The first biography of this figure was written by Maximus the Confessor.
The first biography of this figure was written by Maximus the Confessor. After a two-week fast, an Orthodox feast celebrates the dormition of this figure, who also spoke the words of a text often sung in the Liturgy of the Hours and at Vespers. That text contains the line "my soul doth magnify the lord" and is called the Magnificat. Pope Pius IX in the encyclical Ineffabilis Deus codified the belief that this figure was "free from all stain." Along with the use of the word "theotokos" and belief in the Assumption, the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception concerns this figure. For 10 points, name this woman, the mother of Jesus Christ.
The first biography of this figure was written by Maximus the Confessor.
the Virgin Mary [accept Miryam or Maryam or Madonna] 