pretty, 32 - 5 января 2010 14:51

[B][I][FONT=Arial][COLOR=violet][SIZE=+1]FROM THE HISTORY OF THE HOLIDAY CHRISTMAS

According to popular belief, the feast of the Nativity is one of the very first days of the Church and the ancient churches in the West rather than in the East, but this applies only to the date of December 25. In the Eastern Churches as to the IV century it was celebrated on 6 January and was known as the Epiphany. This festival had a special character and was dedicated to the memory is not actually Christmas, but generally a manifestation of God in the flesh, in Christ the revelation of God's grace, why, and was called Theophany. The original reason to celebrate Christmas on January 6 serves no historic match that number diyu Nativity of the Lord, which remained unknown to the ancient and mystical understanding of the relationship between the First and Second Adam by Adam. Second Adam, the mysterious contemplation of the early Church, was born and died on the same days, in which he was born and died on the first Adam (ie, born Jan. 6) ... C IV century between the Eastern and Western Church unity is established about the time of the celebration, namely - December 25. For the first time the holiday was introduced in the Church of Constantinople about 377 years on the orders of Emperor Arcadia to the custom of the Church of Rome and by St. John Chrysostom, and from here it spread throughout the East. :angel: [/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/I][/B]

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