Virgin Mary of Svatá Hora (Panna Maria Svatohorská) - Opocno, Czech Republic
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Nice Baroque statuary of Virgin Mary of Svatá Hora located northeastwardly from Oocno at the road to Dobruška.
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Location: Královéhradecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 03/03/2015
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Depiction of Virgin Mary as Madona with Baby Jesus like on the sandstone Baroque statuary located just at the road from Opocno to Dobruška is called in Bohemia as Virgin Mary of Svatá Hora (Holly Hill)and it is quite frequented accross the country. Svatá Hora (Holy Mountain) is the most well-known, as well as renowned, place of pilgrimage consecrated to the Virgin Mary in Bohemia located near Príbram (Central Bohemia). This place was very popular for the pilgrimage in the middle ages and that is a lot of Barouque statues accross Bohemia resembles famous statuette of the Virgin Mary of Svatá Hora located just there. Thesame is valid also for the beautiful Baroque statuary near Opocno which, according to Latin chronogram engraved on its pedestal comes from 1741.
Virgin Mary
Mary, usually referred to by Christians as the Virgin Mary or Saint Mary, was a Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee, identified in the New Testament as the mother of Jesus of Nazareth. Muslims also refer to her as the Virgin Mary or Syeda Mariam which means Our Lady Mary. In Islam she is the mother of the Prophet Jesus, Issa in the Arabic language. The New Testament describes her as a virgin (Greek parthénos). Christians believe that she conceived her son miraculously by the agency of the Holy Spirit. This took place when she was already the betrothed wife of Saint Joseph and was awaiting the concluding rite of Jewish marriage, the formal home-taking ceremony. Mary is also described in the Qur'an, the 19th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an Sura Maryam (Arabic: Suratu Maryam. It is named after Maryam, the Semitic name for Mary, Mother of Jesus (Issa).
The New Testament begins its account of Mary's life with the Annunciation, the appearance to her of the angel Gabriel heralding her divine selection to be mother of Jesus. However, early non-biblical writings state that she was the daughter of Joachim and Saint Anne. The Bible records Mary's role in key events of the life of Jesus from his virgin birth to his crucifixion. Other apocryphal writings tell of her subsequent death and bodily assumption into heaven.
A number of important doctrines concerning Mary are held by Christian churches. Primary among these are that Mary lived a sinless life, and that as mother of Jesus, she became Theotokos, literally the "God-bearer", or "Mother of God". This doctrine was confirmed by the Ecumenical Council of Ephesus in the year 431. Christians of the major ancient traditions including the Catholic and the Orthodox offer prayers to God through Mary and venerate her as intercessor and mother of the church. Many Protestants, however, do not follow these devotions. Mary is also honoured in Islam as the virgin mother of Jesus. In Jewish Toledot Yeshu Jesus was recorded as the son of Mary and Joseph ben Pantera.
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