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Monday, December 4, 2017
Presentation of Mary
The
Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
(as it is known in the West), or
The Entry of the Most Holy
Theotokos
into the Temple
(its name in the East), is a
liturgical
feast celebrated on November 21
by the
Catholic
and
Orthodox Churches
.
The feast is associated with an event recounted not in the
New Testament
, but in the apocryphal
Infancy Narrative of James
. According to that text,
Mary
's parents,
Joachim
and
Anne
, who had been childless, received a heavenly message that they would have a child. In thanksgiving for the gift of their daughter, they brought her, when still a child, to the
Temple in Jerusalem
to consecrate her to God. Later versions of the story (such as the
Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew
and the
Gospel of the Nativity of Mary
) tell us that Mary was taken to the Temple at around the age of three in fulfillment of a
vow
. Tradition held that she was to remain there to be educated in preparation for her role as
Mother of God
.
In Eastern Orthodox tradition, this is one of the days when women named Mary (
Μαρία
in Greek) and Despoina (Δέσποινα in Greek) celebrate their
Name Day
.
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