Saint Anne’s Reel  
As for Saint Anne being the mother of the Virgin Mary, many generally believe that  
Anne and her husband, Joachim, are grandparents. There is a feast held on July 26  
concerning this relationship with Jesus and the other seven children by Mary,  
though there is very little mention of this relationship in the New Testament.  
There is a story of the barren Hannah and about her conception by the prophet  
Samuel (Samuel 1:1) which is found in the 2nd Century Protevangelium of James  
(First Gospel of James) as well as the 3rd Century Evangelium de Nativitate Mariare  
(Gospel of the Nativity of Mary).  
According to these “non-scriptural”  
sources, Anne (or Hannah) was born in  
Bethlehem in Judaea. She and her  
husband, Joachim, shared a wealthy and  
devout life at Nazareth, but she grieved  
the fact that she could not conceive a  
child.  
Anne promised God that she would  
dedicate her firstborn child into the Lord’s  
service, and soon afterwards, she and  
her husband received a vision by an  
angel, who announced that Anne would  
conceive and bear a most wonderous  
Spanish painting of Saint Anne of  
Joachim with her daughter Mary.  
child and she would be called Mary.  
When the child was three years old, both Joachim and Anne brought Mary to the  
Temple of Jerusalem, where Mary became the charge of the Temple. Mary was  
brought up in holy service to God. Mary was considered to be in God’s grace and  
therefore, without sin. These were important concepts in the Christian faith for  
establishing the Nativity of the Virgin Mary (celebrated on September 8th) within the  
concept of the Immaculate Conception.  
While the conception of Jesus Christ is one  
without the stain of sin, the Immaculate  
Conception is a doctrine within the Roman  
Catholic Church that has been described by  
Pope Pius IX, Ineffabilis Deus, on December  
1854 as “The blessed Virgin Mary to have  
been, from the first instant of her conception,  
by a singular grace and privilege of Almighty  
God, in view of the merits of Christ Jesus the  
Savior of Mankind, preserved free from all  
stain of original sin.” The Eastern Orthodox  
Church does not hold to the doctrine of the  
Immaculate Conception, although they do  
Saint Anne, Mary, and Child. A made  
consider Mary to be “all holy,” and she never  
public panel painting.  
“committed” a sin.  

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