July 25
Reading:
According to tradition, Anna, the ancestor of God, lived
for sixty-nine years, and her spouse Joachim, for eighty; according to
one account, Saint Joachim died two years before Saint Anna. The
Theotokos had been orphaned of both her parents already when she was
eleven years of age, when she was living in the Temple (see Sept. 8 and
Nov. 21). Saint Anna is invoked for conceiving children, and for help in
difficult childbirth.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
O Godly-minded Anna, thou didst give birth unto God's pure Mother
who conceived Him Who is our Life. Wherefore, thou hast now passed with
joy to thy heavenly rest, wherein is the abode of them that rejoice in
glory; and thou askest forgiveness of sins for them that honour thee
with love, O ever-blessed one.
Kontakion in the Second Tone
We celebrate now the mem'ry of Christ's ancestors, while asking
their help with faith, that we may all be saved from all manner of
tribulation as we fervently cry aloud: Be thou with us, O Lord our God,
Whose pleasure it was to glorify them both.
SOURCE:
SAINT OR FEAST POSTED THIS DATE 2010(with 2009's link here also and further, 2008's, even 2007!
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