The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for December 9

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Virgin Mary, Conception.

Synax.CP, Dec. 9, par. 1 (cols. 289-91).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 20r. Joachim and Anna embracing. Wall; tower. (Hutter, II, p. 11, fig. 35).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 270v. Anna. Woman saint, holding cross. (Weitzmann, "Five Martyrs of Sebaste," fig. 6).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 229. Joachim and Anna embracing. At right, within a wall, their house. (Menologio, I, p. 62, II, fig. p. 229).

Cozia. Narthex, east wall. Joachim and Anna embracing. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 354, fig. 61, pl. 239).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, south wall, soffit. Joachim and Anna embracing. Draped building. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 108, fig. T V 5; Mijović, Menolog, p. 328, fig. 49, pl. 171; Petković, Dečani, pl. CXII.2).

SEE ALSO:
Apollo of Caesarea, December 8
Caesar, Bishop, December 8
Cephas, Bishop, December 8
Epaphroditus of Philippi, December 8
John the Hesychast, December 7
Onesiphorus of Ephesus, December 8
Patapius of Thebes, December 8
Sophronius of Cyprus, December 8
Sosthenes of Corinth, December 8
Tychicus of Chalcedon, December 8

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