{"id":1377,"date":"2019-09-03T07:40:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T11:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=1377"},"modified":"2019-09-03T07:21:40","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T11:21:40","slug":"160-the-nativity-of-the-virgin-mary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=1377","title":{"rendered":"160- The Nativity of the Virgin Mary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/11094950\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/stats-code\/season14replay113_3\/\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The story of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary begins when her elderly future parents, Joachim and Anna (Anne) recognize the awesome responsibility they have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/St-Anne-Mary.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of an Icon of The Nativity of the Virgin Mary, who sits on the lap of her mother, St Anna (St Ann)\" class=\"wp-image-1380\" width=\"440\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/St-Anne-Mary.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/St-Anne-Mary-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/St-Anne-Mary-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/St-Anne-Mary-1050x1400.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/St-Anne-Mary-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 85vw, 440px\" \/><figcaption>Contemporary painting of the Icon of The Nativity of the Virgin Mary, who sits on the lap of her mother, St Anna (St Anne)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/250px-Angelos_Akotanos_-_Saint_Anne_with_the_Virgin_-_15th_century.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of an 15th Century Icon of the Nativity by Angelos Akotanos\" class=\"wp-image-737\" width=\"380\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/250px-Angelos_Akotanos_-_Saint_Anne_with_the_Virgin_-_15th_century.jpg 250w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/250px-Angelos_Akotanos_-_Saint_Anne_with_the_Virgin_-_15th_century-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 85vw, 380px\" \/><figcaption>15th Century Icon by Angelos Akotanos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This replay of parts from installment 113, draws extensively on the book: <em>The Life of the Virgin Mary, the Theotokos<\/em>, written and compiled by Holy Apostles Convent, Buena Vista, CO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I value feedback through the comments section here<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OR- Better via email at <a href=\"mailto:NikosSteves@gmail.com\">NikosSteves@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity, however this episode is about <em>the birth<\/em> of the Virgin Mary.<br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The origin of these podcasts began with my book <em>Constant Procession.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110)<a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=516\">To\nlisten from Installment 93<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The story of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary begins when her elderly future parents, Joachim and Anna (Anne) recognize the awesome responsibility they have. This replay of parts from installment 113, draws extensively on the book: The Life of the Virgin Mary, the Theotokos, written and compiled by Holy Apostles Convent, Buena Vista, CO. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=1377\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;160- The Nativity of the Virgin Mary&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}