Feast of the Circumcision of Christ Feast of the Circumcision of Christ The Feast of the Circumcision of Christ is a Christian celebration of the circumcision of Jesus in accordance with Jewish tradition, eight days (according to the Semitic and southern European calculation of intervals of days) after his birth, the occasion on which the child was formally given his name. The circumcision took place not in the Temple, though painters sometimes so represent it, but in the home. The circumcision of Jesus has traditionally been seen, as explained in the popular 14th-century work the "Golden Legend", as the first time the blood of Christ was
Churches of Christ in Christian Union Churches of Christ in Christian Union The Churches of Christ in Christian Union (CCCU) is a Wesleyan-Holiness and Restorationist Christian denomination. The CCCU has a presence in 15 U.S. states and several nations, with about 200 churches in the United States. Ohio Christian University is its educational wing with denominational world headquarters nearby, just outside Circleville, Ohio. The Churches of Christ in Christian Union became a separate denomination in 1909 when five ministers and about 60 lay people were separated from the steadily declining "Christian Union" headquartered in Ohio. While the Christian Union was originally formed in 1864 to protest