the Virgin Mary

The House of the Virgin Mary (Turkish: Meryemana Evi or Meryem Ana Evi, "Mother Mary's House") is a Catholic and Muslim shrine located on Mt. Koressos in the vicinity of Ephesus, 7 kilometres from Selçuk in Turkey.

Islam’s Mary: The Mother Of Jesus

Islam’s Mary: The Mother Of Jesus This article covers Islam’s Mary: The Mother Of Jesus in detail. Mary’s genealogy The Qur’an informs us that the father of Mary was named ‘Imran and the classical Muslim scholars unanimously accept that she was from the line of the prophet David … Differences...

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Marian Devotions

Marian Devotions Marian devotions are external pious practices directed to the person of Mary, mother of Jesus, by members of certain Christian traditions. They are performed in Roman Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity, but generally rejected in Protestant denominations. Such devotional prayers or acts may be accompanied by specific requests for Mary’s intercession with God. There is significant diversity of form and...

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Perpetual Virginity of Mary

Perpetual Virginity of Mary The perpetual virginity of Mary is a Marian doctrine, taught by the  and held by a number of groups in Christianity, which asserts that Mary (the mother of Jesus) was “always a virgin, before, during and after the birth of Jesus Christ.” This doctrine also proclaims that Mary...

A mosaic from the Hagia Sophia of Constantinople (modern Istanbul), depicting Mary with Jesus, flanked by John II Komnenos (left) and his wife Irene of Hungary (right), c. 1118 AD

Mary, Mother of Jesus

Mary, Mother of Jesus Mary was a 1st-century BC Galilean Jewish woman of Nazareth, and the mother of Jesus, according to the New Testament and the Quran. The gospels of Matthew and Luke in the New Testament and the Quran describe Mary as a virgin; according to Christian theology she conceived Jesus through the Holy Spirit while still a virgin....

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The Virgin Mary In The Qur’an

The Virgin Mary In The Qur’an The writer explores the Virgin Mary in the Qur’an. Contemporary interest in Islam and the Qur’an, its sacred book, runs high. Qur’an means literally a book, a reading, a recitation; and is sometimes less accurately transliterated from Arabic to English as Koran. Among the...

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Mary In Islam

Mary In Islam This article covers Mary in Islam in detail. Mary (مريم‎, Maryam), the mother of Jesus (Isa), holds a singularly exalted place in Islam as the only woman named in the Quran, which refers to her seventy times and explicitly identifies her as the greatest of all women, stating, with reference to...

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Jesus And Mary In The Qur’an: Christian Reflection

Jesus and Mary in the Qur’an: Christian Reflection This article covers Jesus And Mary In The Qur’an: Christian Reflection. When Muhammed (saw) was asked about his miracles and what miracles he brought time and again he would always point to the Holy Qur’an. Many people advance different reasons and claims...