Saint Anna was the daughter of the priest Matthan and his wife Mary. She was of the tribe of Levi and the lineage of Aaron. According to Tradition, she died peacefully in Jerusalem at age 79, before the Annunciation to the Most Holy Theotokos.
During the reign of Saint Justinian the Emperor (527-565), a church was built in her honuor at Deutera. Emperor Justinian II (685-695; 705-711) restored her church, since Saint Anna had appeared to his pregnant wife. It was at this time that her body and maphorion (veil) were transferred to Constantinople…the rest of the article is at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2021/07/25/102086-dormition-of-the-righteous-anna-the-mother-of-the-most-holy-theo
Today we also commemorate Holy Olympias (Olympiada) the Deaconess of Constantinople. Her story is also found at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2021/07/25/102087-holy-woman-olympias-olympiada-the-deaconess-of-constantinople
