Vita of Anne

In the name of God the Father, Creator of the heavens and the earth, whose existence is not known from the heart of the mortal, hidden, and which cannot be expressed from this to that within this in the beginning of the matter. Indeed, his existence is known. May he grant me to tell the greatness of this garden and earth. The earth, concerning Hannah, and the garden, concerning our Lady Mary, and her fruit, concerning her son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, to whom is praise. Reading for Monday I begin with the help of God and his grace, which is given to each one according to the measure of his gift. For Christ, who ascended and who descended and who is, is the fullness of the heavens, that he might fulfill all, in the first of the prophets, and in the second of the apostles, and in the third of the clergy. I, likewise, say that everyone who has heard the name of Mary, the virgin and blessed, daughter of Hannah, and also her mother, of Emmanuel, our God, will not die the death of his soul and body, and will not find destruction for eternity. Amen.

Reading for Tuesday Concerning this matter, come, let us praise Ḥannā, for God praised her, and in His praise she dwelt, the daughter of Ḥannā in her womb. Come, let us magnify Ḥannā, for God magnified her. She is more beautiful than gold and silver, and she shines exceedingly more than the twelve stars of the firmament, and she is more radiant than the sun. And she reposed and passed away in the month of Gǝʿǝz, on the 11th of Ḫǝdar; and in the month of the Hebrews, the second Tēšrīn; and in Roman, November, on the 6th day of the week. And they buried her in the tomb of her fathers, according to the custom of the sons of Aaron, until the coming of her father. Reading for Wednesday And all this was the repose of Ḥannā while our Lady Mary was in the temple. And they told her that Ḥannā had reposed. And when our Lady Mary heard, she wept, saying, "Woe is me, alas for me! Where has she left me, the bereaved? Woe is me, alas for me! Who will be for me like you? And for whom have you left me? Woe is me, alas for me! Where?

And he said, “Blessed ʾUyāqem, now I have known that my Lord God has taught me, and He has accepted me, and He has shown me what was revealed to me from her.” And ʾUyāqem marvelled, in his house, while praising God with joy and gladness, for to Him belongs glory and praise forever and ever. Amen. Reading for Thursday Let us know, said the prophets, “Hear what the Lord God said to our father ʾAdām: ‘I will come to you to be born on the fifth day of the week and at midday from your daughter.’ Then I will have mercy on you and forgive you with my abundant mercy.” For fifty hundred years they appointed as five days, and for five hundred years they appointed as six hours of the day. The book of the sin of the son of her daughter, our Lord ʾIyāsus Krəstos, shall be blotted out and erased and its measure divided with her at the right hand of His kingdom, which shall not be diminished nor changed forever and ever. Amen and amen, let it be, let it be. Reading for Friday

In the name of God the Father, who spread out the heavens, and in the name of God the Son, the Only One, who brought forth the world from nothingness, and in the name of God the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, who gave him spirit and strengthened him, let us read this discourse of the honored name and exalted memory of ʾUyāqem, the father of our Lady, the Mother of God, Mary the Virgin, in the reading for those who read it. O honored, O exalted, O praised, O righteous, O chosen, O perfect, O better than the good, ʾUyāqem, ask and pray for him who loves you exceedingly, the servant of Mary, the sealed one; for the doer of good and righteousness, the humble one, may your blessing be poured upon him like rain, from now and until the end of the world, amen. Reading for Saturday Let us begin again and praise the daughter of ʾUyāqem and Ḥannā, the Virgin, the furnace of flame whose name is ʾAmanuʾel, and let us celebrate the glory of her birth from the honored elder, the righteous and pure of conduct, and the chaste like the angels. Good things have adorned the birth of our Lady Mary, the Mother of God, the Virgin, which is sweeter than honey and sugar, and like wine of the choicest vintage.

After a few days had passed, the Lord said to the children of Israel, when they had gathered together: "Show me the house of the sanctuary for my resting place, and show me the place for my dwelling." For my dwelling is that which I have brought forth from my hand, which will become salvation for Adam and his children. Reading for Sunday This is the book of the story of the birth of our Lady Mary, daughter of Joachim, son of David, King Solomon, who begot Nathan, and Nathan begot Levi, and Levi begot her maternal grandfather and her grandmother, and the grandmother begot Joachim, her father, the father of our Lady Mary, the holy virgin. And the maternal grandfather begot three sons. And like her, many sick people came and touched her and were healed and lived, freed from their diseases. And this deed became a wonder in the sight of all the wise men of Israel.