Commemoration
Conception of Saint Anna
December 9 Old CalendarDecember 22 New Calendar
Life
The righteous Joachim and Anna were childless for a full fifty years of their married life. In their old age the Archangel Gabriel appeared to them, to each of them separately, and told them that their prayers had been heard by God and that they would bear a daughter Mary. Then Saint Anna conceived of her husband, and after nine months gave birth to a daughter, blessed by God and by all the generations of mankind, the Most Holy Virgin Mary the Theotokos (see September 9).
From the Hymn of Praise
O most glorious God, wondrous and marvelous,Toward all creatures gracious, merciful,Thou dost cast down the proud, exalt the humble:Thou who puttest to death, Thou who makest alive,
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, December 9. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on December 9
The full reading for December 9 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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