Presentation of the Holy Mother of God to the Temple · Surb Astvatsatsni Entsayumn i Tachar

Culture of origin: Christian · Cultural

Holiday sources: Armenian · Eastern Orthodox (new calendar)

On 21 November the Armenian Church remembers how Joachim and Anna brought their daughter Mary to the Temple in Jerusalem as a child, to be dedicated to God. The Catholic Church keeps the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the same day. The Orthodox churches on the new calendar keep it on the same day as the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple, one of their Twelve Great Feasts; those on the old calendar keep it on 4 December.