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The church celebrates the three-year anniversary of St. Feast of the Donation of the Cathedral of the Virgin

S. One of the holidays dedicated to the Virgin Mary is Three-year-old S. The Feast of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary, which all Christian churches commemorate on November 21. According to tradition, after the completion of three years, the God-fearing and pious parents of Our Lady, Jowakim and Anna, according to their vow, present Mary to the temple, where she remains until her betrothal.

The establishment of the festival is related to the temple that Emperor Justinian built in honor of the Virgin Mary on the site of the ancient Jewish temple. The dedication of the temple took place on November 21, 638. spread throughout the Christian world He entered the church in the 7th century. The Feast of the Presentation of the Mother of God to the Temple is one of the permanent feasts of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

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