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About La Grande observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1959-1968 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1959)
Zu H II i ; I m ti i ii rOiirvf Cftritlmis Opening, Thors., Nov. 26, J 959 Page 10, art vi 'Official Date' Of Christmas Was Set In The Fourth Century M GIFTS FOR . k. : Tin- history of the Christinas, i.'.w oIjm'.vc KusWi) oba-ivance is one that has in The KMid Bishop was Invni'd rloncal and lav scholars; irinnni.a for rount If ss years. Hcsrarrhers have found that cs' (i,r lii(k as the fourth appoint a i it no sible. the- I io till: tranled!' "iristmas by Pope Junius I to dillerent ;ioup ol theologians to1 1 ur " as aceura'.ily as pos-l Dwinb exact date of Christ' . t'av. tli fc tival of, st:il (uc.iis en many! tiati-i tii.-ojhi.ut thej "! Si. SL'f. 'ft 7 1 GIFTS HE'LL TREASURE (lifts (or the man include leather brief case, kit for fjrominfj aids, valet for neck tje and jewelry, clothes brush and manicure kit, and Wafer-thin underarm cane for important meoting-r-all in the finest leather. the ( hn-tmiis festival was alrea ' dy an established custom datir.jj l!U"V had (lapsed back to earlier eras. involute accuracy, and niter ne word Christmas benan as' scownnK various contradictions Christ's Mass" cr as in old Kn "' ca!l-ndars- astrologital and s lih ChriMes Mase" or the Ma:. nn.micj calculations, the date o, Chn-t, following the custom '"'' 'he ceiebrati; n of ChrUfs ol the church in observing the1""'' w'3' M'1 hy the Church fo aii.iiversar.es i.l deaths, rahcr' 1-ccerniKT S5th. than Imlhs. It was not until St. Cyril, ''ishop ol Jerusalem, set out to jffuni one day for a universal I Llj.-ervdiicu lhat Christ's Mass. urn rhiingi 4 Irian its previous i churches edebrate i'o it is that sir.ee the year 354 VI)., this date has been observed i the date of the Saviour's birth Members of the (Jreek, Rus ii.li and rkrainian Orthodox this on Janu I celebration in the spring (as we'.uy Ct h (t.i -i- III- ihv ..Inn i 'i.is'.T.os is ol.sened in i, i V.'islein Ktii'ipean countries :nd masks the bc;innin of a ii.ny. happy holiday seasonn! FIND PLANE WRECKAGE (il l.FPOKT. Miss. U'PIi - A 'ay ininesweeyT has found wnekai;.; a' the bottom of th' Cnlf of Mexico believe -I to be that of a National Airlines plane tha. cra'-hed near here Nov. 1 killing -J pi'tsons. Nirc hi, die" have lici recoiJ aid the Ci'.il A?r i .-.a-'tics Board a l ,H-.,-s ma; be ecc;ve!Cl if liie wicX:i:e is :l:.il of tile airli'icr. BOTH WOMEN h-'A ? if ' J t .? 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