In Rome a monk living about 530 ad
A mathematician and an
astronomer
Was given the task of calculating
And reforming the Christian
calendar
In essence to pinpoint with all precision
The date of Jesus Christ’s
birth exactly
A miscalculation was discovered later
He was four years out
unfortunately
Christ was born on January the sixth
According to the scholarly
Egyptians
The date of Christ’s death was thought
More important to the early
Christians
Rome selected Christ’s birth date to be
On the twenty fifth day of
December
To coincide with the old pagan festivals
Like that of Mithras and
Saturnalia
The sixth of January is Christmas day
For the apostolic church from
Armenia
But its the following day that’s Special
For the Orthodox Church of Russia
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