මරිය තුමිය, ජේසු තුමාගේ මව

මරියා (; ; ; ) යනු විවිධ මාතෘකා, ශෛලීන් සහ ගෞරව නාම වලින් ද හඳුන්වනු ලබන 1වන සියවසේ නාසරෙත්හි ජීවත්වූ කාන්තාවකී. ඇය සාන්ත ජෝසප්ගේ භාර්‍යාවද, ජේසුගේ මවද විය. බයිබලයේ නව ගිවිසුම, කුරානය, මෝර්මන්ගේ පොත, සහ කිටාබ්-ඉ-අක්දාස් මරියා කන්‍යාවක් ලෙස විස්තර කරයි. ක්‍රිස්තියානි දේවධර්මයට අනුව, මරියා කන්‍යාවක්ව සිටියදීම ශුද්ධාත්මයාණන් කරණකොටගෙන ජේසුස්ව පිළිසිඳ ගත්තේය.Ruiz, Jean-Pierre. "Between the Crèche and the Cross: Another Look at the Mother of Jesus in the New Testament". New Theology Review; Aug. 2010, Vol. 23, Issue 3, pp. 3–4

Mary has been venerated since early Christianity, and is considered by millions to be the holiest and greatest saint for being chosen by God to bear and raise Jesus. The Eastern and Oriental Orthodox, Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran churches believe that Mary, as mother of Jesus, is the  (Mother of God; ). There is significant diversity in the Marian beliefs and devotional practices of major Christian traditions. The Catholic Church holds distinctive Marian dogmas, namely her status as the Mother of God, her Immaculate Conception, her perpetual virginity, and her Assumption into heaven."Mary, the mother of Jesus." The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Houghton Mifflin. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. Credo Reference. Web. 28 September 2010. Many Protestants minimize Mary's role, because of the alleged lack of biblical support for any beliefs other than the virgin birth.

Mary also has the highest position in Islam among all women.Quran 3:42; cited in Stowasser, Barbara Freyer, "Mary", in: Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān, General Editor: Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Georgetown University, Washington DC.J.D. McAuliffe, Chosen of all womenJ.-M. Abd-el-Jalil, Marie et l'Islam, Paris 1950 She is mentioned in the Quran more often than in the Bible,Esposito, John. What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam. New York: University Press, 2002. P31.; cf. Stowasser, Barbara Freyer, "Mary", in: Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān, General Editor: Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Georgetown University, Washington DC. where two of the longer chapters of the Quran are named after her and her family.Jestice, Phyllis G. Holy people of the world: a cross-cultural encyclopedia, Volume 3. 2004  page 558 Sayyidana Maryam 

According to Catholic and Eastern Christian teachings, at the end of her earthly life, God raised Mary's body into heaven; this is known in the Christian West as the Assumption of Mary,Munificentissimus Deus: Dogma of the Assumption by Pius XII, 1950, 17, access date 18 April 2015 and in the East as the Dormition of the Mother of God. She is said to have miraculously appeared to believers many times over the centuries.

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