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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.
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;
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]
There is a serious debate as to whether Luke's nativity story is an original part of his gospel. [18] Chapters 1 and 2 are written in a style quite different from the rest of the gospel, and the dependence of the birth narrative on the Greek Septuagint is absent from the remainder. [19]
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 ...
Nativity scenes around the world have added a new accessory this Christmas season: the keffiyeh. In a controversial take on the classic holiday display, some churches are replacing the baby Jesus ...
The Vigil of the Nativity is not so much the first day of Christmas as it is the last day of Advent, and so it traditionally retains the liturgical color of violet. In traditional western liturgical practice, when the Fourth Sunday of Advent and Christmas Eve occur on the same day, the Sunday mass is of Christmas Eve and the Fourth Sunday of ...