The main festival of Christianity

Christians use some methods to arrange a year to reflect the basic Christian beliefs and provide the basis for these beliefs. The one-year timetable is also of great educational significance, which can help the church pay special attention to a specific theme at a specific time of the year. Although the main theme of Christian faith is teaching and propagating all year round, the structure of Christian calendar makes specific ideas or themes particularly emphasized at corresponding times. Jesus' circumcision is a Christian festival to commemorate Jesus' circumcision. According to the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament, Jesus was circumcised and named on the eighth day after his birth. On this basis, the church decided to observe this festival on the eighth day after Christmas, namely 65438+ 10 1. After the western churches implemented the Gregorian calendar, 65438+ 10 month 1 was the same as the Gregorian calendar; Eastern churches (including the Orthodox Church) still use the old calendar, and the original 65438+ 10 1 is equivalent to the Gregorian calendar 65438+ 10/3 or 14.