Presentation of Mary
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The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, known in the East as The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple, is a liturgical feast celebrated on November 21 by the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and some Anglo-Catholic Churches.
Fresco from the Serbian Orthodox Church of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary in Kučevište near Skopje
Detail from The Presentation of the Virgin Mary by Titian (1534–1538, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice)
Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, Testa
Theotokos
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Theotokos is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, used especially in Eastern Christianity. The usual Latin translations are Dei Genitrix or Deipara. Familiar English translations are "Mother of God" or "God-bearer" – but these both have different literal equivalents in Greek, Μήτηρ Θεοῦ and Θεοφόρος.
Mother of God of Kazan
An 18th-century Russian chart of the various types of Bogoroditsa (birth-giver of God) icons
Byzantine mosaic of the enthroned Theotokos, Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, ca. AD 560
Salus Populi Romani, Rome (5th or 6th century)