2009/12/16 Tony Barros <[email protected]> > > Hi Joao et al ! > > Orthodox Christians - who number more than 250 million globally- celebrate > Christmas on January 6. > They also celebrate Easter a week later . Most of them live in Eastern > Europe . > > For other Catholics- January 6 is the feast of the Epiphany -also the > feast of the Three Kings which > is celebrated on a large scale in Spanish-speaking countries. .It > traditionally signals the > removal of the Christmas decorations. > > As for the early Christmas greetings, I suppose given the fact that most > of us are spread all over > the world, I do not see a problem; After all, don't we send our Christmas > cards way ahead of time., > and in some cases - ostensibly due to heavy postal traffic- it arrives > after Christmas > > Greetings.. > > Tony Barros. > Union, New Jersey > U . S . A .
RESPONSE: http://www.themoorings.org/apologetics/chronology/Chrmas.html > > *Year of Christ's Birth* > > The traditional view with few dissenters is that Jesus was born shortly > before the death of Herod the Great in 4 B.C. In recent years, several > scholars—including W. E. Filmer, Ernest L. Martin, and Ormond Edwards—have > argued that the date usually assigned to Herod's death is much too early > (1). Josephus places Herod's death between a lunar eclipse and the Feast of > Passover (2). The traditional death date assumes that Josephus is referring > to the partial eclipse on 13 March 4 B.C., about a month before the > beginning of Passover on 11 April. Filmer and his followers believe, > however, that they can better accommodate the available evidence by > supposing that Josephus intends the spectacular total... > COMMENT: Please read the full at the provided URL > > -- > DEV BOREM KORUM > > Gabe Menezes. > > > >
