medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Monday, September 8, 2008, at 10:49 pm, George Hoelzeman wrote:
> I seem to recall reading in a Greek Orthodox source that the Orthodox
> observe the Nativity of Mary on 7 Sept out of deferrence to Christ who
> alone would
> have a perfect 9 month gestation. . .
>
> or it could be the cough syrup.
>
> Anyone have any information on that?
The calendar of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of November shows the Nativity of the Theotokos on 8. September:
http://www.goarch.org/en/chapel/calendar.asp
Ditto for the Eglise Orthodoxe de France:
http://orthodoxie.free.fr/
Best,
John Dillon
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