FEAST OF ST. ANNE (JULY 26TH)

 

An Ancient Greek Icon of St. Anne, Carrying the Most Holy Theotokos in the Manner of St. Luke’s Icon of the Mother and Child 

By Bp. Joseph (Ancient Church of the West)

Today we celebrate the feast of St. Anne, the Mother of the Blessed Virgin, the Grandmother of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! May the memory of the most holy Grandmother of our salvation be blessed for evermore! Blessed feast! 

COLLECT 

ALMIGHTY GOD, Who bestowed upon Saint Anne Thy grace, that of her should be born the Mother of Thy incarnate Son, grant, through the prayers of both Saint Anne and the Most Holy Theotokos, that we may attain the salvation Thou hast promised to Thy people. Through Jesus Christ Thy Son our Lord, Who livest and reignest with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever One God, world without end. Amen. 

St. Anne, pray for us!