Come celebrate these international Christmas traditions with a festival including live entertainment, tamales, cake, straw for your shoes, candy and more!
Three Kings Day & Dia De Los Reyes history:
For Christians, the Epiphany, which falls on Jan. 6, celebrates the day the Magi presented their gifts to the infant Jesus. It marks the end of the 12 days of Christmas.
The day also is known as Three Kings Day. In Mexico and many other Spanish-speaking countries, "El Dia de los Reyes" is the day when children receive holiday gifts. Many Hispanic-Americans also celebrate Three Kings Day.
Armenian Christmas history:
Historically all Christian Churches up until the fourth century celebrated the Festival of Christ's Nativity on January 6.
According to the Roman Catholic Church, the date of January 6 was changed because the pagan traditional festival celebrated on December 25 that marked the birth of the Sun was declared invalid. But Christians continued to hold to those kinds of pagan festivals on that date. In order to break their influence, the Church hierarchy defined December 25 as Christmas, that is, as the Festival of the Holy Nativity of Christ, while January 6 was defined as the visit of the three magi to the newly born Christ.
Because the Armenians did not experience the problem of Saturnalia, i.e. the Festival of the Birth of the Sun, and because the Armenian Church was not a satellite of the Roman Church, Armenians were unaffected by this change.
According to church traditions, Armenians continue to celebrate Christmas on January 6. The Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt carries on with the same tradition together with the Armenians. However, the Ethiopian and Russian Orthodox Churches treat January 6 as the eve of the festival, which is celebrated on January 7.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Big Lots Parking Lot
1655 Euclid Avenue
San Diego, CA 92105
Tuesday, January 6 - 4:30 PM to 7:00 PM
For more information, please call: (866) 991-3747
Three Kings Day & Dia De Los Reyes history:
For Christians, the Epiphany, which falls on Jan. 6, celebrates the day the Magi presented their gifts to the infant Jesus. It marks the end of the 12 days of Christmas.
The day also is known as Three Kings Day. In Mexico and many other Spanish-speaking countries, "El Dia de los Reyes" is the day when children receive holiday gifts. Many Hispanic-Americans also celebrate Three Kings Day.
Armenian Christmas history:
Historically all Christian Churches up until the fourth century celebrated the Festival of Christ's Nativity on January 6.
According to the Roman Catholic Church, the date of January 6 was changed because the pagan traditional festival celebrated on December 25 that marked the birth of the Sun was declared invalid. But Christians continued to hold to those kinds of pagan festivals on that date. In order to break their influence, the Church hierarchy defined December 25 as Christmas, that is, as the Festival of the Holy Nativity of Christ, while January 6 was defined as the visit of the three magi to the newly born Christ.
Because the Armenians did not experience the problem of Saturnalia, i.e. the Festival of the Birth of the Sun, and because the Armenian Church was not a satellite of the Roman Church, Armenians were unaffected by this change.
According to church traditions, Armenians continue to celebrate Christmas on January 6. The Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt carries on with the same tradition together with the Armenians. However, the Ethiopian and Russian Orthodox Churches treat January 6 as the eve of the festival, which is celebrated on January 7.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Big Lots Parking Lot
1655 Euclid Avenue
San Diego, CA 92105
Tuesday, January 6 - 4:30 PM to 7:00 PM
For more information, please call: (866) 991-3747
