379. 25th Dec. celebrated for the first time as Christmas in Constantinople by St Gregory Naz.
380. Evidence for Epiphany in Spain (Syn. Sarag., c. 3). Theodosius the Great publishes a law on 27th March forbidding the sittings of law courts during the forty days of Lent.
385-387 (circ.). The Presentation of Christ in the Temple mentioned by the pilgrim from Gaul in Jerusalem; also the feast of the 14th Sept.
370-380 (circ.). Compilation of an Arian Calendar on Martyrology.
386. The Nativity of Christ celebrated for the first time in Antioch on 25th Dec. By a law of 26th Feb., Theodosius forbids unauthorised translations of the bodies of the saints, the dividing into parts of the remains of the martyrs, and all traffic in relics.
386. By the law of 26th Feb., judges of arbitration were forbidden to exercise their functions on Sunday. 20th May games in the circus and theatrical representations were forbidden.
389. Theodosius I. and Valentinian II. publish a law forbidding the law courts to sit for seven days before and seven days after Easter.
394. The relics of the Apostle St Thomas translated to the great church in Edessa (Socrates, Hist. Eccl., 4, 18; Chron. Edess., ed. Assemani).
395. Christmas definitely established in Constantinople.
398. St John Chrysostom chosen patriarch of Constantinople, 26th Feb.