{"id":20957,"date":"2024-11-25T05:03:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T05:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=20957"},"modified":"2024-11-25T05:03:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T05:03:56","slug":"xmas-meaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/learn\/xmas-meaning\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0411\u0438\u0431\u043b\u0435\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0435 \u0434\u0435\u0431\u0430\u0442\u044b: \u044f\u0432\u043b\u044f\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u043b\u0438 \u0438\u0441\u043f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u00abXmas\u00bb \u043d\u0435\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435\u043c \u043a \u0445\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0430\u043d\u0430\u043c?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>What does Xmas actually mean? &quot;Xmas&quot; is simply an abbreviation of the word &quot;Christmas.&quot; The &quot;X&quot; in Xmas is not actually an English letter X rather represents the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter of the Greek word for Christ - &quot;Christos.&quot; Thus, Xmas quite literally means &quot;Christ-mas.&quot; This use of the Greek letter Chi to represent Christ has a long and sacred history in our Christian tradition. Early Christians used the Chi-Rho symbol, formed by overlapping the\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 wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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