Presentation of Christ in the Temple in the context of "Candlemas"

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⭐ Core Definition: Presentation of Christ in the Temple

The Presentation of Jesus is an early episode in the life of Jesus Christ, describing his presentation at the Temple in Jerusalem. It is celebrated by many churches 40 days after Christmas on Candlemas, or the "Feast of the Presentation of Jesus". The episode is described in chapter 2 of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament. Within the account, "Luke's narration of the Presentation in the Temple combines the purification rite with the Jewish ceremony of the redemption of the firstborn (Luke 2, Luke 2:23–24)."

In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Presentation of Jesus at the temple is celebrated as one of the twelve Great Feasts, and is sometimes called Hypapante (Ὑπαπαντή, "meeting" in Greek).

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Presentation of Christ in the Temple in the context of Life of the Virgin

The Life of the Virgin, showing narrative scenes from the life of Mary, the mother of Jesus, is a common subject for pictorial cycles in Christian art, often complementing, or forming part of, a cycle on the Life of Christ. In both cases the number of scenes shown varies greatly with the space available. Works may be in any medium: frescoed church walls and series of old master prints have many of the fullest cycles, but panel painting, stained glass, illuminated manuscripts, tapestries, stone sculptures and ivory carvings have many examples.

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Presentation in the Temple (Ambrogio Lorenzetti) → Ambrogio Lorenzetti → Galleria degli Uffizi → Florence → Jesus Christ → Temple in Jerusalem → Christmas → Candlemas → Luke 2 → Gospel of Luke → New Testament → Eastern Orthodox Church → Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church →