Entrance of the Theotokos Resource Page

On November 21st the Church Celebrates  the Feast of the Entrance of our Most Holy Lady  the Theotokos into the Temple

Verses for the Feast

Within the temple, Gabriel feedeth thee, O Daughter,

And shortly he shall come and shall say to thee: Rejoice.

On the twenty-first Mary entereth the sacred temenos.

 

MYSTAGOGY

ΓΙΑ ΤΟ ΘΕΜΑ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ

ABOUT THE FEAST

 
On the Entrance of the Virgin Mary Into the Temple
Homily on the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple (St. Gregory Palamas)
The Entry Into the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos (St. Nikolai Velimirovich)
The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple (Sergei V. Bulgakov)
 

THEOLOGY OF THE FEAST

The New Testament Apocrypha and Agrapha in the Orthodox Church
The Place of the Theotokos in the Orthodox Church (1 of 2)
The Place of the Theotokos in the Orthodox Church (2 of 2)
The Monasticism of the Panagia
The Theotokos as a Teacher of Asceticism and Noetic Prayer
The Love for Mankind of the All-Holy Theotokos
The Panagia: the Joy of All Christians

 
SHRINES DEDICATED TO THE FEAST

Iconography of the Entrance of the Theotokos at Hilandari Monastery
The Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa in Amorgos
Panagia Malteza of Santorini
Panagia Odigitria of Kimolos
The 11th Century Church of Panagia Kapnikarea in Athens
The Church of the Panagia of Vlassarou in Athens
The Monastery of Panagia of Machairas in Cyprus