Saint Ann
& the Mother of God

September 9th
Troparion of Ss. Joachim & Anna (Tone 8)
We celebrate the memory of thy holy Ancestors, O Lord, and through them we beseech Thee to save our souls.

Saints Joachim & Anna were childless for 50 years of their married life. Then the Archangel Gabriel appeared to them, each separately, and foretold the birth of a daughter. God had heard their prayers. They had always been very devout and gave one third of their income to the Temple, one third to the poor and lived on the remaining third. St. Joachim lived to be 80 and St. Anna lived to be 79. In response to the blessing and the Archangel's prophecy, they dedicated Mary to the Lord and presented her to be raised in the Temple from a young child. In English, Anna is also known as Anne.

This icon is by the hand of Nicholas Papas. It is from Saint George Antiochian Orthodox Church, Altoona, Pennsylvania.

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Other Icons of Saint Anna: The Conception of the Theotokos, Ss. Joachim & Anna w/ Theotokos, The Nativity of the Theotokos, The Presentation of the Theotokos

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