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Aug 9, 2024 · 2 Her visit to her cousin Elizabeth, which includes Elizabeth’s greeting: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.” And the Song of Mary which is sung daily at services in both Eastern and Western Christianity: “My soul magnifies the Lord…
21 hours ago · She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under various titles such as virgin or queen, many of them mentioned in the Litany of Loreto. The Eastern and Oriental Orthodox, Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran churches believe that Mary, as mother of Jesus, is the Mother of God.
3 days ago · Mary Magdalene is believed to have been born in Magdala, a small town on the Sea of Galilee. The Gospels tell us that she was possessed by seven demons, a condition from which Christ freed her, demonstrating His divine authority over evil and His boundless mercy (Luke 8:2).
6 days ago · Similarly, the liturgy consistently addresses the Virgin Mary as Theotokos (the “one who gave birth to God”), and this term, formally admitted as a criterion of orthodoxy at Ephesus, is actually the only Mariological (doctrine of Mary) dogma accepted in the Orthodox church.
- John Meyendorff
6 days ago · Eastern Orthodoxy, one of the three major doctrinal and jurisdictional groups of Christianity. It is characterized by its continuity with the apostolic church, its liturgy, and its territorial churches.
- John Meyendorff
21 hours ago · Mary and Martha, with their brother Lazarus, were especially devoted disciples of our Lord; their story up to the time of the Resurrection can be found in Luke 10 and John 11-12. Mary and Martha were among the Myrrh-bearing women.
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2 days ago · The Immaculate Conception is the belief that the Virgin Mary was free of original sin from the moment of her conception. [1] It is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. [2] Debated by medieval theologians, it was not defined as a dogma until 1854, [3] by Pope Pius IX in the papal bull Ineffabilis Deus. [4]
