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The Conception by Saint Anna of the Most Holy Mother of God 12/22/2013
The righteous Joachim and Anna were childless for entire fifty years of their life in marriage. In their old age, Archangel Gabriel appeared to each of them separately and told them that God had answered their prayers and that they would give birth to a daughter, Mary. Then Saint Anna conceived and in nine months she gave birth to the daughter blessed by God and by all generations of humankind, the Most Holy Mother of God (see September 9).
