Icon "The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary" stands out among other important, as it depicts the earthly human life.Though not sealed any particular significant celebratory event, but it is riddled with intimate details, reveals the nuances of household.Icon of the Nativity of Our Lady introduces us to the family of Anna and Jehoiakim, engaging in what is happening sacred event.
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St. Anna is located in the left part of the icon.Her face joy.The right to go to Anna the maid and carried her to drink and eat.Maidens - not fictional characters, depicted so extremely vital to the detailed drawing.In the lower right corner are the midwives, cooking water to bathe a newborn baby.And you can not say that even one little thing and the superfluous detail, all the details of what is happening transform it into a holy sacrament, part of which is present and everyone watching.Nativity of the Theotokos marks the beginning not only of family happiness, domestic, but also universal, because very soon will meet people with the Great King.Despite the fact that the Mother of God is the central figure of the icon, it is not displayed in the center and in the hands of the midwife, wrapped in a diaper or waiting for their ablutions.Thereby the icon "The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin" to tell people that you need to always be humble and modest.And this in spite of its importance and significance.
Home stories about the Nativity of the Virgin
Virgin Mary was born in the times of moral and ethical human decadence, from which alone they had no power to escape.Knowledgeable minds of that time stated that the world can save only the Lord.The Son of God willed to come to the people in human form, and bring them back to the path of righteousness.And the role of his mother, he chose Mary, the only decent among others.Her parents were Anna and Joachim, who lived in Nazareth.They were from a noble family, wealthy and industrious, but this is not known.They are known as a pious couple, victims of 2/3 of their income to the poor and to the Temple.For years, they tried to have a child, but in vain.Anne and Joachim in prayer all the time.Hannah promised the Lord that if he may bestow upon her child, she would give it to him for the service.One day in fervent prayer to Anna angel descended to announce that God heard her and gives her daughter.Nine months later, the couple was born Maria.Her name means "Mistress," "queen," and it is no coincidence, because it was prepared for a great mission to become the Queen of Heaven.
When she was 3 years old, she was brought to the temple by giving bail the high priest Zaccaria.So she stayed there.About Mary can only say that, even among the other girls, who live with her, she stood the greatest diligence, hard work and holiness.Three times a day, praying in his spare time reading the scriptures and do needlework.
the age of nine, she lost both parents.
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According to Metropolitan Anatoly Surozh, an event that the icon "The Nativity of the Virgin" marks, marks the beginning of eliminating the distinction between God and man.Before it happened, there were many wonders and signs over portends great day.Even in the Old Testament mention of the coming of the Messiah.Speaking about how important the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, it must be noted that this event was accompanied by an endless series of miracles, beginning with the fact that she was born at the old barren Anna.However, she was barren only ignorant, but actually she was chaste, it is the same as her daughter Maria.The world presented, thanks to this event, as the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the icon, the value of which lies in the principles of piety, contrary admonishes people for regular chadorozhdenii.But in doing so, she says, that when the Lord had bestowed upon during the wedding ceremony, perhaps the Immaculate Conception.
People celebrate this bright day of Our Lady of the Nativity, rejoice and thank her for what she intercedes and prays for the whole human race, all bestowed boundless maternal love.
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Icon "The Nativity of the Virgin", the disclosure of which is set out above, helps everyone who pays their prayers to her, as she hears all.It removes and protects trouble.Comes to her with a variety of requests, but first of all ask for the salvation of the human soul, the elimination of doubt in it, destroying its temptations, for guidance on the path that will inevitably lead to salvation and healing.
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cope with many earthly troubles help icon "The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin."Photos praying once again shows how many people rely on its protection and support.
After all, it comes to this sinful world as it comes hope for salvation, to live in the best of times, but together with the Savior Jesus Christ.If you carefully read the prayers to the Queen of Heaven, it is clear that it has no unfulfillable requests.But most of her crying out with prayers for the salvation of lost souls, devoid of strength and faith.Icon "The Nativity of the Virgin" (photos presented in this article) help childless couples, for a long time suffering from this disaster, as well as those whose families conflict and discord.As a rule, asylum appeal not only to the Virgin Mary, but also to her parents Anne and Joachim.
Glinskaya icon of the Nativity of the Virgin
In the early 16th century, this icon was brought before beekeepers engaged in the installation of hives in the forest.In 1648, on the very spot it appeared Glinskaya desert, which received its name in honor of the boyar family Glinskikh owning local lands.Icon healed so many people, so that became famous, but, sadly, to this day she has not lived.It shows a three-arch span, against which was placed on a high bed of St. Anne, just given birth to a baby, and her husband.
bottom right is a font, and next to it - the midwife holding a newborn in her arms.Icon "The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary", written in the style of Glinski, different from the classical variant of the presence of her God of hosts.Since 1994 Glinskaya desert belongs to the church and is located on the territory of Ukraine.
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Around the 4th century for the first time held a celebration in honor of the Nativity of the Virgin, and since then, every year on September 21 (September 8, Old Style), the people rejoicing and exulting, continue to praise the Virgin Mary.
This day is doubly significant for the Russian people, because it is September 8, 1380, Russian troops won the battle with Khan Mamai at Kulikovo Field.This event marked the beginning of the formation of a unified Russian state and put an end to internecine wars and strife between the princes.
