Showing posts with label Orthodox Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Orthodox Christmas. Show all posts

Saturday, December 26, 2020

Exploring the Origins of Christmas: Was Jesus Christ Really Born on 25 December?

Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus

 

Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus 


There are more questions about the scriptures in the Holy Bible than answers. Many times, people ask who had a camera to snap a picture of Jesus for us to see him today in thousands of Christian religious magazines as a white man with a beard and long hair. And another intriguing question is, “Was Jesus Christ, the Savior, actually born on Christmas Day, which is December 25?


Christmas Day, which falls on December 25 in every calendar year, is an important occasion observed worldwide. This may be due to the fact that on December 25, the entire Catholic, and most of the Protestants celebrate the Nativity of Christ, while on January 7, the Orthodox and a small part of the Protestants celebrate the Nativity of Christ. But the important question is, why this division?