The Nativity of John the
Baptist on June 24 comes three months after the celebration on March 25 of the Annunciation,
when the angel Gabriel told Mary that
her cousin Elizabeth was in her sixth month of pregnancy,[3] and six months before the Christmas celebration of the birth of Jesus. The
purpose of these festivals is not to celebrate the exact dates of these events,
but simply to commemorate them in an interlinking way. The Nativity of John the
Baptist anticipates the feast of Christmas.
The
Nativity of John the Baptist is one of the oldest festivals of the Christian
church.
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