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The Nativity or birth of Jesus Christ is found in the biblical gospels of Matthew and Luke.The two accounts agree that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in Roman-controlled Judea, that his mother, Mary, was engaged to a man named Joseph, who was descended from King David and was not his biological father, and that his birth was caused by divine intervention.
The Nativity of Christ church in Arbanasi, 16th - 17th century The earliest written document that marks the beginning of Arbanasi's history is a royal decree by the Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent from 1538, according to which the sultan offered the lands of the modern localities of Arbanasi, Lyaskovets , Gorna Oryahovitsa and Dolna ...
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(1) Narthex; (2) nave; (3) aisles. The Grotto of the Nativity is situated right underneath the chancel, with the silver star at its eastern end (top side of the plan). North is to the left. The centrepiece of the Nativity complex is the Grotto of the Nativity, a cave which enshrines the site where Jesus is said to have been born.
As noted above, the earliest evidence for Christ's birth being marked on 25 December dates from sixty years after Aurelian. In AD 362, the emperor Julian wrote in his Hymn to King Helios that the Agon Solis (sacred contest for Sol ) was a festival of the sun, instituted by emperor Aurelian, held at the end of the Saturnalia in late December.
Christ Child (1 C, 5 P) Cultural depictions of the Nativity of Jesus (6 C, ... Pages in category "Nativity of Jesus" The following 7 pages are in this category, out ...
Nativity of Jesus, the Gospel stories of the birth of Jesus Christ; Nativity of Jesus in art, any depiction of the nativity scene Nativity, a 1420 panel painting by Robert Campin; Nativity, a devotional mid-1450s oil-on-wood panel painting by Petrus Christus; Nativity, a painting finished around 1529–1530 by Antonio da Correggio; Nativity, c ...
The birth of Christ represented in the Nativity stands for the birth of Christianity, a new era, which came with the 'ruination' of the old eras of Judaism and paganism. Following this, the " Adoration of the Magi " stands for the spread and acceptance of Christianity all over the world, with each of the three kings representing one of the ...