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The Nativity or birth of Jesus Christ is found in the biblical gospels of Matthew and Luke.The two accounts agree that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in Roman-controlled Judea, that his mother, Mary, was engaged to a man named Joseph, who was descended from King David and was not his biological father, and that his birth was caused by divine intervention.
There is also a Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Juneau, Alaska. [28] The Nativity of Mary, Blessed Virgin Catholic Church in High Hill, Texas is a historic church built in 1906. [29] The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Lorain, Ohio was founded in 1898 to serve the Polish-American community. [30]
Nativity, a devotional mid-1450s oil-on-wood panel painting by Petrus Christus; Nativity, a painting finished around 1529–1530 by Antonio da Correggio; Nativity, c. 1603-1605; Nativity (Geertgen tot Sint Jans) or Nativity at Night, a painting of about 1490 by Geertgen tot Sint Jans; Nativity, c. 1606-1607
Latin text [4] United States Conference of Catholic Bishops English text [5] [6] Octavo Kalendas Januarii Luna N. The Twenty-fifth Day of December, Innumeris transactis saeculis a creatione mundi, quando in principio Deus creavit caelum et terram et hominem formavit ad imaginem suam;
Christmastide, Christmas Eve, Advent, Annunciation, Epiphany, Baptism of the Lord, Nativity Fast, Nativity of Christ, Old Christmas, Yule, St. Stephen's Day, Boxing Day Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ , observed primarily on December 25 [ a ] as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of ...
Grotto of the Nativity, fourteen-point silver star under the main altar marking the traditional spot of Jesus' birth. The Grotto of the Nativity, the place where Jesus is said to have been born, is an underground space which forms the crypt of the Church of the Nativity. It is situated underneath its main altar, and it is normally accessed by ...
The term catholicism is the English form of Late Latin catholicismus, an abstract noun based on the adjective catholic. The Modern Greek equivalent καθολικισμός katholikismos is back-formed and usually refers to the Catholic Church. The terms catholic, catholicism, and catholicity are closely related to the use of the term Catholic ...
Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "Nativity of Jesus" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 ...