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The "Calculation hypothesis", suggests that 25 December was chosen because it was nine months after a date chosen as Jesus's conception (the Annunciation): 25 March, the Roman date of the spring equinox. The hypothesis was first proposed by French priest and historian Louis Duchesne in 1889.
The earliest document to place Jesus's birthday on December 25 is the Chronograph of 354 ... There are several theories as to why December 25 was chosen as the date ...
[45] [59] [60] The Calendar of Filocalus (c.336 AD) is the earliest record of both the Natalis Invicti and Christ's birthday being marked on December 25. Steven Hijmans argues that the earliest certain evidence for a festival of Sol Invictus on December 25 is from Julian, thirty years later; he suggests that the pagan feast might have been a ...
In the ancient Roman world, 24 June was the traditional date of the summer solstice and 25 December the date of the winter solstice, [15] both of which were marked by festivals. [16] [17] In the 4th century AD, the Christian church began marking 24 June as the birth day of Saint John the Baptist and 25 December as the birth day of Jesus.
December 25 is the 359th day of the year ... Christmas Day, Christian festival commemorating the birth of Jesus. (Internationally observed) Tulsi Pujan Diwas (India)
With the world's annual celebration of his birth mere weeks away, it turns out one of the most revered figures who ever walked the Earth likely didn't look like the pictures of him.
Instead of a picturesque white Christmas, Rochester is looking at what could be the warmest Dec. 25 in the past two decades.
The actual date of Jesus's birth is unknown. [11] [12] It has been noted that 25 December is two days after the end of the Roman festival of Saturnalia. [11] [13] Some have speculated that part of the reason this date was chosen may have been because Julius was trying to create a Christian alternative to Saturnalia. [11]