The origin of Christmas _ three e press _ Sina Blog

Christmas (Christmas), each of the 25 December, is one of the Church year calendar, it is the traditional festival celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, the Christian celebration day. At Christmas, most of the Catholic Church will be in 24 December Christmas night, i.e. 25 December at midnight mass at midnight, while some Protestant harki is held, and then on December 25, Christmas and the Christian another branch — Orthodox Christmas celebration at the annual January 7. 25 December was a.d. 274, Roman King Olle Liang specified celebrate Roman official celebration of the Sun God mansuriya Syria and Iran Sun God Mitra Festival DiesNatalis SolisInvicti (Italian for "invincible Sun" birthday), the Festival continues to Christianity as State religion is prohibited. Syria Sun god worship was Roman Emperor Antonius Linus (MarcusAntoninus) introduce the ancient Roman Empire also replaces the God Jupiter, and OLE-Leung King period become a national holiday. This day is a celebration of the rebirth of the Sun or regression, because that day is a day and the shortest possible date, using the concept of China said it means Roman calendar section of the winter solstice. Day after day will gradually grow longer, worship the Sun God of infidels are to this day as the spring of hope, the beginning of recovery. At the same time celebrating the return of the Sun that day around the world and different cultures as important holiday celebration. While the existence of the Sun God of culture, this day have become Sun anthropomorphic birth day after. The early Christian Church in order to exploit this day holiday, also tried to pagan customs Christian, he granted the birthday specifies the day. So drop imposed religious significance, Christmas is in fact the Western "winter solstice" day. The earliest in the late Neolithic period, this day is the original human as a celebration of the harvest and kill livestock and fermented wine. Nordic indigenous Sami people in this day of worship their Sun God North Wei (Beiwe). The Sumerian, Babylonian, and other ancient Mesopotamian region in this day of celebration of the Sun God Mars Duke defeated darkness. Hinduism is in this day of worship the Sun God soulie (Surya). While Iran national and yao believers in this day of celebration of the Sun God Mitra darkness Festival "yildag section (Yalda)", is also the first Iran calendar on the first day of October, identifies the beginning of winter. Ancient Slavonic peoples believe that old Apollo Hall (Hors) in one year the longest night of December 22 was defeated by the dark gods, so after death as the Slavs jumped Baholo dance (Horo/Khorovod), a day later, 23, Apollo Hall, from the dead, as the new Apollo ancient cases large (Koleda). In the Aegean civilization Lane, this day is known as an example, section (Lenaia), Greece Delos calendar on the first day, commemorates Dionysian dionine Dionysus was Priestess Rumball de torn and eat again generated baby. While this holiday to the Roman Republic and the commemoration of the Dionysian Brooke maliya section (Brumalia, Latin for shortest day). At the same time, the ancient Roman also in December 17 to 23 March in the week to mark the Roman god of agriculture Satur Linus (Saturnus) for dinner. Therefore these myths about the Sun of Indo-European is modern scholars believe that after Jeroboam is the origin of the faith of Jesus. More than just a dinner to honor the God of agriculture and the Sun God's birthday, but also in the early Christian Jesus image reference from Dimitra Idol and similarly came from a Virgin, and taken from other mythological story of resurrection. Not only Newton think Christmas is determined according to the winter solstice, and 16 century France rhetoric Professor du Park (CharlesDupuis) and philosopher Volt Penicillium (Constantin-Fran & ccedil; oisVolney) pointed out that the life of Jesus is the Sun through the Zodiac's trajectory modeling, and Syria, Egypt and the Persian God of the Sun, is born on the winter solstice, with the rose, then Virgo with the Aries appear until the spring equinox day resurrection, Mary is combined to Virgo, Jesus parable of the sheep in reality is suggesting that the Sun is Aries.