On the fortieth day after His birth, the Most Holy Virgin brought her Son to the Jerusalem temple to consecrate him to God and purify herself. Neither was necessary, but the Lawgiver did not want to break His Law which He gave through the prophet Moses. On the flock in the temple was the high priest Zacharias, father of John the Baptist. He took the Virgin Mary not to a place for women, but for girls. Seeing this, the Pharisees reported to Herod. In the temple, the old man Simeon took the Godchild in his hands. The old woman Anna, daughter of Phanuel, also recognized the Messiah and announced him to the people of Jerusalem. And Herod, convinced that this was the New King that the Wise Men from the East had informed him about, sent for him to be killed. But the Divine Family was already on its way to Egypt, led by an angel of God.

Holy New Martyr Jordan.