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Saint Anne.
Mother of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
Feast Day 26 July.
Double of The Second-Class.
White Vestments.
Saint Anne. Mother of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY
Artist: René de Cramer.
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English: Parish Church of Saint Ulrich, Ulrichsberg, Austria.
Statue of Saint Anne teaching The Virgin Mary (1722).
Deutsch: Pfarrkirche Sant Ulrich in Ulrichsberg. Statue der
Heiligen Anna, wie sie der Jungfrau Maria das Lesen bei bringt (1722).
Photo: 20 June 2008.
Source: Own work.
Author: Wolfgang Sauber.
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Saint Joachim and Saint Anne, parents of The Virgin Mary.
This File: 2 October 2006.
User: Gipsy
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English: Joachim and the Angel.
Français: Joachim et l'Ange.
Artist: Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528).
Date: 1504.
Current location: Petit Palais, Paris, France.
Source/Photographer: Albrecht Dürer : œuvre gravé, catalogue de l'exposition à Paris, au Musée du Petit Palais, 4 avril-21 juillet 1996. ISBN 9782879002705.
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Saint Anne (also known as Ann or Anna, from the Hebrew "Hannah" חַנָּה, meaning "Favour" or "Grace") of David's House and Line, was The Mother of The Virgin Mary, and Grandmother of Jesus Christ.
Joachim ("he whom YHWH has set up", Hebrew: יְהוֹיָקִים Yəhôyāqîm, Greek Ἰωακείμ Iōākeím) was the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, The Mother of Jesus, His Feast Day is 16 August.
Akathist Hymn to The Mother of God. "Réjouis Toi Marie", 1/6.
Opéra d'images de Jean-Michel Mahenc. Créé pour les Nocturnes de Notre-Dame de Paris - L'hymne acathiste : un magnifique poème byzantin du VIe siècle sur la Vierge Marie. Sommet de la spiritualité orthodoxe - Commande du DVD : Tel 0160664564 - magali.barbizon@me.com
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The Akathist Hymn (Ἀκάθιστος Ὕμνος, Unseated Hymn) is a Hymn of Eastern Orthodox Tradition Dedicated to a Saint, Holy Event, or one of The Persons of The Holy Trinity. The name derives from the fact that during the Chanting of the Hymn, or sometimes the whole Service, the Congregation is expected to remain standing in reverence, without sitting down (Ancient Greek ἀ- (a), [without, not] + κάθισις (káthisis), [sitting]), except for the aged or infirm.
Mary's mother is not named in The Canonical Gospels, nor in the Qur'an. Anne's name and that of her husband, Joachim, come only from New Testament Apocrypha, of which The Protoevangelium of James (written perhaps around 150 A.D.) seems to be the earliest that mentions them.
Akathist Hymn to The Mother of God. "Réjouis toi Marie", 2/6.
Opéra d'images de Jean-Michel Mahenc. Créé pour les Nocturnes de Notre-Dame de Paris - L'hymne acathiste : un magnifique poème byzantin du VIe siècle sur la Vierge Marie. Sommet de la spiritualité orthodoxe - Commande du DVD : Tel 0160664564 - magali.barbizon@me.com
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Akathist Hymn to The Mother of God. "Réjouis toi Marie", 3/6.
Opéra d'images de Jean-Michel Mahenc. Créé pour les Nocturnes de Notre-Dame de Paris - L'hymne acathiste : un magnifique poème byzantin du VIe siècle sur la Vierge Marie. Sommet de la spiritualité orthodoxe - Commande du DVD : Tel 0160664564 - magali.barbizon@me.com
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Akathist Hymn to The Mother of God. "Réjouis toi Marie", 4/6.
Opéra d'images de Jean-Michel Mahenc.Créé pour les Nocturnes de Notre-Dame de Paris - L'hymne acathiste : un magnifique poème byzantin du VIe siècle sur la Vierge Marie. Sommet de la spiritualité orthodoxe - Commande du DVD : Tel 0160664564 - magali.barbizon@me.com
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Akathist Hymn to The Mother of God. "Réjouis toi Marie", 5/6.
Opéra d'images de Jean-Michel Mahenc. Créé pour les Nocturnes de Notre-Dame de Paris - L'hymne acathiste : un magnifique poème byzantin du VIe siècle sur la Vierge Marie. Sommet de la spiritualité orthodoxe - Commande du DVD : Tel 0160664564 - magali.barbizon@me.com
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The story bears a similarity to that of the birth of Samuel, whose mother Hannah had also been childless. Although Anne receives little attention in The Western Church, prior to the Late-12th-Century, dedications to Anne in The Eastern Church occur as early as the 6th-Century A.D.
In The Eastern Orthodox Churches and Eastern Catholic Churches, she is revered as Hanna. In the Eastern Orthodox Tradition, Hanna, is ascribed the Title "Forbear of God", and both The Birth of Mary and The Dedication of Mary to the Temple are Celebrated as two of The Twelve Great Feasts. The Dormition of Hanna is also a Minor Feast in The Eastern Church. In Protestant Tradition, it is held that Martin Luther chose to enter Religious Life, as a Roman Catholic Augustinian Monk, after crying out to Saint Anne.
Akathist Hymn to The Mother of God. "Réjouis toi Marie", 6/6.
Opéra d'images de Jean-Michel Mahenc. Créé pour les Nocturnes de Notre-Dame de Paris - L'hymne acathiste : un magnifique poème byzantin du VIe siècle sur la Vierge Marie. Sommet de la spiritualité orthodoxe - Commande du DVD : Tel 0160664564 - magali.barbizon@me.com
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Saint Anne. Mother of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY
Artist: René de Cramer.
“Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium”.
Used with Permission.
The following Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
The Church honours, with The Angels, in Holy Joy (Introit), The Mother of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
As her name signifies, [the name "Anne" derives from Hebrew. 'Hannah' meaning 'Grace"], Grace was poured on her, and she was Blessed by God for ever (Communion). "By His Grace, He made her deserve to be The Mother of The Mother of God" (Collect).
Filled with the Virtues which The Holy Ghost grants to good women, the Spouse of Saint Joachim surpassed all women by her Privileges and Graces (Epistle). Her Holiness made her leave everything for God, and she thereby acquired this Pearl and this Treasure (Gospel).
The Devotion to Saint Anne is founded on the bond which unites her to Mary and to The Incarnate Word. Its ancient Liturgy dates from the 6th-Century A.D., for The Eastern Church, and the 8th-Century A.D., for The Western Church.
It was authorised by Pope Urban IV in 1378. In 1584, Pope Gregory XIII fixed 26 July as the date of The Feast and Pope Leo XIII, in 1879, extended it to The Whole Church.
Every Parish Priest celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.
Mass: Gaudeámus omnes.
