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The Book of Luke tells of the visit of the angel Gabriel to Mary, in the house of Joseph, the man she is pledged to marry. The angel tells Mary that she will give birth to a son who will save the wor...
The Orthodox festival of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin was established in Byzantium in the fifth century. The main literary source was an apocryphal work called the Gospel of St James, which was...