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[[Image:Entrance.jpg|right|frame|The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple]]
The '''Presentation Entrance of the Theotokos''' into the Temple, also called '''The EntrancePresentation''', is one of the [[Great Feasts]] of the [[Orthodox Church]], celebrated on [[November 21]].
According to [[Tradition]], the [[Theotokos|Virgin Mary]] was taken —presented—by her parents [[Joachim and Anna]] into the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem as a young girl, where she lived and served as a Temple virgin until her betrothal to [[Joseph the Betrothed|St. Joseph]]. One of the earliest sources of this tradition is the non-canonical [[Protoevangelion of James]], also called the ''Infancy Gospel of James''.
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsLife.asp?FSID=103357 The Entry of the Most Holy Mother of God into the Temple] - [[OCA]] web site
*[http://oca.org/OCchapter.asp?SID=2&ID=86 Entrance of the Theotokos to the Temple] - The Orthodox Faith by Fr. [[Thomas Hopko]]
*[http://www.goarch.org/en/special/listen_learn_share/vmpresentation/learn/ The Feast of the Entrance into the Temple of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos] - ([[GOARCH]] web site)
*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/festal/festal.htm#phf03 Icons of The Presentation of the Most Holy Theotokos]
[[Category:Great Feasts]]
[[Category:Feasts]]
[[fr:Entrée au Temple de la Mère de Dieu]]
[[ro:Intrarea Maicii Domnului în Biserică]]
[[pt:Entrada da Deípara no Templo]]
