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Another City

A Journal of Orthodox Culture

More articles by William J. Tighe

Calculating the Date of Christmas: Why We Celebrate the Nativity Feast on December 25

December 16, 2019 / William J. Tighe

Calculating the Date of Christmas

It is sometimes believed that we celebrate Christ’s birth on December 25th because the Church Fathers appropriated the date of a pagan festival. But in fact, just the opposite is true. The choice of December 25th was based not on pagan festivities, but on a careful chronology of sacred events concerning the Incarnation of our Lord. Ironically, it was the pagan festival … [Read more...] about Calculating the Date of Christmas: Why We Celebrate the Nativity Feast on December 25

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