No, Virginia, Christmas Isn’t About Mithras

In 1954, deep under the streets of London, a mysterious 3rd c. temple was unearthed, but it was not as hoped a Christian church. It was a Mithraeum, a place of bloody secret rituals practiced by Roman soldiers. Who is their god Mithras? And is he the real Jesus?

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No, Virginia, Christmas Isn’t About Mithras is an episode from The Lord of Spirits by Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick, Fr. Stephen De Young, and Ancient Faith Ministries.

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This episode was published on Nov 18, 2025.

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