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The Sacred Tradition of Eastern Christianity teaches that the Virgin Mary died a natural death (the Dormition of the Theotokos, the falling asleep), like any human being; that her soul was received by Christ upon death; and that her body was resurrected on the third day after her repose, at which time she was taken up, soul and body, into heaven in anticipation of the general resurrection.
Mary [b] was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, [6] the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus. 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 miraculous statue of Our Lady, Star of the Sea in Basilica of Our Lady (Maastricht), the most important Marian shrine of the Netherlands. The name Stella Maris is first applied to the Virgin Mary in the Liber de Nominibus Hebraicis , a translation by Saint Jerome of a work by Philo , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] but this is apparently a misnomer based on a ...
The Three Marys by Alexander Moody Stuart, first published 1862, reprinted by the Banner of Truth Trust, Edinburgh, 1984, is a study of Mary of Magdala, Mary of Bethany and Mary of Nazareth. In Spanish-speaking countries, the Orion's Belt asterism is called Las Tres Marías (The Three Marys).
The Virgin Mary statue stolen from Divine Mercy in South Milwaukee in August 2023 was recovered by South Milwaukee police and returned in September 2024.
Our Lady of Ain Ebel - Em El Nour in Ain Ebel, a 200-foot tower to be topped by a 45-foot statue of the Virgin Mary [16] Our Lady of Bechouat , a Marian sanctuary in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon. Our Lady of Bekaa , a Marian shrine located in Zahlé , Lebanon with panoramic views of the Beqaa Valley .
JERUSALEM (AP) - Hundreds of people have flocked to a small town in northern Israel to view a statue of the Virgin Mary that residents say "weeps" oil. Members of a Christian family from Tarshiha ...
Michelangelo Buonarotti's Pietà in Saint Peter's Basilica, 1498–1499.Crowned by the Pontifical decree of Pope Urban VIII in 1637.. The Pietà (Italian pronunciation:; meaning "pity", "compassion") is a subject in Christian art depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary cradling the mortal body of Jesus Christ after his Descent from the Cross.