{"id":6028,"date":"2022-04-06T04:47:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T04:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/?p=6028"},"modified":"2022-04-06T04:57:53","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T04:57:53","slug":"feast-of-conception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/feast-of-conception\/","title":{"rendered":"Feast of Conception"},"content":{"rendered":"

Feast of Conception<\/strong><\/p>\n

April 6, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

The festival of the Annunciation which was made to our Holy Mother Virgin Mary, by the honorable Angel Gabriel is celebrated in our Holy Church on April 7. Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was conceived according to the testimony of the Holy Gospel, which said, \u201cAnd in the sixth month, that is to say the sixth month after the conception of Elisabeth, Gabriel was sent from God to a city on the borders of Galilee, the name of which was Nazareth, to a virgin who was betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph and from the house of David. The name of this virgin was Mary.\u201d<\/p>\n

When the Saint Gabriel came to her he said, \u201cRejoice, O full of grace, God is with you\u201d she was troubled at his saying, and considered what manner of greeting this was.\u00a0 Then, he said to her, \u201cFear not, O Mary, for you have found grace with God.\u00a0 You shall conceive and bear a son. His Name shall be called \u2018Jesus.\u2019\u00a0 He shall be great and shall be called the \u2018Son of the Highest.\u2019 The Lord God shall give Him the throne of His father David. He shall reign over the house of Jacob forever and to His kingdom there shall be no end.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saint Mary answered and said to him, \u201cHow can I conceive, since I have never known man?\u201d \u00a0The Angel answered and said to her, \u201cThe\u00a0Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called\u00a0the Son of God. Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren. For\u00a0with God nothing will be impossible.\u201d Then he gave her the sign of the truth of his Annunciation. \u00a0He then said, \u201cBehold, Elisabeth, your kinswoman, who was called barren, has conceived in her maturity, and in old age; for nothing is impossible with God.\u201d Saint Mary forthwith answered and said, \u201cBehold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.\u201d Saint Gabriel then departed from her. Let Him deal with me even as you have said to me.\u201d \u00a0(Luke 1:28-38)<\/p>\n

When she had received this Divine conception, there came down the Son, One Person, the Word of God, Who is One in Three Persons, Who exist for ever, and dwelt in the womb of the holy Virgin Mary; how this dwelling was effected the children of men cannot know. Straightway He received from her perfect incarnation. His Godhead was with His Incarnation, One [Being], inseparable, distinct and unchangeable. \u00a0This day is the first of all festivals for it is the beginning of the salvation of the world.<\/p>\n

May God grant us Mercy upon on us by this Holiday, Amen!<\/p>\n

Source: The Ethiopian Synxarium page 430-431<\/strong><\/p>\n

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