{"id":5479,"date":"2022-12-22T21:07:01","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T20:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/predication.net\/?p=5479"},"modified":"2022-12-22T21:07:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T20:07:03","slug":"christmas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/predication.net\/?p=5479","title":{"rendered":"Christmas."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mw-table-of-contents-container\">\n<div id=\"vector-toc-pinned-container\">\n<nav id=\"mw-panel-toc\" class=\"sidebar-toc\" role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Contents\" data-event-name=\"ui.sidebar-toc\">\n<div class=\"sidebar-toc-text\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Christmas<\/b>\u00a0or\u00a0<b>Christmas holidays<\/b>\u00a0(abbreviated\u00a0<b>Holidays<\/b>\u00a0) are\u00a0<a title=\"Christianity\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kres%C5%A5anstvo\">Christian\u00a0<\/a><a title=\"Holiday\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sviatok\">holidays<\/a>\u00a0of the birth\u00a0<a title=\"Jesus Christ\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Je%C5%BEi%C5%A1_Kristus\">of Jesus Christus<\/a>,today and in general &#8211; by Christians and non-Christians alike &#8211; holidays of peace and peace celebrated at the same time.\u00a0As a religious and cultural festival, they are celebrated by billions of people around the world\u00a0<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vianoce#cite_note-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup>.\u00a0They are preceded by a preparatory period (\u00a0<a title=\"Advent\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Advent\">Advent<\/a>\u00a0) and continue with the Christmas octave, or the holiday or the period called the <a title=\"Christmas season\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Viano%C4%8Dn%C3%A9_obdobie\">Christmas season<\/a>\u00a0 The days from December 24 to 26 are <a title=\"List of holidays in Slovakia\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoznam_sviatkov_na_Slovensku\">n<\/a>on-working on-workingon-working day says, and as famila y or social eveventshey are also celebrated by most non-Christians, who sometimes refer to them only generally as &#8220;holidays&#8221;, which does not indicate their Christian aspect.<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Christmas belongs (along with\u00a0<a title=\"Easter\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ve%C4%BEk%C3%A1_noc\">Easter<\/a>\u00a0) to the most important Christian holidays,\u00a0<a title=\"25. december\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/25._december\">December 25<\/a>\u00a0is a\u00a0<a title=\"Church holiday\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cirkevn%C3%BD_sviatok\">holiday<\/a>\u00a0in almost all Christian churches\u00a0<sup id=\"cite_ref-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vianoce#cite_note-2\">[2]\u00a0<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-3\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vianoce#cite_note-3\">[3<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0.\u00a0Many folk traditions, songs (\u00a0<a class=\"mw-disambig\" title=\"Ugly\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Koleda\">carols<\/a> ), and decorations.<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"Defin\u00edcia\" class=\"mw-headline\">Definition\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"mw-editsection\"><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">[\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"mw-editsection-visualeditor\" title=\"Edit section: Definition\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Vianoce&amp;veaction=edit&amp;section=1\">edit\u00a0<\/a><span class=\"mw-editsection-divider\">|\u00a0<\/span><a title=\"Edit section: Definition\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Vianoce&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1\">edit source\u00a0<\/a><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">]<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">More precisely, Christmas means one or more of the following meanings:\u00a0<sup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vianoce#cite_note-4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">1.a holiday only on the day of the celebration of the <a title=\"The birth of Jesus Christ\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Narodenie_Je%C5%BEi%C5%A1a_Krista\">birth of Jesus C<\/a>hrist\u00a0, i.e.\u00a0j.\u00a0<a title=\"25. december\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/25._december\">December 25<\/a>\u00a0(until the 4th century AD, the birth of Christ was celebrated\u00a0<a title=\"January 6\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/6._janu%C3%A1r\">on January 6<\/a>\u00a0), possibly including (especially in the evening)\u00a0<a title=\"24. december\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/24._december\">December 24<\/a>;\u00a0synonyms are the\u00a0<b>Nativity of Jesus Christ<\/b>\u00a0the\u00a0<b>Nativity of the Lord<\/b> ,<b>the celebration of the Nativity of the Lord<\/b>\u00a0,\u00a0<b>the feast of the Nativity of the Lord<\/b>\u00a0, the Nativity of\u00a0<b>God<\/b>\u00a0, the feast of the Nativity\u00a0<b>of God<\/b>\u00a0, the\u00a0<b>first holiday of Christmas<\/b>, obsolete Christmas <b>Eve<\/b>\u00a0,\u00a0<b>Holy Night<\/b> ;<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">2 in Western Christianity, the period from the vigil (evening) of\u00a0<a title=\"24. december\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/24._december\">December 24<\/a>\u00a0to December\u00a0<a title=\"27. december\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/27._december\">27<\/a>\u00a0, which therefore includes\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Christmas Eve\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C5%A0tedr%C3%BD_ve%C4%8Der\">Christmas Eve<\/a>, the Nativity of the Lord on December 25, the feast <a title=\"Stefan the First Martyr\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C5%A0tefan_Prvomu%C4%8Den%C3%ADk\">of St.\u00a0Stephen<\/a>\u00a0on December 26 (celebrated on this day in the\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Latin Church\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latinsk%C3%A1_cirkev\">Roman Catholic<\/a> ,\u00a0<a title=\"Anglicanism\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anglikanizmus\">Anglican<\/a>\u00a0) and the feast\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"John the Evangelist\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/J%C3%A1n_Evanjelista\">of St.\u00a0John the Apostle<\/a>\u00a0on December 27 (on this day in the Roman Catholic Church)\u00a0<sup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vianoce#cite_note-5\">[5]<\/a><\/sup><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">3 <a title=\"Christmas season\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Viano%C4%8Dn%C3%A9_obdobie\">Christmas season<\/a>\u00a0, i.e.\u00a0j.:<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the Roman Catholic Church (in the narrower sense) the period concluded days from Christmas Eve to the Sunday following the <a title=\"Revelation of the Lord\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zjavenie_P%C3%A1na\">Epiphany<\/a>\u00a0(Epiphany), while until the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"2nd Vatican Council\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2._vatik%C3%A1nsky_koncil\">Second Vatican Council<\/a>\u00a0the Christmas period lasted until February 2 (\u00a0<a title=\"Sacrifice of the Lord\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Obetovanie_P%C3%A1na\">Groundhog Day<\/a>\u00a0)<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the evangelical church, the period from <a title=\"Advent\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Advent\">Advent<\/a>\u00a0to the\u00a0<a title=\"Revelation of the Lord\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zjavenie_P%C3%A1na\">Revelation of Christ the Lord to the wise men\u00a0<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vianoce#cite_note-6\">[6<\/a><\/sup><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><sup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vianoce#cite_note-6\">In<\/a><\/sup> the Greek Catholic\u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Orthodox Church (Eastern Europe)\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pravosl%C3%A1vna_cirkev_(v%C3%BDchodn%C3%A1_Eur%C3%B3pa)\">Orthodox<\/a>\u00a0churches, the period from December 20 (the eve of the Nativity of Jesus Christ) to\u00a0<a title=\"31. december\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/31._december\">December 31<\/a>\u00a0(the passing of the holiday).<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"D.C3.A1tum_sl.C3.A1venia\"><\/span><span id=\"D\u00e1tum_sl\u00e1venia\" class=\"mw-headline\">Date of celebration\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"mw-editsection\"><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">[\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"mw-editsection-visualeditor\" title=\"Edit section: Date of celebration\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Vianoce&amp;veaction=edit&amp;section=2\">edit\u00a0<\/a><span class=\"mw-editsection-divider\">|\u00a0<\/span><a title=\"Edit section: Date of celebration\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Vianoce&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2\">edit source\u00a0<\/a><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">]<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The date\u00a0<a title=\"25. december\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/25._december\">December 25th<\/a>\u00a0is traditional and probably does not represent the actual historical date of the birth of Jesus Christ.\u00a0December 25 is documented as a church holiday for the first time in\u00a0<a class=\"new\" title=\"Filokalo's calendar (site does not exist)\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Filokalov_kalend%C3%A1r&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">Philokal&#8217;s calendar<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0<a title=\"354\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/354\">354<\/a>, hich drew on Roman sources (&#8220;Depositio Martyrum&#8221;) from\u00a0<a title=\"336\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/336\">336<\/a>\u00a0.\u00a0<sup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vianoce#cite_note-7\">[7]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0The origin of this date is disputed.\u00a0It is often pointed to a possible connection with the\u00a0<a title=\"Roman mythology\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/R%C3%ADmska_mytol%C3%B3gia\">Roman<\/a>\u00a0festival of the solar deity, the so-called\u00a0<i>Dies Natalis Solis Invicti<\/i>\u00a0\u2013 The Feast of the Birth of the Invincible Sun \u2013 which was also celebrated on December 25, overlapping with the traditional date of the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Winter solstice\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zimn%C3%BD_slnovrat\">winter solstice<\/a>.\u00a0Even some early Christian authors connected the birth of Christ with the feast of the rebirth of the sun\u00a0<sup id=\"cite_ref-8\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vianoce#cite_note-8\">[8]<\/a><\/sup><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The latest opinions on the origin of the date of Christmas are presented by historian William Tighe.\u00a0He claims that the Church chose December 25th to celebrate Christmas because the ancient Jews believed that Israel&#8217;s prophets were conceived on the same day they died, and Roman Christians in\u00a0<a title=\"Tertullian\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tertuli%C3%A1n\">Tertullian<\/a>\u00a0&#8216;s time calculated that Christ died on March 25th.\u00a0That&#8217;s why Christmas fell on December 25th &#8211; they simply added nine months to that date and came up with the supposed birth date of Jesus Christ.\u00a0<sup id=\"cite_ref-9\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vianoce#cite_note-9\">[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Eastern churches originally celebrated the Nativity of Jesus Christ as part of the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Epiphany\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bohozjavenie\">Epiphany<\/a>\u00a0on January 6.\u00a0<sup class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vianoce#cite_note-10\">[10]<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">In many countries, December 24 and 25 are non-working days. <\/span><i style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Somewhere, the Second Christmas Day<\/i><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0is similarly celebrated\u00a0(in the Roman Catholic calendar, St.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"Saint Stephen the First Martyr\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sv%C3%A4t%C3%BD_%C5%A0tefan_Prvomu%C4%8Den%C3%ADk\">Stephen&#8217;s Day<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vianoce#cite_note-10\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> , n the Greek Catholic and Orthodox calendars,\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"font-size: 16px;\">the Gathering (Choir) to the Blessed Virgin Mary<\/i><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">, n the Anglo-Saxon countries, the so-called\u00a0<\/span><\/a><a class=\"new\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"Boxing Day (site does not exist)\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Boxing_Day&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">Boxing Day<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vianoce#cite_note-10\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0), which falls on December 26.<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"Z.C3.A1padn.C3.AD_kres.C5.A5ania\"><\/span><strong><span id=\"Z\u00e1padn\u00ed_kres\u0165ania\" class=\"mw-headline\">Western Christians\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"mw-editsection\"><strong><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">[\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"mw-editsection-visualeditor\" title=\"Edit section: Western Christians\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Vianoce&amp;veaction=edit&amp;section=3\">edit\u00a0<\/a><span class=\"mw-editsection-divider\">|\u00a0<\/span><a title=\"Edit section: Western Christians\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Vianoce&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3\">edit source\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\"><strong>]<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">In the <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"Latin Church\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latinsk%C3%A1_cirkev\">Roman Catholic Church<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0, the second most important holiday is the\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"The birth of Jesus Christ\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Narodenie_Je%C5%BEi%C5%A1a_Krista\">Feast of the Nativity<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0or\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"font-size: 16px;\">the First Christmas<\/i><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> , hich according to the\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"Gregorian calendar\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gregori%C3%A1nsky_kalend%C3%A1r\">Gregorian calendar<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0is celebrated\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"December 25\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/25._decembra\">on December 25<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0.\u00a0Christmas is one of the few holidays that have always been preceded by a\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"new\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"Vigil (site does not exist)\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Vig%C3%ADlia&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">vigil<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">,\u00a0<\/span><sup id=\"cite_ref-11\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vianoce#cite_note-11\">11]<\/a><\/sup><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0popularly called\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"Christmas Eve\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C5%A0tedr%C3%BD_de%C5%88\">Christmas Day<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0(\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"December 24\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/24._decembra\">December 24<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0).\u00a0The celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ thus extends over a slightly longer period of time.\u00a0While Protestants focus their celebration on the early evening services on Christmas Day and on the morning services on December 25th, Roman Catholics focus their celebration mainly around midnight between December 24th and 25th.\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"Mass (religious service)\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Om%C5%A1a_(bohoslu%C5%BEba)\">MasM<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">ass is<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">is celebrated in this way directly at midnight and is therefore called\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"Midnight Mass\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polno%C4%8Dn%C3%A1_om%C5%A1a\">midnight mass<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> .\u00a0n\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"Roman Missal\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/R%C3%ADmsky_mis%C3%A1l\">the Roman Missal<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0, this Mass is called &#8220;In the holy night&#8221; (\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"font-size: 16px;\">In nocte<\/i><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> ) an,d according to no prescription it does not have to be celebrated directly at midnight, but until\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"1960\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1960\">1960<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0the rubrics prescribed that &#8220;the first [Mass for the celebration of the Nativity] should be celebrated after midnight, after the end of the hymn\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"Te Deum\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Te_Deum_laudamus\">Te Deum laudamus<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0at\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"matutins\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matut%C3%ADnum\">Matins<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>\u00a0&#8220;<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><sup id=\"cite_ref-12\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vianoce#cite_note-12\">[12]<\/a><\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mw-content-container\"><main id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body\" role=\"main\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"bodyContent\" class=\"vector-body ve-init-mw-desktopArticleTarget-targetContainer\" aria-labelledby=\"firstHeading\" data-mw-ve-target-container=\"\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-subtitle\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" class=\"mw-body-content mw-content-ltr\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"sk\">\n<table class=\"infobox\" style=\"width: 0.997015%; height: 384px;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h1 class=\"mw-parser-output\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">In the <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"Latin Church\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latinsk%C3%A1_cirkev\">Roman Catholic Church<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0, the second most important holiday is the\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"The birth of Jesus Christ\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Narodenie_Je%C5%BEi%C5%A1a_Krista\">Feast of the Nativity<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0or\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"font-size: 16px;\">the First Christmas<\/i><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> , hich according to the\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"Gregorian calendar\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gregori%C3%A1nsky_kalend%C3%A1r\">Gregorian calendar<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0is celebrated\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"December 25\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/25._decembra\">on December 25<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0.\u00a0Christmas is one of the few holidays that have always been preceded by a\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"new\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"Vigil (site does not exist)\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Vig%C3%ADlia&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">vigil<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">,\u00a0<\/span><sup id=\"cite_ref-11\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vianoce#cite_note-11\">11]<\/a><\/sup><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0popularly called\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"Christmas Eve\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C5%A0tedr%C3%BD_de%C5%88\">Christmas Day<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0(\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"December 24\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/24._decembra\">December 24<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0).\u00a0The celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ thus extends over a slightly longer period of time.\u00a0While Protestants focus their celebration on the early evening services on Christmas Day and on the morning services on December 25th, Roman Catholics focus their celebration mainly around midnight between December 24th and 25th.\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"Mass (religious service)\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Om%C5%A1a_(bohoslu%C5%BEba)\">MasM<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">ass is<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">is celebrated in this way directly at midnight and is therefore called\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"Midnight Mass\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polno%C4%8Dn%C3%A1_om%C5%A1a\">midnight mass<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> .\u00a0n\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"Roman Missal\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/R%C3%ADmsky_mis%C3%A1l\">the Roman Missal<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0, this Mass is called &#8220;In the holy night&#8221; (\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"font-size: 16px;\">In nocte<\/i><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> ) an,d according to no prescription it does not have to be celebrated directly at midnight, but until\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"1960\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1960\">1960<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0the rubrics prescribed that &#8220;the first [Mass for the celebration of the Nativity] should be celebrated after midnight, after the end of the hymn\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"Te Deum\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Te_Deum_laudamus\">Te Deum laudamus<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0at\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"matutins\" href=\"https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matut%C3%ADnum\">Matins<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0&#8220;.\u00a0<\/span><sup id=\"cite_ref-12\" class=\"reference\"><a 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