Reading= 2Cor 4:1-6
Gospel = Lk 8:16-21

Sanctoral Cycle

St. George Maronite Catholic Church

BIRTH OF OUR LADY, THE VIRGIN MARY
Synaxarion for Memorials without a Proper Office:

Birth of the Virgin

A tradition which comes from the apocryphal gospels tells us that the parents of the Virgin Mary were childless. When their prayers were heard, and Mary was born, her parents brought her to the Temple where she passed her days up to the time when she was engaged to Joseph. Today the Church honors Mary, who is blessed among women, and it considers this day as the beginning of our salvation in her Son, Jesus Christ. The name "Mary," comes from Aramaic and signifies either "the Elevated One" or "Queen of the Sea. "
May the prayers of the Virgin, our Elevated Queen protect us. Amen.