purely pagan from the winter solstice the idol of the tree.

Sorry to say. December 25 is the birthday of the Sun God Mithra the true Gods of Constantine really proverb by archaeology , that is who you are unknowingly worshipping. It is the MO of Satan all through the Bible. While the ancient jews bowed down to their Balls and Calves and Asteroths they thought they were worshipping Jehovah their God the whole time. How December 25 Became Christmas. Retrieved from www. No early documents indicate this and the tale appears to have first arisen in the twelfth […].

Tertullian, in Adversus Iudaeos, translates that date to March 25th on the Roman calendar. Hippolytus, around the same time, does […].

This gradually helped lead to the Great Schism of A. When The Church was beginning the practice of commemorating the lives of saints, prophets and patriarchs, the date often used as mentioned in the article was the date of death, when known. For in the practice of commemorating lives of saints, that day for each saint becomes their name day, in accordance with earliest Christian traditions. When the Gregorian Calendar was adopted in The West in , the difference between the two calendars was 10 days, which would have meant Christmas was celebrated on January 3rd in Old Calendar countries.

Since that time, the gap between the two calendars continues to widen, which means that since then you might find historical references mentioning Christmas celebrations on January 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th OR 7th. The shepherds and the apostles were both present and it was mentioned that this Jewish feast they were celebrating was also the birthdate of Our Lord. Is it possible that In Armenia Christmas is One principle: Ecclesiastes Birth day tradition was rare.

McGowan explains, the celebration of the birth of Christ derives from the early Christian […]. The gestational period for humans is 40 weeks, which is more than 9 months.

If conception is March 25th, 40 weeks later is December 30th, not the 25th. The timing of birth of Jesus is a topic that has been the subject of debate for many years. There are many theologians that have openly started that the Birth of Jesus was not in December, and most likely not in the winter season.

There are those who say that there is no way of telling when the birth of Jesus occurred, and that it does not matter as long as we celebrate it in the correct spirit and for the right reason. What if there really is a way to know the real date of the Birth of Jesus, would it make a difference? A nugget of wisdom may be found on top of the ground or laying in a stream, but the mother-lode vein of understanding will only be uncovered with diligent, and time consuming search.

Let us take a look at some verses of Holy Scripture and the words that they contain, to see what can be found. The first 4 verses of Luke chapter one tell us of the importance and the reliability of what Luke is about to tell us concerning Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist and the time in which he served as a priest in the Temple.

The 8th course was named after Abijah as he was the first Priest to be appointed to that office for that particular time. Most Holy Bibles that have any kind of cross reference system, directing you from one verse that you might be reading to another, will most likely give you a cross reference from Luke to I Chronicles This cross reference may be found at the end of the verse that you are reading, in a center column, or in a foot note found at the bottom of the page.

This would be the 8th week of the Hebrew year. New Month which always began with the new moon. Exodus 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.

The Gregorian calendar is the calendar that most of the world uses today and starts the year with January 1. The Hebrew calendar Starts each month with the new moon.

The month of Nisan, Abib starts in mid March to mid April depending on how the New Moon falls for that month, in that particular year. The year, or 2 years that we are looking at would be Hebrew years and , which takes us back to the last year before. We are looking at 2 years due to the fact that John the baptist was conceived and born 6 months before Jesus.

This would mean that the entire time period that we are looking at is a couple of days short of 17 months,.

Please remember the Hebrew months only had 29 — 30 days, not 30 — 31 as the Gregorian calendar. Zacharias served the 8th week of that Hebrew year in the temple, which would have been Iyar 20th, through Iyar 26th , or on the Gregorian calendar it would have been May 13th through May 19th, 1BC. Jesus was conceived 6 months after John was conceived, which would have been Chesvan 27th, On the Gregorian calendar it was November 13th 1BC.

Jesus was born 9 months later. Please keep in mind that the birthday of Jesus will always remain the same on the Hebrew Calendar, it will always be the 27th day of the Hebrew month Av.

However, because the Hebrew month has less days than the Gregorian month, his birthday on the Gregorian calendar will change each year to coincide with the Hebrew calendar. Most often, if not all the time, his birth date will fall within the month of August on the Gregorian calendar. Please note that they came and gave gifts unto Jesus, not to each other. Ponder this for a moment, that if all the money and resources that was, is, and most likely will continue to be spent on Christmas gifts each year was taken and presented to the body of Christ, the Christian Church, and distributed to the the people who are truly in need, how exceedingly pleased, happy and joyful, GOD would be.

To the homeless, the sick, the hungry, the thirsty, and those in prison. If you do not know or trust most Christian Churches or non profit organizations, than you could always find people in the area that you live in to give to help them through tough times. There will always be those who have less than we do that we could give to as if we were giving personally to Jesus.

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With this amount, we could pay for every one of the U. The Connection of Christmas with pagan Ancient Festivals. Thus the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary was placed on the 25th of March, or about the time of the vernal equinox; the Feast of St. Michael on the 29th of September, or near the autumnal equinox; and the Birth of Christ at the time of the winter solstice.

Christmas was thus fixed at the time of the year when the most celebrated festivals of the ancients were held in honour of the return of the sun which at the winter solstice begins gradually to regain power and to ascend apparently in the horizon. Previously to this says William Sandys, F. The promised restoration of light and commencement of a new era were therefore hailed with rejoicings and thanksgivings. The Saxon and other northern nations kept a festival at this time of the year in honour of Thor, in which they mingled feasting, drinking, and dancing with sacrifices and religious rites.

It was called Yule, or Jule, a term of which the derivation has caused dispute amongst antiquaries; some considering it to mean a festival, and others stating that Iol, or Iul spelt in various ways , is a primitive word, conveying the idea of Revolution or Wheel, and applicable therefore to the return of the sun.

In the course of them, as is well known, masters and slaves were supposed to be on an equality; indeed, the former waited on the latter. Cheer was restored in but banned again a few years later. Christmas was temporarily banned in England, too, in the 17th century by puritans who did not want to celebrate something associated with Pagans. Log In. Contact us Sign up for newsletters.

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Thanks, potsonna2, we always appreciate your positive posts! Best wishes for a healthy, happy year again, to. I'm from Iran that the people don't care to christmas. I think becaus we are muslim. 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.