It was in the late third century, in fact, that the Roman emperor Aurelian established this date as a feast
day celebrating the birth of the Unconquered Sun (Sol Invictus), so it already had festive and quasi-religious prominence.
Not exact matches
The ballet event
celebrated North Korea's «
Day of the Sun,» which marks what is believed to be the
birth date of regime founder Kim Il Sung.
, you have no right what - so - ever to force your non-belief upon me and try to tell me I can't say «merry xmas»,
celebrate the
birth and resurection and ensure that my child knows that evolution is NOT a fact but a theory yet to be proven, yet you and your liberal morons try to every
day.
And until that
day, there is no better way to mourn the victims of a confusing, evil world and to
celebrate the
birth of a strange, wonderful child than to enter into the darkness ourselves and shine a light.
, the chief proponent for Christianity just denied the
day Christians designated to
celebrate the
birth of Christ.
in those
days, various groups
celebrated his
birth on JAN - 6, APR - 21 and MAY - 1.
The people of the Roman Empire were accustomed to
celebrating the
birth of a God on that
day.
Albeit, they didn't «need» to fire her, but I do not believe her religious lines were crossed, she was not
celebrating the
birth of Jesus, nor any other religious observances connected with that
day.
She was against
celebrating Christmas and Easter and
birth days because of her «religion,» but it was totally cool for her to steal thousands of dollars from my dad's business.
I can't help but consider the fact that due to the (largely uncontrollable) circumstances of my
birth, I will spend the
day celebrating while roughly 24,000 children under the age of five die from preventable, treatable diseases.
We had a Roman Catholic speaker at our college the other
day and somehow people got the idea that we could
celebrate the immaculate conception in March, since that's really the miracle, not the
birth, instead of Christmas, to escape the racket.
According to the Islam,
birth days are not supposed to be
celebrated.
Instead, it is a
day to
celebrate the
birth of Jesus Christ.
Is it wrong to
celebrate on this
day his
birth?
I
celebrate Christmas, but I don't
celebrate the
birth of anyone, I
celebrate having my family and just living in peace for one
day out of the whole year.
I do not know the exact
day oF Jesus's
birth, but because we
celebrate our birthdays i think it only right to pick a
day to
celebrate hiS.
The 6th
day of
birth is
celebrated as Eid because, that was the
day Maa Fathima and Maa Khatija were given bath.
Our message is to unite Christians in support of their celebration and for their reason; to
celebrate of the
birth of Jesus Christ, not the commercial circus that has been built up and around the most important
day in Christianity.
We might note that the
day of Christ's
birth was most definitely
celebrated when it first occurred — angels singing, shepherds hurrying to see the baby... and Mary and Joseph fulfilled the law by taking the child to the Temple to give thanks, so should we not give thanks too?
As Christmas and Easter are commonly
celebrated by perhaps the majority of celebrants, any latter -
day «prophet» might be constrained to cry out, «Thus says the Lord, «I hate, I repudiate your feasts...»» It is perfectly clear, however, that the articulation and, indeed, the very preservation of Christian faith requires the cultic enactment of
birth and death and resurrection — this appropriation of the past for the present and the consequent faithful union of time in hope and confidence in the future.
I'm not saying it's sinful to
celebrate Christ's
birth, but to proclaim a certain
day was Christ's
birth, when in fact we don't really know the exact date of Christ's
birth, that's going to far.
I
celebrate Christ's
birth and death for that matter each and every Sunday, on the first
day of the week.
During those 40
days, we prepare to
celebrate Jesus»
birth by remembering the centuries the people of Israel waited for their Messiah to appear.
I agree that Jesus was not born on December 25, but we
celebrate His
birth on that
day due to «syncretism.»
That we
celebrate Jesus»
birth on a specific
day of the year does not mean that we think that was the actual
day He was born.
It is a well - known fact that Christ was not born on December the 25th, so why do we then
celebrate the
birth of our L - rd on this
day?
No we don't know when Jesus birthday is, so tradionally 1
day out of the year most of the world shuts down so we can rejoice in the
birth of Jesus with people, friends and extended family, people we don't get to
celebrate Jesus
birth with everyday.
The Cabrach distillery will
celebrate this rich
birth right, telling the as - yet untold story of the early
days of farm distilling and the smuggling which was rife in the area, while the historical distillery will reflect production methods that were used in the Cabrach at the dawn of the modern distilling era in the early 1800's.
Honeybees welcome each pea blossom and every
day there is a new
birth to
celebrate.
For some, Birthmother's
Day can be a day to celebrate giving birth and making a choice to place and making it about the need to be acknowledged for that choi
Day can be a
day to celebrate giving birth and making a choice to place and making it about the need to be acknowledged for that choi
day to
celebrate giving
birth and making a choice to place and making it about the need to be acknowledged for that choice.
We have
celebrated half - birthdays, birthdays for dogs, adopting a cat,
BIRTH day parties when friends have new babies, snow
days and the first
days of summer.
As we
celebrate their 3rd revolution around the sun, the boys will eat cupcakes, open presents, have balloons and play with their friend, and I, on this
day and every coming year in June, will think about our
birth story and the
day I became a mother to twins.
Frasier, Debra ON THE
DAY YOU WERE BORN Harcourt Brace, 1991 This beautifully written children's book
celebrates a baby's
birth, as the world around him rejoices.
Former president Mahama on behalf of his family extends his warmth greetings to all Ghanaians on a
day that they
celebrate the
birth of Christ.
On April 28, 2011, a Twitter mishap, which saw Balls send out a Tweet simply saying «Ed Balls», gave
birth to Ed Balls
Day, which is
celebrated on the social media network each year.
In part 1 of this special Darwin
Day podcast,
celebrating the 200th anniversary of the
birth of Darwin on February 12th, Richard Milner performs part of his one - man show about Darwin; Scientific American Editor in Chief John Rennie and Darwin descendant Matthew Chapman read from The Origin of Species; and Chapman talks about his book 40
Days and 40 Nights, about the Dover intelligent design trial as well as about his efforts to get presidential candidates to discuss science — a project called ScienceDebate
We
celebrated the 2 weeks
birth day with gallons of delicious breast milk, walks around the block and even a big walk to the grocery store, and a fun visit from my BFF who lives in NYC!
We drove all morning on Easter Sunday (which also happened to be Aaron's birthday), but we got home at a decent hour so we could
celebrate the
day together as a family (and his
birth duh!).
The leaders of the Pilgrimage of Grace uprising are put to death, but Brandon is disturbed by the cruelty and mercilessness of the suppression; Henry
celebrates the
birth of a son but his joy is short - lived as Queen Jane dies within
days.
Roald Dahl
Day is
celebrated internationally on and around 13 September - the date of Roald's
birth.
On facebook, we had an all
day chat session with readers, fans and the author (me), and generally
celebrated the
birth of not only a book, but an entire literary world!
In a few
days our nation will
celebrate its
birth and with that celebration comes many things: family picnics, out of town visitors, vacations, and, of course, firework displays.
Many adopted pets have unknown
birth dates though, leaving pet parents guessing or picking random
days to
celebrate.
This elaborate eleven
day festival
celebrates the
birth of the Hindu elephant god, Lord Ganesha.
This national
day is a special
day for Buddhists to
celebrate the
birth and life of Buddha.
Arriving in the city on the 20th June, 8
days before my birthday, meant that we'd have time to spend a few
days hiking through the world's second - deepest canyon before finally
celebrating the anniversary of my
birth with a visit to a monastery, an amazing meal, some live music and one too many mojitos (damn, I love mojitos!).
Days after Independence
Day, America's national holiday where fireworks and gunfire
celebrates the
birth of their great...
The Pennsylvania legislature will also be
celebrating the centennial of Wyeth's
birth by presenting the Brandywine River Museum with a resolution recognizing July 12 as «Andrew Wyeth
Day» in the state.
Today is the 251st anniversary of
celebrated Scottish poet Robert Burns»
birth, which took place on this
day in 1759.
Whether you
celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Diwali, the winter solstice, the
Day of the
Birth of the Unconquered Sun (unlikely unless...