LECTIONARY CHRISTMAS 1 Christ was born in (Matthew 2:13-23)

Christ Was Born In

 

Christ was born in Abkhazia

Christ was born in Afghanistan

Christ was born in Albania

Christ was born in Algeria

Christ was born in Andorra

Christ was born in Angola

Christ was born in Anguilla

Christ was born in Antigua and Barbuda  

Christ was born in Argentina

 Christ was born in Armenia 

Christ was born in Aruba

Christ was born in Ascension

Christ was born in Australia

Christ was born in the Australian Antarctic Territory

Christ was born in Austria

Christ was born in Azerbaijan

Christ was born in the Bahamas

Christ was born in Bahrain

Christ was born in Bangladesh

Christ was born in Barbados

Christ was born in Belarus

Christ was born in Belgium

 Christ was born in Belize

Christ was born in Benin

Christ was born in Bermuda

Christ was born in Bhutan

Christ was born in Bolivia

Christ was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Christ was born in Botswana

Christ was born on Bouvet Island

Christ was born in Brazil

Christ was born in the British Antarctic Territory

Christ was born in the British Indian Ocean Territory

Christ was born on the British Virgin Islands

Christ was born in Brunei

Christ was born in Bulgaria

Christ was born in Burkina Faso

Christ was born in Burundi

Christ was born in Cambodia

Christ was born in Cameroon

Christ was born in Canada

Christ was born in Cape Verde

Christ was born on the Cayman Islands

Christ was born in the Central African Republic

Christ was born in Chad

Christ was born in Chile

Christ was born in China

Christ was born on Christmas Island

Christ was born in Colombia

Christ was born in Comoros

Christ was born on Cocos Islands

Christ was born on the Cook Islands

Christ was born in the Coral Sea Islands Territory

Christ was born in Costa Rica

Christ was born in Côte d'Ivoire

Christ was born in Croatia

Christ was born in Cuba

Christ was born in Curaçao

Christ was born in Cyprus

Christ was born in Czech Republic

Christ was born in Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Christ was born in Denmark

Christ was born in Djibouti

Christ was born in Dominica

Christ was born in Dominican Republic

Christ was born in East Timor

Christ was born in Ecuador

Christ was born in Egypt

Christ was born in El Salvador

Christ was born in Equatorial Guinea

Christ was born in Eritrea

Christ was born in Estonia

Christ was born in Ethiopia

Christ was born in Falkland Islands

Christ was born in Faroe Islands

Christ was born in Fiji

Christ was born in Finland

Christ was born in France

Christ was born in French Polynesia

Christ was born in French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Christ was born in Gabon

Christ was born in Georgia

Christ was born in Germany

Christ was born in Ghana

Christ was born in Gibraltar

Christ was born in Greece

Christ was born in Greenland

Christ was born in Grenada

Christ was born in Guam

Christ was born in Guatemala

Christ was born in Guernsey

Christ was born in Guinea

Christ was born in Guinea-Bissau

Christ was born in Guyana

Christ was born in Haiti

Christ was born on Heard Island and McDonald Islands

Christ was born in Honduras  

Christ was born in Iceland

Christ was born in India

Christ was born in Indonesia

Christ was born in Iran

Christ was born in Iraq

Christ was born in Ireland

Christ was born on Isle of Man

Christ was born in Israel

Christ was born in Italy

Christ was born in Jamaica

Christ was born in Jan Mayen

Christ was born in Japan

Christ was born on Jersey

Christ was born in Jordan

Christ was born in Kazakhstan

Christ was born in Kenya

Christ was born in Kiribati

Christ was born in Kosovo

Christ was born in Kurdistan

Christ was born in Kuwait

Christ was born in Kyrgyzstan

Christ was born in Laos

Christ was born in Latvia

Christ was born in Lebanon

Christ was born in Lesotho

Christ was born in Liberia

Christ was born in Libya

Christ was born in Liechtenstein

Christ was born in Lithuania

Christ was born in Luxembourg

Christ was born in Macedonia

Christ was born in Madagascar

Christ was born in Malawi

Christ was born in Malaysia

Christ was born in the Maldives

Christ was born in Mali

Christ was born in Malta

Christ was born in Marshall Islands

Christ was born in Mauritania

Christ was born in Mauritius

Christ was born in Mexico

Christ was born in Micronesia

Christ was born in Moldova

Christ was born in Monaco

Christ was born in Mongolia

Christ was born in Montenegro

Christ was born in Montserrat

Christ was born in Morocco

Christ was born in Mozambique

Christ was born in Myanmar

Christ was born in Nagorno-Karabakh

Christ was born in Namibia

Christ was born in Nauru

Christ was born in Nepal

Christ was born in the Netherlands

Christ was born in New Caledonia

Christ was born in New Zealand

Christ was born in Nicaragua

Christ was born in Niger

Christ was born in Nigeria

Christ was born in Niue

Christ was born on Norfolk Island

Christ was born in Northern Cyprus

Christ was born on Northern Mariana Islands

Christ was born in Norway

Christ was born in Oman

Christ was born in Pakistan

Christ was born in Palau

Christ was born in Palestine

Christ was born in Panama

Christ was born in Papua New Guinea

Christ was born in Paraguay

Christ was born in Peru

Christ was born on Peter I Island

Christ was born in Philippines

Christ was born on Pitcairn Islands

Christ was born in Poland

Christ was born in Portugal

Christ was born in Puerto Rico

Christ was born in Qatar

Christ was born in Queen Maud Land

Christ was born in Republic of the Congo

Christ was born in Republic of the Sudan

Christ was born in Romania

Christ was born in Russia

Christ was born in Rwanda

Christ was born in Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Christ was born on Saint Barthélemy

Christ was born on Saint Helen

Christ was born on Saint Kitts and Nevis

Christ was born on Saint Lucia

Christ was born on Saint Maarten

Christ was born on Saint Martin

Christ was born on Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Christ was born on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Christ was born in Samoa

Christ was born in San Marino

Christ was born in São Tomé and Príncipe

Christ was born in Saudi Arabia

Christ was born in Senegal

Christ was born in Serbia

Christ was born in Seychelles

Christ was born in Sierra Leone

Christ was born in Singapore

 Christ was born in Slovakia

 Christ was born in Slovenia

Christ was born in Solomon Islands

Christ was born in Somalia

Christ was born in Somaliland

Christ was born in South Africa

Christ was born in South Korea

Christ was born in South Ossetia

Christ was born in South Sudan

Christ was born in Spain

Christ was born in Sri Lanka

Christ was born on South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Christ was born in South Sudan   

Christ was born in Suriname

Christ was born in Swaziland

Christ was born in Sweden

Christ was born in Switzerland

Christ was born in Syria

Christ was born in Taiwan

Christ was born in Tajikistan

Christ was born in Tanzania

Christ was born in Thailand

Christ was born in The Gambia

Christ was born in The Syrian National Coalition

Christ was born in Togo

Christ was born in Tokelau

Christ was born in Tonga

Christ was born in Transnistria

Christ was born in Trinidad and Tobago

Christ was born on Tristan da Cunha

Christ was born in Tunisia

Christ was born in Turkey

Christ was born in Turkmenistan

Christ was born in Turks and Caicos Islands

Christ was born in Tuvalu

Christ was born in Uganda

Christ was born in Ukraine

Christ was born in United Arab Emirates

Christ was born in United Kingdom

Christ was born in United States of America

Christ was born in Uruguay

Christ was born in U.S. Virgin Islands

Christ was born in Uzbekistan

Christ was born in Vanuatu

Christ was born in Vatican City

Christ was born in Vietnam

Christ was born in Wallis and Futuna

Christ was born in Yemen

Christ was born in Zambia

Christ was born in Zimbabwe

 

 

 

 

THREE NOTES:

First, originally the idea was to only mention countries where mass movements of people had taken place, to recognise the place that refugees have in the history of individual nations. As I thought through the process I realised that every “nation” will have had (or will in the near future) people (on a grand or minor scale) displaced in some way because of violence, the threat of violence, oppression, disaster, financial bankruptcy. I thus widened my scope from the notion of “refugees.” This is a list of places Kisa Gotami would have appreciated after her long walk in search of mustard seeds.

Second, I am indebted to Wikipedia for their list of sovereign states, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states . I am aware that many states have changed names and ownership throughout human history. I’m also aware that many states today are contested states. I have included Wikipedia’s list of “Other States” for this reason (you will note that they are interspersed through the main list via alphabetical order). I have not traced the history of nation states, and I have not included a list of nation states present at the time of Christ’s actual birth. I am also aware that those who reside in contested states may have their own affiliations with parent states. I am also aware that it could be seen that the alphabetisation in this list has removed certain states from relationship with their sovereign affiliated states. No offence is caused in any of these cases. If it is helpful, please read the list as merely a list of place names, this list doesn’t necessarily have to relate to a list of states. You may also question the use of the words “on” and “in” - the way I have written it has been done at my discretion (no political statement is meant by the use of “in” or “on” though I recognise that it might be possible to see it that way!) The same can be said about the use of the word “the”, too.

Third, you may dispute my decisions to include and / or omit certain names, you may also question my naming strategy, you may also question the inferences (intentional or unintentional) that specific inclusions or exclusions make, you may also question the system of alphabetisation that I have used. You may do all or some or none of these things. But in a spirit of openness and mutual journeying,  you may (not that you need permission !) So please note, this is not a comprehensive list of anything. - In fact, the complexity of such a list’s formation is (if anything) a reinforcement of the point of its existence.