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Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Monday, December 26, 2011
Cambodian teens enthusiastically celebrate Xmas Day
By Nguon Sovan
PHNOM PENH, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- Even days ahead of the Christmas, souvenir shops across Phnom Penh have been crowded with Cambodian teenagers seeking gifts for their friends and beloved ones.
The Christmas Day is not part of Cambodia's religious festivities. However, it has been informally observed here since the early 1990s.
Year after year, the event has gained more and more popularity, especially among teenagers and students.
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Messages of peace as Christians celebrate Christmas
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| Pakistani Christians attend Christmas prayers at St. Peter's church in the city of Karachi on late December 24, 2011 |
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| Christians gather in Manger Square in Bethlehem on December 24, 2011. As the faithful crowded the ancient town where the Bible says Jesus was born, Pope Benedict XVI on Christmas Eve urged believers |
12/25/2011
Agence France-Presse
BETHLEHEM - Tens of thousands of Christians flocked to Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas as the pope at the Vatican called for peace, humility and reconciliation.
As the faithful crowded the ancient town where the Bible says Jesus was born, Pope Benedict XVI on Christmas Eve urged believers to look beyond the "glitter" of the Christian holiday.
"Today Christmas has become a commercial celebration, whose bright lights hide the mystery of God’s humility, which in turn calls us to humility and simplicity," the pope told thousands at mass in Saint Peter's basilica.
"Let us ask the Lord to help us see through the superficial glitter of this season, and to discover behind it the child in the stable in Bethlehem, so as to find true joy and true light," the 84-year-old pontiff said.
He also issued a scathing rebuke to "oppressors" and warmongers around the world.
"In this time of ours, in this world of ours, cause the oppressors’ rods, the cloaks rolled in blood and the footgear of battle to be burned, so that your peace may triumph in this world of ours," he said.
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Thursday, December 24, 2009
The Original "CHRIST"mas Story
Merry Christmas (?) (Photo: Tharum Bun)Sent by KI-Media Reader
The Prophecy 700 years Before Christ (or B.C.)
For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. – Isaiah the Prophet (9:6)
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. – Isaiah the Prophet (9:6)
The Prophecy Fulfilled 2009 years ago (A.D. or Anno Domini Nostri Jesu Christi, Latin for “in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ”)
The Birth of Jesus
In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to his own town to register.
So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
The Shepherds and the Angels
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about."
So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told. - St. Luke Gospel (2:1-20)
So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
The Shepherds and the Angels
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about."
So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told. - St. Luke Gospel (2:1-20)
Monday, December 24, 2007
Christmas in Cambodia
By Erika Kinetz
The Christian Science Monitor
The Christian Science Monitor
Phnom Penh, Cambodia -– Far beneath the spires of Buddhist pagodas, the streets of Phnom Penh are now adorned with blow-up Santas, flashing ice-blue lights, and sparkly "Merry Christmas" banners. But it is not so much Christmas itself that has gripped Cambodians. It's the Christmas sale.
As Cambodia's economy has grown, so too has the nation's fascination with this most Western of holidays.
Employees at Phnom Penh's favorite mall, the Sorya shopping center, donned fuzzy red and white Santa hats this week.
"We love Christmas. It's cool," says Kol Chanbo, assistant manager of a Phnom Penh ice cream store, who was clad in a red-and-white Santa hat. "I want to play under the snow one day, too."
Neup Chan Thavy, manager of an electronics store, says sales typically surge by 20 percent during the month of December. Most of the shopping is done by foreigners and Cambodian teenagers who got the idea that Christmas is about love and that love is, at least in part, about shopping.
CityMart sporting goods store clerk Sao Chila says the store's business picks up around this time of year. "I think Christmas is good, because all over the world they celebrate it," she says. Even though she's Buddhist, she buys her friends Christmas presents because the holiday represents love. "We just want to share our love with each other," she says, smiling.
As Cambodia's economy has grown, so too has the nation's fascination with this most Western of holidays.
Employees at Phnom Penh's favorite mall, the Sorya shopping center, donned fuzzy red and white Santa hats this week.
"We love Christmas. It's cool," says Kol Chanbo, assistant manager of a Phnom Penh ice cream store, who was clad in a red-and-white Santa hat. "I want to play under the snow one day, too."
Neup Chan Thavy, manager of an electronics store, says sales typically surge by 20 percent during the month of December. Most of the shopping is done by foreigners and Cambodian teenagers who got the idea that Christmas is about love and that love is, at least in part, about shopping.
CityMart sporting goods store clerk Sao Chila says the store's business picks up around this time of year. "I think Christmas is good, because all over the world they celebrate it," she says. Even though she's Buddhist, she buys her friends Christmas presents because the holiday represents love. "We just want to share our love with each other," she says, smiling.
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