The Oldest Christmas Carol?

The earliest preserved Christmas hymn dates to the fourth century. It is called "Jesus Light of All Nations" and was written by Saint Hilary of Poitiers.
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[TheHolyBaptistChannel]

beautiful! I love early Christian chants and songs!

[kengineexpress]

Sharing this with my Lutheran friends! Beautiful and what a marvel that the Creator of the universe became a baby. 😄

[kathleentetreault]

Thank you for your preservation. Too much is forever lost to the past. All history needs to be preserved, especially during these times. Ron

[hannahbaker]

I watched your Christmas playlist the other day with 12 videos in it, now you HAVE A NEW CHRISTMAS I love it!

[gillianc]

Was Mr Patristix sweating buckets from his antipodean studio to produce this festive episode in suitably wintery attire in the middle of his Summer. If so, I salute his heroism.

[donnalayton]

Thank God there are those who preserve special items.

[petercoologeorgen]

Καλα Χριστούγεννα. Χριστος γεννήθηκε!

[stephen]

I thank you so much my brother for what you do! God bless and keep you. At our small Orthodox Serbian church we play much of your videos to teach, exhort and inspire us. Again, I thank you.
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[christopherTYJ]

Thank you for this video! St. Hillary of Poitiers also wrote the early version of the Nicene Creed, some version of which most Christians recite at Mass each week. His tomb is in St. Hillary's church in, of course, Poitiers. By God's Grace I have visited this Romanesque gem. I didn't know about the ancient hymn.

[Mortimus]

Thank you patristix, as a fellow Aussie, I really appreciate your videos as someone who is interested in converting to orthodoxy, I have learnt so much.

[johncarsone]

Wonderful!!! Thank you so much. I don't celebrate until January 7. I have more time. Christ is born! Glorify Him!❤❤❤❤❤

[Elizabeth-gzp]

Thank You. The Birth of Jesus Christ is a Tremendous Gift, bestowed upon us by God, for He so Loved us and the World. Love really is our true and Divine Nature. Thank You God, Thank You Jesus. ❤❤❤❤

[WORLDNSHKNIGHT]

Great video. Cheers and Merry Christmas to all reading this.

[HolyLevite]

The joy I receive when a new Patristix video is uploaded! Glory to God! ☦

[ellisspear]

Such an amazing breadth of knowledge. So educational. Thanks so much

[kathrynjordan]

Happy Christmas to all! Thank you for your presentation. So nice to know about these hymns. Wish more had been preserved; we do need to preserve the ones we have for future generations.

[StephenSSTiger]

Keep Christ in Christmas! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! CHRIST is KING!!!

[rogermarkfreberg]

Another wonderful addition to our library of Orthodox memories!! Thank you my friend❤☦️☦️☦️❤️

[abrahamtesfu]

Thank you, always learn something from this channel.

[Aramanth]

Wonderful video and very informative!
Thank you for helping to save past things from obscurity.
BTW I believe "O Come O Come Emmanuel" has its origins going back
about 1200 years. Technically, an Advent carol... It remains my favorite.