Episode 6 - No, Christmas Isn’t Pagan (And the Early Church Wasn’t Confused)

Every year this comes back around:“Isn’t Christmas just a pagan holiday?”Short answer: no.Long answer: the early Church knew exactly what she was doing.December 25 (and January 7) weren’t borrowed from paganism — they were chosen as a bold theological statement connecting the Nativity to the Cross and Resurrection.#Advent #Christmas #Nativity #Orthodox #Coptic #copticorthodoxChristmas: December 25 or January 7? https://youtu.be/q-9mt6K1NRY?si=f-WXLXSGwkO_WG1_