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[[File:Moses Burning Bush - Byzantine Mosaic.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Moses and the Burning Bush.]]
The '''Burning Bush''' is a phenonenon (miracle) described by the Book of [[Exodus]] (3:1-21) as being located on Mount Horob at which Moses was appointed by God to lead the Israelites out of Egypt and into Canaan. The narrative relates that the bush was on fire, but was not consumed by the flames, hence the name.
In Eastern Orthodox parlance, the preferred name for the event is ''The Unburnt Bush'', and the theology and hymnography of the church view it as prefiguring the virgin birth of [[Jesus]]. Orthodox theology refers to Mary, the mother of Jesus as the ''[[Theotokos]]'' ("God bearer"), viewing her as having given birth to Incarnate God without suffering any harm, or loss of virginity, in parallel to the bush being burnt without being consumed.<ref>''The [[Octoechos]]'', Volume II (St. John of Kronstadt Press, Liberty, TN, 1999), Dogmaticon, Tone II</ref> There is an [[Icon]] by the name of ''[[Theotokos the Unburnt Bush icon|the Unburnt Bush]]'', which portrays Mary as ''God bearer''. the icon's [[feast day]] is celebrated on [[September 4]].[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsLife.asp?FSID=102500]
While God speaks to Moses in the narrative, Orthodox belief is that the [[angel]] was also heard by Moses and interprets the angel as being the Logos of God, regarding it as the ''Angel of Great Counsel'' mentioned by the [[Septuagint]] version of Isaiah<ref>{{bibleverse||Isaiah|9:6|}} (LXX)</ref>, that in the [[masoretic text]] is rendered ''Counsellor, Almighty God''.
==Reference==
==Sources==
*[[httpWikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_bush]]
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsLife.asp?FSID=102500 Icon of the Mother of God "the Unburnt Bush"]
