The Iranian Zarathustrian origins of Christmas

25th, ahura mazda, ancient iranians, answer, believed, birth, birthday, born, by tahereh ghanaati, christ mass, christianity, christmas, christmas  the, christmas day, church fathers, december, december 25th, emperor aurelianus, empire, fourth century, god, great battle, invincible sun, iranian, iranian mithraic, jesus, jesus christ, judgment day, mithra, nicean council, on december, one god, religion, roman, roman empire, roman state, rome, saint peter, second century a., since mithra, thus jesus, vernal equinox, winter solstice