{"id":20913,"date":"2024-11-24T13:04:04","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T13:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=20913"},"modified":"2024-12-05T16:12:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T16:12:22","slug":"christmas-december-25th-origin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/christmas-december-25th-origin\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0627\u0631\u064a\u062e \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u064a\u062d\u064a: \u0644\u0645\u0627\u0630\u0627 \u064a\u062a\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062d\u062a\u0641\u0627\u0644 \u0628\u0639\u064a\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0645\u064a\u0644\u0627\u062f \u0641\u064a 25 \u062f\u064a\u0633\u0645\u0628\u0631\u061f"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>When did Christians start celebrating Christmas on December 25th? The celebration of Christmas on December 25th emerged gradually in Christian communities during the 3rd and 4th centuries AD. The earliest definitive evidence we have for December 25th being observed as the birth of Christ comes from a Roman almanac dated to 354 AD, which lists December 25th as &quot;natus Christus in Betleem Judeae&quot; - &quot;Christ was born in Bethlehem of Judea.&quot;(Schmidt, 2015, pp. 542\u2013563) But the process of establishing this\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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