Theotokos

St. Mary is the Mother of God; Veneration of St. Mary as Theotokos; Role of St. Mary in Incarnation and salvation; Rejects the immaculate conception theory of St. Mary, First member of Holy Church, Without knowing Mary as Theotokos, we can't know Jesus Christ as God.

Reference Materials

Articles

1. St. Mary the Mother of God by Dr.Yuhanon Mar Dimitrios Metropolitan
2. (Need write-up or article to explain that without knowing Mary as Theotokos, cannot know Christ as God)
3. Iconography of Mary as the Mother of God, Iconreader. Icons of the Mother of God. https://iconreader.wordpress.com/2010/07/07/icons-of-the-mother-of-god/

Videos

1. God's Mother, Our Mother (Be The Bee, Greek Orthodox Church)

Scripture

1. [Isaiah 7:14] "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and you shall call His name Immanuel."
2. [Luke 1:28] "“Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!”
3. [John 19:26–27] "When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!” Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home."
4. [Luke 1:42-43] "Then she spoke out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! But why is this granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?"

Liturgical Resources

Hymns

(Sh'himo songs - which ones??)

Prayers

(Annunciation - which one??)

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Dormition (which one??)

Promeon and Sedro

(which one?)

Patristic Quotes

• St. John of Damascus: “The burning bush is an image of God’s Mother . . . If, therefore, the ground where the image of the Theotokos was seen by Moses is holy ground [Ex 3:5], how much more holy is the image itself?” [Nelson, Thomas. The Orthodox Study Bible: Ancient Christianity Speaks to Today's World (p. 1228). Thomas Nelson.]

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