The Nativity of the Theotokos
Feast · theotokos
- 8 September (Roman Catholic Church)
- 8 September (Eastern Orthodox Church)
The first of the Twelve in the Byzantine year, which begins on 1 September — so the cycle opens with her birth and closes with her Dormition on 15 August.
After The Typikon, ch. 48, the Menaion — 8 September, «Ржⷭ҇тво̀ прест҃ы́ѧ влⷣчцы на́шеѧ бцⷣы и҆ приснодв҃ы мр҃і́и», p. 120.
Commemorating
- Mary, mother of Jesus commemorates
- Joachim with
- Saint Anne with
Where this is recorded
- Roman Catholic Church — the day, after Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar
- Eastern Orthodox Church — the day, after The Typikon, ch. 48, the Menaion — 8 September, «Ржⷭ҇тво̀ прест҃ы́ѧ влⷣчцы на́шеѧ бцⷣы и҆ приснодв҃ы мр҃і́и», p. 120; the rank, after A Manual of the Orthodox Church's Divine Services, pp. 34-35, The Twelve Feasts
Glosses
- The Twelve Great Feasts, and the one that is not among them The Byzantine year is framed by twelve feasts — the Dodekaorton — running from the Nativity of the Theotokos on 8 September to her Dormition on 15 August, some fixed to a date and some moving with Pascha. They are not…