Editing Saint Anne (section)

==Commemoration==
[[File:Feast of Saint Anne in Marsaskala Malta.jpg|thumb|Feast of Saint Anne in {{Ill|Marsaskala Parish Church|fr|Église Sainte-Anne de Marsaskala}}, [[Marsaskala]], Malta]]

By the middle of the 7th century, a distinct feast day, the Conception of St. Anne (Maternity of Holy Anna) celebrating the conception of Mary by Saint Anne, was observed at the [[Mar Saba|Monastery of Saint Sabas]].<ref>[https://www.archpitt.org/the-immaculate-conception-the-conception-of-st-anne-when-she-conceived-the-holy-mother-of-god-according-to-the-ruthenian-tradition/ "The Conception of St. Anne 'When She Conceived the Holy Mother of God', The Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh]</ref> It is now known in the Greek Orthodox Church as the feast of "[[Feast of the Conception of the Virgin Mary|The Conception by St. Anne of the Most Holy Theotokos]]", and celebrated on 9 December.<ref>[https://www.goarch.org/chapel/saints?contentid=329 "Saints and Feasts", Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]</ref> In the [[Catholic Church]], the Feast of Saints Anne and Joachim is celebrated on 26 July.

===Feast day===

==== Catholic Church ====
* 26 July

==== Eastern Orthodox Church ====
* 25 July: ([[Death anniversary|Dormition of the Righteous Anna, the Mother of the Most Holy Theotokos]])
* 9 September: ([[List of Eastern Orthodox saint titles|Holy and Righteous]] [[Ancestor|Ancestors of God]], [[Joachim]] and Anna, [[Afterfeast]] of the [[Nativity of the Mother of God]])
* 9 December ([[Feast of the Conception of the Virgin Mary|The Conception by Righteous Anna of the Most Holy Mother of God]])

==== Anglican Communion ====
* 26 July: Anne is [[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|remembered]] (with [[Joachim]]) in the [[Church of England]] with a [[Lesser Festival (Anglicanism)|Lesser Festival]] on 26 July.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Calendar|url=https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/calendar|access-date=27 March 2021|website=The Church of England|language=en}}</ref> 

==== Lutheranism ====
* 26 July

==== Coptic Orthodox Church and Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church====

* 7 November ([[Death anniversary|The Departure of St. Anna (Hannah)]], [[Theotokos|the mother of the Theotokos]])<ref name="ИОАКИМ И АННА">{{Cite web |title=ИОАКИМ И АННА |url=https://www.pravenc.ru/text/468935.html#part_5 |access-date=29 May 2022 |website=www.pravenc.ru}}</ref>

==== Armenian Apostolic Church ====

* 9 December ([[Feast of the Conception of the Virgin Mary|The Conception by Righteous Anna of the Most Holy Mother of God]])
* [[Tuesday]], 2nd week after [[Dormition of the Mother of God]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Armenian Church |title=Commemoration of Sts. Joachim and Anna, Parents of the Holy Mother of God, and Oil-Bringing Women |url=https://armenianchurch.ge/en/kalendar-prazdnikov/description-2/august/commemoration-of-sts-joachim-and-anna-parents-of-the-holy-mother-of-god-and-oil-bringing-women |access-date=29 May 2022 |website=armenianchurch.ge |language=en-gb}}</ref> (with [[Joachim]])<ref name="ИОАКИМ И АННА" />

==== Syro-Malabar Church ====

* 26 July (Anne and [[Joachim]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Syro-Malabar Liturgical Calendar |url=https://www.syromalabarliturgy.org/assets/assettt/Panchangam%20English%20short%202021.pdf}}</ref>

==== Syro-Malankara Catholic Church ====

* 9 September (Mar [[Joachim]] and Martha Anna)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church – The Sacred Lectionary |url=https://www.syromalankarausa.org/sites/default/files/epl/Panchangom%202020-2021%20English.pdf}}</ref>

==== Maronite Church ====

* 9 September (St. Anne and [[Joachim]], [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saint Joseph Maronite Catholic Church |url=https://sjmcc.org/documents/2020/12/Maronite%20Calendar-1.pdf}}</ref>

===Relics===

The alleged relics of St. Anne were brought from the [[Holy Land]] to [[Constantinople]] in 710 and were kept there in the church of St. Sophia as late as 1333.<ref name="holweck" /> During the 12th and 13th centuries, returning crusaders and pilgrims from the East brought relics of Anne to a number of churches, including most famously those at Apt, in Provence, Ghent, and Chartres.<ref name="reames" /> St. Anne's relics have been preserved and venerated in the many cathedrals and monasteries dedicated to her name, for example in [[St. Anne's Church, Vienna|Austria]], Canada,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shrinesaintanne.org/eng/2_5_relics.htm |title=Arm Reliquary Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Shrine, Quebec |publisher=Shrinesaintanne.org |date=3 July 1960 |access-date=15 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508054442/http://www.shrinesaintanne.org/eng/2_5_relics.htm |archive-date=8 May 2013 }}</ref> Germany, Italy,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/faszination-welterbe/5059266513/ |title=Flickr photograph of the so-called 'speaking reliquary' (tells the pilgrim what is venerated) |language=de |publisher=Flickr.com |date=6 October 2010 |access-date=15 August 2013}}</ref> and Greece in the semi-autonomous [[Mount Athos]], and the city of Katerini.<ref>{{cite web|author=Bender |url=http://vita-nostra-in-ecclesia.blogspot.com/2010/07/feast-of-joachim-and-anne.html |title=Arm relic Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls&#124;Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls |publisher=Vita-nostra-in-ecclesia.blogspot.com |date=26 July 2010 |access-date=15 August 2013}}</ref> Medieval and baroque craftsmanship is evidenced in, for example, the metalwork of the life-size reliquaries containing the bones of her forearm. Examples employing folk art techniques are also known. [[Düren]] has been the main place of pilgrimage for Anne since 1506, when [[Pope Julius II]] decreed that her relics should be kept there.