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A feast dedicated to the “protections” of this person allegedly began after Andrew the Fool had a vision of this person that saved Constantinople from invasion by the Rus’ (“roose”). In Eastern Orthodoxy, the Nativity Fast is relaxed on the day of a feast dedicated to the “presentation” of this person. (-5[1])Odysseas Elytis (“eh-LEET-iss”) took the title of his poem Axion Esti from a set of hymns (10[1])dedicated to (10[1])this person, who is referred to by the Greek term panagia. (10[1])A key tenet of Nestorianism rejected at the (10[1])Council (10[1])of Ephesus involved (10[1]-5[1])his disuse of a term referring to this person, (10[2])the speaker of the Magnificat (10[1])hymn. (10[4])Eastern (10[1])Orthodoxy (10[1])gives this person the title of “God-bearer,” (10[1])or (10[1])Theotokos. (10[2])For 10 points, (10[1])name this woman venerated in Eastern Christianity as the mother of Jesus. ■END■

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