Mary in Eastern Christianity

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Christian theological concept Marian devotion subject of Christian veneration

Mary in Eastern Christianity is venerated as the Theotokos (God-bearer) and honored with a rich theological, liturgical, and iconographic tradition that emphasizes her role in the Incarnation and the life of the Church.

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Label	Occurrences
Mary in Eastern Christianity canonical	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian theological concept ⓘ Marian devotion ⓘ subject of Christian veneration ⓘ
associatedDoctrine	Council of Ephesus (431) affirmation of Theotokos ⓘ perpetual virginity of Mary ⓘ sinlessness in personal life ⓘ veneration distinct from worship ⓘ
centralTheme	Christological doctrine ⓘ Eternal Word ⓘ surface form: Incarnation of the Word
devotionalPractice	chanting Marian hymns ⓘ lighting candles before Marian icons ⓘ processions with icons of the Theotokos ⓘ veneration of Marian icons ⓘ
distinctionFrom	adoration due to God alone ⓘ
emphasizesRoleAs	God-bearer ⓘ Christotokos ⓘ surface form: Mother of the Incarnate Logos intercessor for the faithful ⓘ model of humility ⓘ model of obedience ⓘ model of purity ⓘ
eschatologicalAspect	Mary as first fully deified human after Christ ⓘ Mary as image of the glorified Church ⓘ
feast	Annunciation ⓘ Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos ⓘ surface form: Nativity of the Theotokos Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple ⓘ surface form: Presentation of the Theotokos in the Temple Protection of the Theotokos (Pokrov) ⓘ surface form: Protection of the Theotokos
honorificTitle	القدوس ⓘ surface form: All-Holy Ever-Virgin ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ surface form: Mother of God Panagia ⓘ Queen of Heaven ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ surface form: Theotokos
iconographicTheme	Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ Icons of the Theotokos ⓘ surface form: Eleousa (Tenderness) icon type Hodegetria-type icon ⓘ surface form: Hodegetria icon type Panagia Orans ⓘ surface form: Orans (Praying) Theotokos Panagia Platytera ⓘ surface form: Platytera ton Ouranon (More Spacious than the Heavens) Panagia Orans ⓘ surface form: Theotokos of the Sign
liturgicalElement	Akathist ⓘ surface form: Akathist Hymn Marian troparia and kontakia ⓘ Paraklesis to the Theotokos ⓘ surface form: Paraklesis (Supplicatory Canon) to the Theotokos Theotokion hymns in the Divine Office ⓘ commemorations in the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom ⓘ
religiousTradition	Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
roleInLiturgy	commemorated in every Divine Liturgy ⓘ invoked in litanies ⓘ named in the anaphora ⓘ
spiritualSignificance	mother of all Christians in a spiritual sense ⓘ primary human intercessor after Christ ⓘ
theologicalFunction	bridge between Old and New Covenants ⓘ guarantee of Christ’s true divinity ⓘ guarantee of Christ’s true humanity ⓘ
viewOnOriginalSin	does not typically use the Latin concept of Immaculate Conception ⓘ emphasizes healing and deification rather than juridical guilt ⓘ

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Mariology → studies → Mary in Eastern Christianity ⓘ