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2 days ago · The earliest feasts that relate to Mary grew out of the cycle of feasts that celebrated the Nativity of Jesus. Given that according to the Gospel of Luke (Luke 2:22–40), 40 days after the birth of Jesus, along with the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, Mary was purified according to Jewish
1 day ago · Adoration of the Shepherds (1622) by Gerard van Honthorst depicts the nativity of Jesus. The gospels of Luke and Matthew describe Jesus as being born in Bethlehem to the Virgin Mary. In the Gospel of Luke, Joseph and Mary travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem in order to be counted for a census, and Jesus is born there and placed in a manger.
4 days ago · Joseph ( Hebrew: יוסף, romanized : Yosef; Greek: Ἰωσήφ, romanized : Ioséph) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who, according to the canonical Gospels, was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. [2]
2 days ago · The Catholic Church celebrates today the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary on its traditional fixed date of September 8, nine months after the December 8 celebration of her Immaculate Conception as the child of Saints Joachim and Anne.
1 day ago · Born: c. 6–4 bce, Bethlehem. Died: c. 30 ce, Jerusalem. Notable Family Members: mother Mary. Recent News. July 2, 2024, 12:18 PM ET (The Guardian) Vandals in Austria behead sculpture of Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus. June 25, 2024, 7:59 AM ET (AP)
4 days ago · Mary, the mother of Jesus, venerated in the Christian church and a subject in Western art, music, and literature. Mary has been ascribed several titles, including guarantee of the Incarnation, virgin mother, second Eve, mother of God, ever virgin, immaculate, and assumed into heaven.
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5 days ago · The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist. Feast Day: June 24 – CNA. John the Baptist spent his adult life preparing the way for Jesus, and proclaiming that “the Kingdom of Heaven is close at hand.”. He was born to Zachary and Elizabeth, an elderly married couple.
