The Church today celebrates the synaxis of the Holy & Righteous, Joachim and Anna – one day after commemorating the Nativity of the most Holy Theotokos, thereby honoring the couple as the parents of the Ever-Virgin Mary.

The Church today celebrates the synaxis of the Holy & Righteous, Joachim and Anna – one day after commemorating the Nativity of the most Holy Theotokos, thereby honoring the couple as the parents of the Ever-Virgin Mary.