Name
Anna, New Testament prophetess
Saint ID
S01359
Gender
Type of Saint
ID | Title | E02858 | Floor-mosaic with a fragmentary Greek inscription once thought to have referred to a church of *Anna (the prophetess living at the Temple, S01359), but in reality probably mentioning the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Anastasis). Found on the Mount of Olives at Jerusalem. Probably late 7th c. | E02962 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 1 February *Anna (New Testament prophetess, S01359), and *Ephrem the Syrian (poet and theologian of Edessa, ob. 373, S01238). | E03633 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 3 February *Symeon (the God-receiver, elder of the New Testament, S00285) and *Anna (New Testament prophetess, S01359), *Blaisios (bishop and martyr of Armenian Sebaste, S01360), *Ephrem the Syrian (poet and theologian in Edessa, S01238), fathers Paul, Mark, Pamphilios, Amona, Eulogios and Abuk (unidentified desert fathers, probably from the Apophthegmata Patrum). |
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