Jesus Christ's birth laid the foundation for a new era for a considerable part of mankind. It is told about this event, important for the believing people, in the initial Gospel, but in more detail Christoff it is told about Christmas in apocryphal texts.
The good news about the Messiah's birth
Virgin Mary who should become Jesus Christ's mother was born in Bethlehem in family of righteous persons Jehoiakim and Anna. In 12 years Mary vowed eternal virginity and when reached majority, she was married to the pious aged man Josef from Nazareth which with great respect treated Mary's vow.
Soon to the Prechisty Maiden Angel Gabriel was and brought the good news that at it the son conceived by means of the Holy Spirit has to be born and called exact term.
Shortly before this prediction the Roman emperor Augustus under the power of whom then there was Judea, announced a population census. Everyone had to register in the place of residence some kind of.
According to antiquated prophecies, the Messiah had to be born in Bethlehem.
Maria and Iosif expecting the child went to Bethlehem – home ancestors. In hotels the city of places was not, and they took refuge in a cave where shepherds contained the cattle.
Jesus Christ's birth
At night the prediction was executed, and Blessed Virgin Maria brought the baby into the world. In the Gospel of Luke it is said that the Virgin put the son in a day nursery, and in a cave there was a cloud, and bright light began to shine.
In the apocryphal Gospel it is told about an ox and a donkey who were in a cave where the baby Christ was born, and the first bowed to him.
The first the Bethlehem shepherds who grazed the herds at night learned about the Messiah's birth. Unexpectedly everything lit up with light, before them the Angel appeared and reported about Christ Redeemer's birth. Meanwhile to the capital of Judea – the city of Jerusalem – magicians came from the East. Wise men did a long way to bow to newborn Christ Redeemer, the future Judaic tsar. Its birth was marked by emergence in the sky of the bright star which specified to wise men a way. Following the Christmas star, magicians went to Bethlehem. The star stopped over the rooftop in which, having left a cave, Maria with the baby and Iosif lodged. Having seen newborn Christ Redeemer magicians kneeled and presented the gifts: gold (sign of throne), an incense (Divine purpose) and to myrrh (the symbolizing brevity of human life). In memory of this significant event in Christianity the tradition was established to give gifts for Christmas. Various scientists (historians, theologians, astrologers) try to calculate exact date of birth of Jesus Christ. But they did not reach agreement. In different researches the year of birth of Christ is defined in the range of 12 - 7 the 12th year connect with passing of a comet of Gallei which some researchers consider the Star of Bethlehem, and in 7 there took place the only known population census. Also 4 BC – year of death of Herod Veliky, according to a legend, Christ who arranged the Massacre of the Innocents on a birthday are specified. Also a birthday of Jesus Christ is also precisely unknown. By the established tradition, Christmas is celebrated by Catholic church on December 25, and orthodox – January 7. It is connected with various calendars (Gregorian and Julian) which they use.