Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos

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Christian feast Eastern Christian feast Marian feast liturgical feast

The Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos is an important Eastern Christian celebration commemorating the birth of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, and marking the beginning of the liturgical cycle of her life.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Nativity of Mary 2
Feasts of the Theotokos 1
Nativity of the Mother of God 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian feast ⓘ
Eastern Christian feast ⓘ
Marian feast ⓘ
liturgical feast ⓘ
associatedWith Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Marian devotion ⓘ
category Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Feasts of the Theotokos

Marian feasts ⓘ
September feasts ⓘ
celebratedOn 21 September (Julian calendar) ⓘ
8 September ⓘ
commemorates Birth of the Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form: Nativity of Mary, the Mother of Jesus

birth of Mary ⓘ
follows liturgical new year in Byzantine Rite ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Birth of the Virgin Mary ⓘ
Birth of the Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form: Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos ⓘ
surface form: Nativity of the Mother of God

Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos ⓘ
surface form: Nativity of the Theotokos
hasIconographicFigure Saint Anne ⓘ
surface form: Saint Anna

Saint Joachim ⓘ
infant Mary ⓘ
hasIconographicTheme Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: birth of the Theotokos
hasKontakion Kontakion of the Nativity of the Theotokos ⓘ
hasLiturgicalService Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Great Vespers ⓘ
Matins ⓘ
hasTroparion troparia ⓘ
surface form: Troparion of the Nativity of the Theotokos
honors Mary ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form: Mother of God

Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form: Theotokos
liturgicalColor blue or white (in many traditions) ⓘ
liturgicalRank Great Feast ⓘ
surface form: Great Feast (Byzantine Rite)
liturgicalSeason beginning of the liturgical cycle of feasts of the Theotokos ⓘ
liturgicalTradition Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
observedBy Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Catholic Christians

Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Christians

Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Christians

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholics
parentsOfMaryMentioned Anna ⓘ
Joachim ⓘ
precedes Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross ⓘ
sourceTradition Protoevangelium of James ⓘ
theologicalTheme beginning of salvation in Mary ⓘ
preparation for the Incarnation of Christ ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sant’Anna (Italian) → associatedWith → Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos ⓘ
subject surface form: Sant’Anna
this entity surface form: Nativity of Mary
Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos → category → Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Feasts of the Theotokos
Saint Mary → feast → Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nativity of Mary
Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos → hasAlternativeName → Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nativity of the Theotokos
Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos → hasAlternativeName → Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nativity of the Mother of God
Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos → hasIconographicTheme → Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: birth of the Theotokos
Great Feast in Eastern Christianity → includes → Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos ⓘ