The Story of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Church of St Anne, Jerusalem (Zahi Shaked)

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The Story of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Church has celebrated Mary’s birth since at least the sixth century. A September birth was chosen because the Eastern Church begins its Church year with September. The September 8 date helped determine the date for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8.
Scripture does not give an account of Mary’s birth. However, the apocryphal Protoevangelium of James fills in the gap. This work has no historical value, but it does reflect the development of Christian piety. According to this account, Anna and Joachim are infertile but pray for a child. They receive the promise of a child who will advance God’s plan of salvation for the world. Such a story, like many biblical counterparts, stresses the special presence of God in Mary’s life from the beginning.
Saint Augustine connects Mary’s birth with Jesus’ saving work. He tells the earth to rejoice and shine forth in the light of her birth. “She is the flower of the field from whom bloomed the precious lily of the valley. Through her birth the nature inherited from our first parents is changed.” The opening prayer at Mass speaks of the birth of Mary’s Son as the dawn of our salvation, and asks for an increase of peace.
Reflection
We can see every human birth as a call for new hope in the world. The love of two human beings has joined with God in his creative work. The loving parents have shown hope in a world filled with travail. The new child has the potential to be a channel of God’s love and peace to the world.
This is all true in a magnificent way in Mary. If Jesus is the perfect expression of God’s love, Mary is the foreshadowing of that love. If Jesus has brought the fullness of salvation, Mary is its dawning.
Only three birthdays are celebrated in the liturgical calendar of the Church: the Nativity of Our Lord, the Nativity of his precursor, John the Baptist, and the Nativity of His Mother. The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is important for its fundamental role in the history of salvation and it is commemorated every year on 8 September.
In Jerusalem, this important date is traditionally celebrated at the church of St Anne, through a eucharistic celebration. This occasion, as well as remembering the birth of the Mother of Jesus,also commemorates the historical closeness of France tot eh Custody of the Holy Land. The church of St Anne itself is the property of the French Republic, as it was a gift in 1856 to Napoleon III from the sultan Abdul Majid, as sign of gratitude for the military support in the Crimean War. The name of the church, on the other hand, refers precisely to Mary’s mother, Anne, who lived here together with her husband St Joachim, as stated in the proto-Gospel of James, who emphasizes how the house of Mary’s parents stood “not far from the Temple.”It can be said that this site is doubly holy, as the place where the house of Mary’s parents stood and as the place where the miracle of the healing of the paralysed man at the pool of Bethesda took place, an episode named in John 5, 1 and ff.
The church here, built in the times of the Crusaders, is one of the buildings that has remained intact over the centuries, thanks to King Saladin, who converted it into a Shafiite Koranic school.
Today, the Basilica has been entrusted by France to the Missionaries of Africa, a Society of apostolic life, made up of priests and lay brothers founded in October 1868 thanks to Cardinal Charles- Martial Alleman Lavigerie.

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Beautiful singing. Beautiful church

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Shalom Jerusalem and Israel God bless Lord Yeshua bless Amen Thank you Zahi Помилуй і спаси народ Ізраіля по великій Твоїй любові Дорогий Господи Боже наш в Імя Господа нашого Ісуса Христа Машиаха Амінь Amen

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So beautiful when they are singing !!!

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חג המולד צדיקה מרים הבתולה שמח ומברך !!!

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Happy birthday to Our Lady! May she always intercede for us 🙏🏻 Amen!

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Happy birthday

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Mary🌹 Our Mother❤ Pray for us🙏Happy Birthday Mother Mary❤🙏❤🙏St.Anna and St Joachim pray for us❤🙏💙 Toda Raba Zahi💚God Bless You🙏💐🛐⭐

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Blessings

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Bless you Zahi & Thank you for all your work. You teachings are perfect.

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Hearing allelujah in the church made my day. I hope God is pleased.

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Happy Birthday Blessed Mother Mary of Jesus❤🙏🕊 and Saint Anne. May God always bless you, Zahi. Thank you!

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Mary was indeed blessed because she was chosen. we need GOD, not otherwise !!

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Happy Birthday Holy Blessed Virgin Mother Mary. September 8th. Thank you Saint Anne for being such a devoted mother.

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At 3 years old Mary was dropped off to be a slave... True she was the slave of Yahweh her son but a slave nonetheless... That's right Jesus is the son of a slave.... Because Anna and Joseph made a promise to Yahweh but if they were allowed to have a child that child would be the slave of Yahweh so the request was granted and Mary Maccabees Crown Prince of Jerusalem became the Royal slave that worked in the Holy of Holys... Mary herself worked directly with the high priest dealing with manuscripts within the library of Noah she later used her education to help educate her son. And for those of you who claim that is impossible for Mary to be a slave I point you to The Testament of Anna Maccabees and The Testament of Mary Maccabees... For the mother and maternal grandmother of Jesus wrote their own books I strongly recommend you read them.

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Simply magnificent !

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I really like this church

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Me too

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Beautiful!!

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The Nativity✴ of Our Blessed🌹 Mother💖 Mary🌟❤🌟at Beautiful St.Anne Church💒

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Thank you for going back to visit St. Anne Church.

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The beautiful place where Mary was born...🌷🕯

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Bravo! It was super, super! Thankyou!

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Thank you

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Thanks!

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Thank you very much

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That was so cool Zahi!!! Thank you for the awesome tour and thank you for not falling down the rocks. ❤

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My pleasure!!

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Blessings from USA

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I have visited such a blessed site. Beautiful peaceful spot.

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Beautiful video

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WOW listen to the singing 😁🙏🇮🇱

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