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The resolutions of the council of 431 held that the Virgin Mary came to Ephesos. According to them, she came here together with Saint John, four to six years after the death of Christ. After the proclamation of Pope Paul VI in 1967, Pope John Paul II came to Ephesos and declared the House of Mary to be a place of pilgrimage for Christians. The house on the top of Bülbüldağ is believed to be the last home of the Virgin Mary. It is a world-famous place of pilgrimage. The structure is a church that dates to the seventh century, and was restored in 1951. The church was supposedly built on top of the house in which the Virgin Mary lived. The structure is cruciform, and has a domed roof. The nave and its apse are accessible from the vestibule. The House of Mary is a place of pilgrimage not only for Christians, but also for Muslims. Muslims use the room to the south, which is believed to be the bedroom of the Virgin Mary, as a prayer chapel. Translations of the Quranic suras that mention Mary are on display here. After the proclamation of Pope Paul VI in 1967, John Paul II came here in 1979 and declared the House of Mary to be a place of pilgrimage for Christians. The resolutions of the council of 431 held that the Virgin Mary came to Ephesos. According to them, she came here together with Saint John, four to six years after the death of Christ. Excavations in this area uncovered architectural components from the fırst to seventh centuries. The first major Church of Mary and the tomb of Saint John on Ayasuluk could be evidence of the resolutions of the council.
This house, where the Virgin Mary is supposed to have lived during her last days, and to have died with Johanna at her side, is situated 7 km south of the antique city of Ephesus in İzmir
. The German Nun Katharina Emmerich (1774-1824) described the surroundings of the house from a dream she had. Lazarist monks in İzmir set out in 1891 to find the house based on sister Emmerich's description. They found the remains and built a chapel here. Pope John XXIII declared it a pilgrimage site in 1961.
and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary
, and Mary
was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.
[ Joseph Accepts Jesus as His Son ] This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about : His mother Mary
was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.
But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary
home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary
home as his wife.
On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary
, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
“Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s name Mary
, and aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas?
Among them were Mary
the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.
Magdalene and the other Mary
were sitting there opposite the tomb.
[ Jesus Has Risen ] After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary
Magdalene and the other Mary
went to look at the tomb.
Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary
’s son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him.
Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary
the mother of James the younger and of Joseph, and Salome.
Magdalene and Mary
the mother of Joseph saw where he was laid.
[ Jesus Has Risen ] When the Sabbath was over, Mary
the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body.
[The earliest manuscripts and some other ancient witnesses do not have verses 9–20.] When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary
Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons.
to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary
was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary
; you have found favor with God.
“How will this be,” Mary
asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary
answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.
Visits Elizabeth ] At that time Mary
got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea,
When Elizabeth heard Mary
’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
’s Song ] And Mary
said: “My soul glorifies the Lord
stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
He went there to register with Mary
, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.
So they hurried off and found Mary
and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.
treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.
[ Jesus Presented in the Temple ] When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary
took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord
Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary
, his mother: “This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,
When Joseph and Mary
had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth.
and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary
(called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out;
[ At the Home of Martha and Mary
] As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him.
She had a sister called Mary
, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said.
but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary
has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”
It was Mary
Magdalene, Joanna, Mary
the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles.
[ The Death of Lazarus ] Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary
and her sister Martha.
, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.)
and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary
to comfort them in the loss of their brother.
When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary
stayed at home.
After she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary
aside. “The Teacher is here,” she said, “and is asking for you.”
heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.
When the Jews who had been with Mary
in the house, comforting her, noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
[ The Plot to Kill Jesus ] Therefore many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary
, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him.
took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary
the wife of Clopas, and Mary
[ The Empty Tomb ] Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary
Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.
[ Jesus Appears to Mary
Magdalene ] Now Mary
stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb
Jesus said to her, “Mary
.” She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).
Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.
They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary
the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary
the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying.
, who worked very hard for you.
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