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 by the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches. The Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry or simply the Très Riches Heures ( The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry) is a very richly decorated Theotokos (Θεοτόκος translit Theotókos) is a title of Mary the mother of Jesus used especially in the Eastern Orthodox, A liturgy is the customary public worship done by a specific religious group according to their particular traditions The term Orthodox Christianity may refer to The Eastern Orthodox Church: the Eastern Christian churches of Byzantine
The feast is associated with an event recounted not in the New Testament, but in the apocryphal Infancy Narrative of James. The Gospel of James, also sometimes known as the Infancy Gospel of James or the Protoevangelium of James, is an apocryphal Gospel probably written about According to that text, Mary's parents, Joachim and Anne, who had been childless, received a heavenly message that they would bear a child. This ecumenical article is about general Christian views on and veneration of the Virgin Mary Saint Joachim ("he whom YHWH has set up" Hebrew: יהוֹיָקִים Greek Ἰωακείμ was the husband of Saint Anne Saint Anne (also Ann or Anna of David's house and line was the mother of the Virgin Mary, according to Christian tradition 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. Etymology The Hebrew name given in Scripture for the building is Beit HaMikdash or "The Holy House" and only the Temple in Jerusalem is referred to by this name Mary remained in the Temple until puberty, at which point she was assigned to Joseph as guardian. 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 3 in fulfillment of a vow. The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew is a part of the New Testament apocrypha, and sometimes goes by the name of The Infancy Gospel of Matthew, but the actual name of the Libellus de Nativitate Sanctae Mariae (literally book of the birth of Saint Mary) is a text concerning the events surrounding the birth of Mary mother of Jesus A vow ( Lat votum, vow promise see Vote) is a promise or Oath. Tradition held that she was to remain there to be educated in preparation for her role as Mother of God. Theotokos (Θεοτόκος translit Theotókos) is a title of Mary the mother of Jesus used especially in the Eastern Orthodox,
Some claim that this story appears inconsistent with Jewish attitudes and practices of the time, related to the Temple and to women. [1]
The feast originated in that of the dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary the New, which was built in 543 near the site of the Temple. The basilica was destroyed, but the feast was celebrated throughout the East. Adopted in the papal chapel in Avignon in 1373, it was suppressed by Pope Pius V in 1568, and so does not appear in the Tridentine Calendar. Avignon (/aviɲɔ̃/ in French) ( Provençal: Avinhon in classical norm or Avignoun in Mistralian norm is a commune Pope The Tridentine Calendar is the Calendar of saints to be honoured in the official Liturgy of the Roman Rite during the course of the Liturgical year Pope Sixtus V restored it in 1585. Pope Sixtus V ( December 13, 1521 &ndash August 27, 1590) born Felice Peretti di Montalto, was Pope from 1585 to 1590 [2]
The Eastern Orthodox Church celebrates it as one of its twelve Great Feasts, with the first documented celebration of the feast in any calendar being the mention of the Εἴσοδος τῆς Παναγίας Θεοτόκου (Entry of the All-Holy Theotokos - i. The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world The feast of the Resurrection of Jesus, called Pascha (Easter is the greatest of the feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Theotokos (Θεοτόκος translit Theotókos) is a title of Mary the mother of Jesus used especially in the Eastern Orthodox, e. into the Temple) in the 11th-century Menology of the Eastern Roman (also known as Byzantine) emperor Basil II. Although the Latin word Menologium, in English also written Menology and Menologe, has been in some measure adopted for Western use it is originally and in strictness Basil II, surnamed the Bulgar-slayer (Βασίλειος Β΄ Βουλγαροκτόνος Basileios II Boulgaroktonos, 958 &ndash December 15 1025
For the Roman Catholic Church, on the day of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary "we celebrate that dedication of herself which Mary made to God from her very childhood under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit who filled her with grace at her Immaculate Conception. For dogmatic context see Roman Catholic Mariology. For artistic depictions see Roman Catholic Marian art. "[3]
In the same Church, 21 November is also Pro Orantibus Day, a day of praying for cloistered religious "totally dedicated to God in prayer, silence and concealment". Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. A Nun is a Woman who has taken special vows committing her to a religious life [4]
The Presentation in art
Western depictions usually focused on the lone figure of the young Mary climbing the steep steps of the Temple, having left her parents at the bottom, and climbing towards the Chief Priest and other Temple figures at the top of the steps. The Presentation was one of the usual scenes in larger cycles of the Life of the Virgin, although it was not usually one of the scenes shown in a Book of hours. The Life of the Virgin, showing narrative scenes from the life of Mary, the mother of Jesus is a common subject for pictorial cycles in Christian art often complementing or A book of hours is the most common type of surviving Medieval Illuminated manuscript.
References
- ^ University of Minnesota Egypt project
- ^ Calendarium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1969), pp. 108-109
- ^ Liturgy of the Hours, 21 November
- ^ Angelus Address of Pope Benedict XVI, 19 November 2006
External links
- The Entry of the Most Holy Mother of God into the Temple Orthodox Icon and Synaxarion
- Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Encyclopedia article
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