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Saturnalia is an ancient Roman festival and holiday in honour of the god Saturn, held on 17 December in the Julian calendar and later expanded with festivities until 19 December. By the 1st century BC, the celebration had been extended until 23 December, for a total of seven days of festivities. [1]
In AD 362, the emperor Julian wrote in his Hymn to King Helios that the Agon Solis was held in late December, between the end of the Saturnalia and the New Year. [54] Julian says it is dedicated to Helios and the "Invincible Sun". [55] Most scholars therefore date the festival to December 25 and associate it with the Natalis Solis Invicti. [56]
Festivals in ancient Rome were a very important part in Roman religious life during both the Republican and Imperial eras, and one of the primary feat of "holy days"; singular also feriae or dies ferialis) were either public (publicae) or private . State holidays were celebrated by the Roman people and received public funding.
[rs 1] [rs 3] [rs 4] According to Dehkhoda, [rs 5] "Yalda is a Syriac word meaning birthday, and because people have adapted Yalda night with the nativity of Messiah, it's called the name; however, the celebration of Christmas (Noël) established on December 25, is set as the birthday of Jesus. Yalda is the beginning of winter and the last ...
December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) ... Holidays and observances. Children's Day (Cameroon, Central African Republic, ...
In the ancient Roman calendar, December 25 was the date of the winter solstice. [19] [20] Marcus Terentius Varro wrote in the first century BC that this was regarded as the middle of winter. [21] In the same century, Ovid wrote in the Fasti that the winter solstice is the first day of the "new Sun". [22]
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday signed a law moving the official Christmas Day holiday to Dec. 25 from Jan. 7, the day when the Russian Orthodox Church observes it. The ...
December 11, 2020 Shabbat Mevorchim: Shabbat preceding and beginning a week containing a Rosh Chodesh: 25 Kislev— 2 Tevet: December 11–17, 2020 Hanukkah: Public holiday in Israel. Ends 3 Tevet if Kislev is short. 1 Tevet: December 16, 2020 Rosh Chodesh of Tevet: 5 Tevet 5 Tevet: Chabad sect only 10 Tevet December 25, 2020 Tenth of Tevet ...