Christmas
Christmas
Difficult to ascertain the real assets of this tree, although many sources confirm that the root of the tree that dates back to the German story, but other sources say that the Germans Astouhoha of the Romans, although these, in turn, passed it from Babylon and Egypt as well. May be the earliest stories that suggest that the Romans used to decorate their homes in the celebrations of the winter branches of evergreen trees of reality, as well as the citizens of northern Europe who are accustomed to celebrating winter cut green trees and planted inside the house for the same purpose. Simply put, Christians take their habit, a tradition for these old habits.
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Feast Christmas is considered the second most important Christian holidays at all after the Easter holiday, and represents a keepsake birth of Jesus Christ, starting from the night of December 24 and the day December 25 in the calendars of the Gregorian and Julian, however, and the outcome of the different calendars thirteen days of Eid is located at the churches that follow the Julian calendar, on the eve of January 6 the day January 7 [1]. Although the Bible does not mention the date or the date of the birth of Jesus, the Church Fathers had identified and since the Council of Nicea in 325 deadline this history, as well as have a drawer canonical tradition to be considered in the middle of the night, has mentioned the Gospel of childhood to Jacob, Pseudo-in third century event that it has been in the middle of the night, that Pope Pius atheist ten in the Catholic Church has been proven in 1921, the event that in the middle of the night officially; also mentions, that before Christianity was on December 25 holiday pagan to honor the sun, and with the inability to determine the exact date of the birth of Jesus identified the Church Fathers sun Feast as the date anniversary, a symbol of the fact that Christ “sun of the New Testament” and “light of the world” [1.] [2] Feast Birth is part and peak “time of Christmas,” in which the Christian churches recalls subsequent events the previous Christmas Feast Kbasharh Mary and the birth of John the Baptist and Jesus circumcision, and the history of time varies mentioned solutions is the diversity of Christian cultures that usually ends January 6, the Epiphany, a souvenir of Jesus’ baptism. [3]
Feast Birth accompanied by religious ceremonies and prayers, especially for the occasion, family meetings and social celebrations notably put the Christmas tree and exchanged gifts and greeted Santa Claus and eat dinner Birth, note that large numbers of non-Christians celebrate the holiday as well, which is a public holiday in most countries of the world and in the Arab world is on holiday Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine and members of the community in Iraq. [4] as well, is the Feast Birth of more events that spent by humans money on them, [5] There is also for this occasion songs and music and movies and numerous plays dealt with, various dimensions. [6]
Famous, special birthday cypress tree is an important symbol of the Feast when Christians all over the world.
The tree did not mention in the Bible, nor in any religious reference, but the weights back to the Middle Ages says the origins go back to pre-Christian much. In Germany, which is famous for the spread of cypress trees and vast forests, was the first to use her as a symbol of life and permanent stay.
And on the subject says one of the novels that some of the pagan tribes in Germany, which had a multiplicity of gods were worshiped god ‘Thor’, which according to the ancient Germans beliefs ‘god of forests and Thunder’, and the glorification of this god used to decorate the trees, and make one of her sons ransom of green trees. And go in this story listed the details of a Christian priest rescued one of the sons of this tribe prior to slaughter, and to introduce them to Christianity, and decorating trees usually transferred to the Christian world.
Christmas
Real asset for the Christmas tree Feast
Christian sources say that some of the priests in the second century AD condemned Christians celebrate winter festivals, even symbolically tied the tree Christmas Feast celebrations, later….
