Birth of Virgin. The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Nativity of Mary, or the Birth of the Virgin Mary, refers to a Christian feast day celebrating the birth of Mary, mother of Jesus.
   The modern canon of scripture does not record Mary's birth. The earliest known account of Mary's birth is found in the Protoevangelium of James, an apocryphal text from the late second century, with her parents known as Saint Anne and Saint Joachim.
   In the case of saints, the Church commemorates their date of death, with Saint John the Baptist and the Virgin Mary as the few whose birth dates are commemorated. The reason for this is found in the singular mission each had in salvation history, but traditionally also because these alone were holy in their very birth.
   Devotion to the innocence of Mary under this Marian title is widely celebrated in many cultures across globe.globe. The tradition of 8 days lent is widely seen in kerala which has its root from the Global marian pilgrim centre St Marys Cathedral Manrcad at kottayam.
   The feast of mother mary called as jananaperunnal is carried out every year upholding regional traditional culutre. The lent also witnesses asia's largest procession.On the seventh day of feast a very unique picture of mother and infant jesus is opened for public worship to thousands of marian devotees who assemble crying and praying inside church. St. Mary's Cathedral Manarcad-the G
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