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St. Anna conceived shortly thereafter, and in the ninth month gave birth to the Blessed Virgin Mary. This [[Conception of the Theotokos|Conception of the Most Holy Mother of God]] is celebrated by the Church on [[December 9]] and the [[Nativity of the Theotokos]] is celebrated on [[September 8]].
Sts. Joachim and Anna took Mary, at the age of twothree, to the temple to be dedicated to the service of the Lord, and presented her to the priest Zechariahs. The parents then, after offering up her sacrifice (according to the custom of the time), left the Virgin with other maidens in the apartments of the temple to be brought up therein. The Church commemorates the [[Presentation of the Theotokos]] on [[November 21]].
==Dormition of the Righteous Anna==
