St. Mary

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• QHow long did St. Mary live on earth? How old was she when she entered the temple?
• QWas the pregnancy of the Virgin Mary of the Holy Spirit or was the Lord Jesus Christ "an actual child" similar in nature to us?
• QWe know that St. Mary died and her spirit went to Paradise. After that the Lord Jesus Christ came and took her body. Where is her body now? Did her spirit return back to…
• QHow can I prove to someone that St. Mary was truly a virgin before and after the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ?
• QWas the Holy Mother of God born with the original sin or not? I know the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox churches believe in the purity of Our Holy Mother St. Mary and…
• QWhat is our Church's view on the story of the apparition in Lourdes (of the Virgin Mary)?
• QWhen Saint Mary passed away, was her body taken up into heaven along with her soul?
• QIs St. Mary's body and spirit in Heaven or Paradise?
• QDid St. Mary have the pain of labor when Jesus was born? I would think yes, because He was fully human, and obviously so was she; but the whole reason that there is pain…
• QDoes our Church believe St. Mary is sinless or just the perfect person on Earth at that time?
• QIf the Kingdom of Heaven will be opened on Judgment Day, and all the righteous will be in Paradise, why do we say that St. Mary is on the right hand of the King?
• QDid St. Mary have more children?
• QI am an Eritrean Christian Orthodox and I have learned so many times in Sunday Schools and also in churches that our Lady, the Holy Virgin, St. Mary is immaculate with so…
• QIs it blasphemy to call St. Mary the mother of God? God was never begotten and never made. What is the best title to announce St. Mary? Are we blaspheming God by…
• QDid St. Mary have any other children after the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ or did she live her whole life as a virgin until she passed away?
• QI know St. Mary gave birth to the Lord Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit of God and she is a virgin. After the birth of the Lord, did she have any more children because in…
• QWhy did the Jews not stone St. Mary to death when she became pregnant? I know the angel appeared to St. Joseph, but the Jews did not know that and she was engaged, but…
• QSince the Jews did not know that the angel came to St. Joseph and St. Mary was only engaged to him, but not married, so when she became pregnant, it would be considered…
• QI know St. Mary was born with Original Sin, but did she ever commit a sin herself?
• QHow does original sin related to Saint Mary? If you have sermon about this topic, please send.
• QMy questions are about 2 verses that seem to contradict each other in the Thursday Theotokia. The verses are: Thursday Theotokia (5) “For He who was born is God, born…
• QFrom what I have heard from a Coptic friend, St. Mary appeared in Zeitoun, Egypt. When I did research on it, some people where saying that it was just a holographic…
• QIn Isaiah 7:14, it says: "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel." However,…
• QWhy did St. Mary have to be a virgin? Why would it not have been suitable for Jesus to be conceived normally?
• QMay I know if the Orthodox Church views St. Mary as co-redemptory?
• QMy Catholic friend once told me that the blood of Christ used to redeem the world is the blood of St. Mary quoting Hebrews 2:14. That is why St. Mary participated in the…

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