The Feast of the Meeting of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the Temple

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Today is one of the most ancient feasts of the Christian Church, when 40 days after His birth, the Divine Infant was brought to the Temple of Jerusalem to be presented to the Lord. Also present were St. Simeon and St. Anna the Prophetess, the last Righteous persons of the Old Testament.

The icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, ‘Simeon’s Prophesy’, depicts the sorrow of the Mother of God during Christ’s crucifixion and Simeon’s prophesy that a sword shall pierce through Her soul.

Read more about the Feast at oca.org, and about l’icône at artbychimevi.com