Derzhavnaya bogoroditsa?

[Daniel Rancour-Laferriere]

Dear Olga Meerson -
Precisely.  See the section "More a Mother than a Virgin" in my book.
With regards,
Daniel RL.


On Oct 29, 2009, at 8:48 AM, Olga Meerson wrote:

Our Lady is something that is, more or less, shared as an apellation  
for the Mother of God, between Catholics and Orthodox believers.  
Interestingly, except for the Bogoroditse Devo, radujsia..." a common  
Orthodox prayer originating, nonetheless, in the Catholic Rosary, Mary  
is called EVER-Virgin in the Orthodox tradition (Prisnodeva). But all  
these things are not too important. It is just that the Orthodox  
tradition is more keen on Her Motherhood (in both the sense that She  
is the Temple of our God, and that She understands the sorrows of  
mothers, and is Mother to us all, who may otherwise feel completely  
orphaned in this world), while the Catholic, on Her Virginity (purity  
and all those things that somewhat remove Her from our fallen world).  
But even these are not absolute distinctions. What is interesting is  
that sometimes they are reflected in the respective iconographies  
themselves. One more reason to translate the names accurately, without  
cultural transposition, I thin!
k.!
So I agree with Michele, not the first time around, either.
o.m.

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