In Mary three years old, parents Yueji Mu and Anah as previously promised, the daughter to God, which is sent to the church. Little Mary wear beautiful clothes, accompanied by the relatives to the church. Companion holding candles, singing the high priest, and the priest would come out to greet him. Anna Mary in the little church on the bottom step of the porch, Mary alone actually went straight up, people are surprised. The high priest of the Church of Mary most directly to the inside of the "saint of the sanctuary," where the general and ordinary priests could not enter, and only the high priest could enter once a year, bringing offerings. Mary later on here every day to pray.
According to records, Mary's day was spent this way. Start early in the morning to pray to 9:00, then do six hours of manual labor (spinning wool clothing) or read the "Bible." Then from 15:00 and pray, until the angel to her meal.Thus she grow up to 14 years old. During this time her parents had died. When Mary over 14 years of a priest told her to leave the church to get married. Mary replied that she was born to dedicate themselves to God, and are willing to lifelong virginity. Priests is very difficult, not only did not dare to leave Mary, and forced her to marry well. So they pray for God's guidance. After the common prayer, an angel appeared to the high priest said to him: "You go to gather all unmarried men from the tribe of Judah, family of David, let them bring their cane who is the main indication, who is her virginity. Protector. "Priest fulfilled this told his side to collect the cane to "saints sanctuary", while praying, "Lord, ah, who pointed out to me a virgin woman protectors." After a child, he once again came to the sanctuary, he saw 80-year-old carpenter Joseph's stick out of the flowers, which also down with a pigeon. Then pigeon flew into the air, suspended in the head of Joseph. Then the high priest put the cane to Joseph, and said to him:. "You want to marry a virgin and protect her."
To commemorate this, the church in the 4th century established the holiday. Orthodox priest said, into the Church of Our Lady of the significance of the section that entered the church means to make contact with the God of life, life with the ultimate goal and mission with the highest light to illuminate the experience of life from the inside. Meanwhile, the church in celebration of this program when one, so it goes also asked the faithful to educate their children, so that they were trained to embark on the road of life of faith.
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