圣诞节英文简介

圣诞节英文简介

圣诞节英文简介：

Christmas is also known as Christmas, translated as "Christ mass", it originated from the ancient Romans to welcome the New Year saturnalia, with no connection with Christianity.

After Christianity prevailed in the Roman empire, the holy see went along with the trend of incorporating this folk festival into the Christian system to celebrate the birth of Jesus.But Christmas day is not the birthday of Jesus, because the bible does not record when Jesus was born, nor does it mention such a holiday, is the result of Christianity's absorption of ancient Roman mythology.

Most of the Catholic church will first in December 24 Christmas Eve, that is, December 25 at midnight mass, and some Christian church will be held good news, and then in December 25 to celebrate Christmas;Another branch of Christianity, the orthodox church, celebrates Christmas on January 7.

圣诞节中文简介：

圣诞节又称耶诞节，译名为“基督弥撒”，它源自古罗马人迎接新年的农神节，与基督教本无关系。在基督教盛行罗马帝国后，教廷随波逐流地将这种民俗节日纳入基督教体系，同时以庆祝耶稣的降生。但在圣诞节这天不是耶稣的生辰，因为《圣经》未有记载耶稣具体生于哪天，同样没提到过有此种节日，是基督教吸收了古罗马神话的结果。

大部分的天主教教堂都会先在12月24日的平安夜，亦即12月25日凌晨举行子夜弥撒，而一些基督教会则会举行报佳音，然后在12月25日庆祝圣诞节；基督教的另一大分支——东正教的圣诞节庆则在每年的1月7日。