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[[Image:Presentation.jpg|right|frame|The Presentation Meeting of Christ into the Lord in the Temple]]The '''Meeting of the Lord in the Temple''' (also called the '''Presentation''' of Christ into the Temple ) is one of the [[Great Feasts]] of the [[Orthodox Church]], celebrated on [[February 2]]. This feast is also known as '''Candlemas''', particularly in Western nations, due to the custom of blessing [[Candle|candles]] on this day.
In Eastern tradition, it is often called '''The Meeting of Our Lord and God and Savior, Jesus Christ''', because the hymns emphasize the incarnate God, the [[Lord]] [[Jesus Christ]], meeting with his people, Israel, in the persons of the [[Prophet]] [[Simeon the God-receiver|Simeon]] and the Prophetess [[Anna the Prophetess|Anna]].
In the [[Gospel of Luke]] 2:22-35, [[Theotokos|Mary]] and [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]] took the infant Christ to the Temple in Jerusalem. He was received in the arms of the elder Simeon, who then prayed, "Now let Thy servant depart in peace... for I have seen Thy salvation." This was one of the things that Mary "pondered in her heart"—the fact that others recognized that her Son was the [[Messiah]].
 
==Celebration of the feast==
[[File:Menologion of Basil 037.jpg|right|thumb|Meeting of the Lord, (''Menologion of Basil II, 10th-11th c.'')]]
On the eve of the feast, [[Vespers]] is served and contains three [[Old Testament]] readings. The first is a composite of [[Exodus]] 12:15-13:16, [[Leviticus]] 12, and [[Numbers]] 8. The second reading is from [[Isaiah]] 6:1-12. And the third is a composite from Isaiah 19:1,3-5,12,16,19-21.
The theme of all these readings together, tell of the changing from the Old Testament to the [[New Testament]], the old law becomes something new. The Son of God, giver of the law, now himself fulfills the law, being carried in Simeon's arms as a human child.
The [[forefeast]] of the Presentation Meeting is [[February 1]], and the [[leavetaking]] of the feast is [[February 9]], although the [[afterfeast]] of the Presentation Meeting of Christ the Lord may be shortened or omitted altogether if [[February 2]] falls on or after the [[Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee]].
== Hymns ==
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