Введение Пресвятой Девы во храм

Three years after her birth, the Blessed Virgin, according to the promise given by her parents, was brought to the church of God. Here, far from the world, she spent her childhood and adolescence: she prayed often and for a long time, fasted, and diligently read the Word of God. Finally, she wanted to devote her entire life to serving Him and for this she vowed to always remain a virgin. But in the Jewish church there was no such custom that girls who had reached adulthood could remain at the church. Since the parents of the Blessed Virgin were not alive, the high priests, by inspiration from above, betrothed her to the eighty-year-old elder Joseph so that he could only be called her husband, and she would remain a virgin. Joseph came from the family of David, lived in Nazareth and worked as a carpenter. Presentation of the Blessed Virgin into the Church. The author of the painting is Mikhail Nikolaevich Vasiliev (1830–1900) - Russian artist, academician and adjunct professor at the Academy of Arts, professor of historical painting. The painting was placed in the Zhitomir Cathedral. During the Soviet pre-war era and the German occupation, the interior of the cathedral was seriously damaged. Altars, icons and part of the interior decor were looted or completely destroyed. The painting was destroyed. You might be interested in: