This feast, celebrated on February 2, is known in the Orthodox Church as The Presentation of Christ in the Temple. Another name for the feast is The Meeting of our Lord. Roman Catholic and Protestant Christians call the feast, The Purification of the Holy Virgin.

2023年1月31日 · Icon of the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple. From left to right: Joseph, Anna, the Theotokos, the Christ child, and Simeon. In the icon of the Presentation of the Lord, we see that the meeting takes place in front of the altar in the Temple.

One of the famous 16th century Stavronikita Festal set of icons, this icon depicts the Righteous Symeon, the God-Receiver, holding the forty-day-old Jesus in his arms as He is presented to God in the Temple according to the Law while the Virgin Mary, …

2021年1月31日 · In the 4th episode of the “Orthodox Icons Explained” series, Fr. John explains the icon of the Presentation of our Lord at the Temple, celebrated by the Eastern Orthodox Church on February 2. Fr. Ioan Bizau is a senior lecturer of Iconography and Christian Art at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Presentation in the Temple. The icon from the festival row. The Presentation of Our Lord is depicted in accordance with the canons: on the left stands Blessed Joseph and the Holy Virgin, who have already handed Infant Christ to Simeon the Elder; on the right, behind Simeon stands widow Anna the Prophetess.

2024年1月10日 · The icon of the Presentation of the Lord, a feastday celebrated on February 2/February 15, depicts the story of when the Holy Theotokos and Joseph observed the Jewish custom of bringing the first-born male child to the Temple to be presented and dedicated to God forty days after his birth.

Thus, in the person of Symeon we see that the Old Testament is fulfilled in Christ! Now we are illuminated by the dawn of a new promise, the Age of Redemption and salvation in Christ our Lord. The icon also depicts the Prophetess Anna who was in the Temple the day Jesus was presented in accordance with the law of Moses.

The Presentation of Our Lord is depicted in accordance with the canons: on the left stands Blessed Joseph and the Holy Virgin, who have already handed Infant Christ to Simeon the Elder; on the right, behind Simeon stands widow Anna the Prophetess.

2025年1月31日 · THE PRESENTATION [MEETING] OF OUR LORD IN THE TEMPLE The fortieth day after His birth, the All-Holy Virgin brought her Divine Son into the Temple of Jerusalem, to dedicate Him to God, in accordance with the Law,. "Consecrate to me every first-born that opens the womb among the Israelites both of …

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