Dormition of the Righteous Anna, the Mother of the Most Holy Theotokos

Commemorated on July 25

Saint Anna was the daughter of the priest Matthan and his wife Mary. She was of the tribe of Levi and the lineage of Aaron. According to Tradition, she died peacefully in Jerusalem at age 79, before the Annunciation to the Most Holy Theotokos.

During the reign of St Justinian the Emperor (527-565), a church was built in her honor at Deutera. Emperor Justinian II (685-695; 705-711) restored her church, since St Anna had appeared to his pregnant wife. It was at this time that her body and maphorion (veil) were transferred to Constantinople.

Portions of St Anna’s holy relics may be found on Mount Athos: Stavronikita Monastery (part of her left hand), St Anna’s Skete (part of her incorrupt left foot), Koutloumousiou Monastery (part of her incorrupt right foot). Fragments of her relics may also be found in her Monastery at Lygaria, Lamia, and in the Monastery of St John the Theologian at Sourota. Part of the saint’s incorrupt flesh is in the collection of Saints’ relics of the International Catholic Crusaders. The church of St Paul outside the Walls in Rome has one of the saint’s wrists.

St Anna is also commemorated on September 9.

The Orthodox Church in America

8/7/2016

See also
The Icon of Saint Anna The Icon of Saint Anna The Icon of Saint Anna The Icon of Saint Anna
More than 300 people came to the Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration Saturday and Sunday to see the miracle working Icon of St. Anna and her daughter, the Holy Virgin Mary. The Icon was present in the chapel and people who came received a picture of the Icon and a piece of cotton with the blessed oil from the lamp that burns near the Icon. Rings, necklaces and other jewelry wreaths the icon, gifts from people who have received healing and answers to prayers. "Where She Goes She Brings Peace and Love"
Frederica Mathewes-Green, Archimandrite Athanasy (Mastalski) "Where She Goes She Brings Peace and Love"
An Interview About the Wonder-Working Icon of St. Anna
Frederica Mathewes-Green, Archimandrite Athanasy (Mastalski)
St. Anna was indeed our ambassador of good will. We know that she is the grandmother of Christ, and she traveled to be everyone’s grandmother. The Skete of St. Anna on Mt. Athos The Skete of St. Anna on Mt. Athos The Skete of St. Anna on Mt. Athos The Skete of St. Anna on Mt. Athos
Today the Church celebrates the Dormition of Holy Righteous Anna, the Mother of Mary the Birth-giver of God. This is the day that St. Anna departed this world. The monks of Mt. Athos, the reigning Abbess of which is the Most Holy Theotokos, have always had a special veneration of St. Anna.
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