Sofronius, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, affirmed in the year 603 that this was the location of Mary's birth. After the Council of Ephesus in 431 AD, the cult of the Blessed Virgin Mary increased ...

even though he really thinks the Virgin Mary is lying to him. He doesn’t believe she’s about to give birth. She knows what’s up, she knows the centurion and she knows he’s going to roust ...

In the East, Mary's birthday is celebrated as one of the twelve great liturgies. The title for the liturgy in the East: "The Birth of Our Exalted Queen, the Birthgiver of God and Ever-Virgin Mary." ...

The birth of Jesus is mentioned in just two Gospels ... Kibeho, a small town in southern Rwanda, is remembered as the place where the Virgin Mary appeared to three young girls and foretold ...

But the Virgin Mary received faith and joy when the angel ... His advent by the spotless and God-bearing (theotokos) Mary in the way of birth and growth, and the manner of His life and ...

As a biblical scholar, I’m used to hearing people tell me about how great the Virgin Mary is for women – how ... every year for her role in giving birth to a half-divine male?

The angel said to her, “Don't be afraid, Mary; God has been gracious to you. You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus." She gave birth to her first son ...

The only reminder one woman has of her birth parents is a medallion of the Virgin Mary that was attached to her diaper when she was presented from a home for unwed mothers to her adoptive parents.

Mary homed in on something much more practical ... her engagement to Joseph and ostracize her socially or worse. The Virgin Birth was and is a vitally important part of Christmas.

154 In fact, Christ's birth "did not diminish his mother's virginal integrity but sanctified it." 155 And so the liturgy of the Church celebrates Mary as Aeiparthenos , the "Ever-virgin".

A California family’s unshaken faith emerged in the form of a lone statue of The Virgin Mary — untouched by the relentless flames of southern California’s wildfires — her resilience amid the ...