Mary the mother of Jesus is called by many names. She is called the Mother of God, Queen of Heaven, Mother of the Church, Mediatrix, Our Lady, etc. These would be explored in upcoming episodes of this blog.What we would like to look at today is some back ground data on Mary. The feast of her nativity (birth) is celebrated on the 8th of September in Nazareth, Israel to parents Joachim and Anne . She is greatly honored and worship by many Christians around world. This is vividly shown by the many church and shine dicated in her name on every content of the world. Some of these are: the Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico.
There are many iconic symbols that are attributed to Mary these range from the blue mantle (this is a stripe of blue cloth tired around her waist), the crown of 12 stars, pregnant woman, roses, the woman with child and many others.
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