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 Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus
Christ, has an important place in Christian creed and practice. The
New Testament is the source of most of the information about Virgin
Mary. However, it is possible to say that the information there is
limited and insufficient to build a whole life story. Mary's name is
mentioned for the first time in the New Testament, when Gabriel
heralds her that she is conceived to give birth to Jesus Christ as a
result of a favor of God (Lucas 1:26 cont.). The chapters in which
Virgin Mary stands out as an important actor are the stories about
the birth of Jesus Christ (Lucas 2:1 cont.) and his losing his life
being crucified (Johannes 19:26 cont.).
According
 to St.John's Gospel, before his death,Jesus pointed at St.John
and said,"Women, here is your son" and then pointed at the Virgin
Mary and said "Here is your Mother".The minutes of the Ecumenical
Council of 431 indicate that four or six years after the dead of
Jesus, St.John and the Virgin Mary came together to Ephesus, and for
a short time stayed in the building, a section of which is now under
Church of the Virgin Mary today. Later St. John moved the Virgin
Mary to a house he had prepared for her on Bulbul Dagı(Bulbul Hill).As
time went by, the location of the house was where Mary spend the
last days of her life was forgotten it fell into ruins.
* Do you know these ?
The house and church of the Virgin Mary is in Ephesus, Turkey. The
Seven Churches of Revelation and St.John's Bassilica are all in
Ephesus Turkey
St.John lived and died in Ephesus.St.Poul has been at Ephesus on
several occasions.
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