Saint Anne (also Ann or Anna, from the Jewish Hannah) — in Christianity is the mother of the Mother of God, the grandmother of Jesus Christ (Our Lady), the wife of Saint Joachim (St. Joachim), who gave birth to a daughter miraculously after years of childless marriage.
Saint Anne is addressed as the protector of pregnant women. It is to her that they turn their prayers so that the birth is easy, the child is born healthy, and so that there is enough milk. Saint Anne is also the patroness of laundresses and embroiderers, since these crafts are associated with the functions of the mother.
In the Orthodox and Catholic churches she is canonized.
Catholicism celebrates as a holiday St. Anne's Day (Feast of Saint Anne) on July 26 and December 8, the —th day of the conception of the Virgin Mary, which the Roman Catholic Church considers immaculate, interpreting this in the sense that original sin did not pass on to Mary, but not at all in the fact that she, like Jesus, was conceived in an seedless manner. According to Franciscan doctrine, the conception of the Virgin Mary occurred as a result of a hug and kiss at the Golden Gate, and this miracle was the first act of Divine Salvation.
The Orthodox Church celebrates the Assumption of the righteous Anna, mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary on August 7.