Nativity of Christ

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Christian feast liturgical solemnity religious festival

The Nativity of Christ is the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus, commemorating God’s incarnation as a human being in Bethlehem.

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All labels observed (18)

Label	Occurrences
Nativity of Jesus	41
Nativity of Christ canonical	10
Nativity of the Lord	5
Infancy of Jesus	4
Feast of the Nativity of Christ	3
Feast of Nativity	2
Feast of the Nativity	2
Nativity of Jesus Christ	2
Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord	2
Birth of Christ	1
Eve of Nativity of Christ	1
Feast of the Nativity and Theophany of Christ (January 6)	1
Feast of the Nativity of Jesus	1
Nativitas Domini	1
Nativity of Christ (Christmas)	1
Nativity of Our Lord	1
The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ	1
Vigil of the Nativity	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian feast ⓘ liturgical solemnity ⓘ religious festival ⓘ
commemorates	Incarnation of God in human form ⓘ birth of Jesus Christ ⓘ
hasAssociatedFeast	Christmas ⓘ
hasAssociatedFigure	Magi ⓘ angels ⓘ shepherds ⓘ
hasAssociatedPractice	celebration of Christmas liturgy ⓘ display of Nativity scenes ⓘ reading of Nativity Gospel passages ⓘ singing of Christmas carols ⓘ
hasAssociatedSymbol	Nativity scene ⓘ angels announcing peace ⓘ manger ⓘ Epiphany ⓘ surface form: star of Bethlehem
hasChronologicalRelation	follows season of Advent ⓘ precedes feast of Epiphany ⓘ
hasDoctrinalStatus	dogma of Incarnation ⓘ
hasLiturgicalName	Nativity of Christ self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Feast of the Nativity Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord ⓘ
hasMainFigure	Jesus Christ ⓘ Saint Joseph ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ
hasPlace	Bethlehem ⓘ Judea ⓘ
hasSourceText	Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
hasSubject	God becoming man ⓘ birth of the Messiah ⓘ fulfillment of Old Testament messianic prophecies ⓘ
hasTheologicalTheme	Incarnation ⓘ divine love ⓘ fulfillment of prophecy ⓘ humility of God ⓘ salvation ⓘ
isCentralToTradition	Anglican Communion ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Christianity ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism
isDepictedIn	Christian art ⓘ Christmas pageants ⓘ Nativity iconography ⓘ
isObservedBy	Christians worldwide ⓘ
isPartOf	Christian liturgical year ⓘ Christmas season ⓘ

Referenced by (80)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Orthodox Christianity → majorFeast → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

Christmas → alsoKnownAs → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of the Nativity

Christmas → linkedConcept → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of Jesus

Nativity of Christ → hasLiturgicalName → Nativity of Christ self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of the Nativity

Great Feast in Eastern Christianity → includes → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of the Nativity of Christ

Advent → focusesOn → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of Jesus

Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great → liturgicalUse → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eve of Nativity of Christ

Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great → liturgicalUse → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of the Nativity of Christ

Christmastide → associatedWith → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of Jesus

Russian Orthodox Church → hasFeast → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

Antiochian Orthodox Church → observesFeast → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

Flight into Egypt → associatedWith → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Infancy of Jesus

Gospel infancy narratives → featureEvent → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of Jesus

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols → hasMainTheme → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of Jesus

General Roman Calendar → includesFeast → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of the Lord

Magi → associatedWith → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of Jesus

Christmas pageants → hasTheme → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of Jesus

Armenian Apostolic Church → majorFeast → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of the Nativity and Theophany of Christ (January 6)

Simonopetra Monastery → dedicatedTo → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of Jesus Christ

Simonopetra Monastery → dedicatedTo → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Birth of Christ

Christmas Eve → associatedWith → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of Jesus

Christmas Eve → liturgicalName → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vigil of the Nativity

Saint Mary → associatedEvent → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of Jesus

Syriac liturgical year → majorFeast → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of the Lord

Church of the Nativity → dedicatedTo → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of Jesus

Anaphora of Saint Gregory (Coptic form) → usedDuringSeason → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of Nativity

Joseph the Betrothed → associatedWithEvent → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of Jesus

Eastern Christianity → hasMajorFeast → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

Christmas Oratorio → subjectMatter → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of Jesus

St Mary → associatedEvent → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of Jesus

Feast of the Holy Family → isRelatedTo → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of the Lord

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God → linkedToMysteryOf → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of the Lord

Feast of the Holy Innocents → linkedTo → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of Jesus

Adoration of the Magi → relatedTo → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of Jesus

Visitation → precedesEvent → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of Jesus

Finding in the Temple → partOf → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Infancy of Jesus

Mysteria Gaudiosa → includesMystery → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativitas Domini

Return from Egypt → partOf → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Infancy of Jesus

For the Time Being → subject → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of Jesus

Naima → basedOn → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of Jesus

Roman Rite liturgical calendar → includesFeast → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord

Byzantine liturgical calendar → includesFeast → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

Nativity Fast → preparesFor → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of the Nativity of Jesus

Relics of the Holy Crib → associatedWith → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of Jesus

Tyson → basedOn → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of Jesus

Star of Bethlehem → associatedWith → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of Jesus

Melchior → roleIn → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of Jesus

Ukrainian Orthodox Church → hasFeast → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

The Wexford Carol → narrativeTheme → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of Jesus

The Adoration of the Shepherds → depicts → Nativity of Christ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity of Jesus