Dec 25, 2010 · So this Christmas season, I’m wishing all of you “Merry Mithras!” Whether you realize it or not, Jesus was probably not actually born on December 25. Historically, December 25 was a day to celebrate the god Mithras and his connection with winter solstice.

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Dec 20, 2024 · Merry Mithras. The banqueting scene which follows Mithras’ slaying of the bull is second only to the Tauroctony in its frequency of appearance in Mithrea. Indeed, this is the scene depicted on the other side of the reversible friezes mentioned earlier.

Aug 31, 2020 · Mithras the god originated in the east, in Persia (modern day Iran) where he was first worshipped. When soldiers of the Roman Empire came back to the West they brought this cult with them and in time his cult worship spread throughout the Roman Empire, not only with the soldiers but also by the merchants who travelled into the land of the Persians.

Mithra, a Persian sun-god, was virgin-born, in a cave, on December 25. His earliest worshippers were shepherds, and he was accompanied in his travels by twelve companions. The Mithraists kept the sabbath day holy and celebrated the Eucharist by eating wafers embellished with a cross.

Mithras, an Eastern god, not only proceeded Jesus into the Western world and the Roman empire by a good three hundred years but he had the same "biography" that Jesus (or rather, Jesus-worshippers) claimed centuries later. It was Mithras whose …

Dec 24, 2020 · Get ready for the epic story of a bull slaughtering, mushroom tripping, light bringing, Emperor-pee-drinking, hierarchy-maintaining, Smurf-hat-wearing cosmic warrior. Here is an image of a Phrygian cap. Here is a picture of Papa Smurf. Coincidence? WE THINK NOT.

Dec 23, 2012 · Roman bas relief from 2nd or 3rd century depicting Mithras, one of the gods of the “Mystery Religions” of the early Christian era, killing a bull. Who was born on December 25th? Born of a virgin in a stable with shepherds present?

Aug 26, 2020 · Most importantly, it was the official religion of the Roman Empire just before Constantine issued an official edict that read, in formal Latin, “New Rule: we are doing the Jesus thing now.” Sadly, the holiday song “All Hail, King Mithras” just never took off.

Dec 19, 2017 · On this day, Christians and non-Christians alike celebrate Christmas everywhere in the world. On the internet, you will often find the claim that the date of 25 December derives from the ancient cult of Mithras, which was once very popular in the Roman Empire. So is this claim correct? The simple answer is ‘no’. Winter solstice and Sol Invictus.