The Mother of God flower garden. Comp. Stroganova M.V.

"Who will not please you of the Blessed Virgin? The angelic cathedral and the human race glorifying the duty: for the sake of Christ, to you in the world, he is also glorifying, we are a great, ”we read in the canon of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Blessed Virgin Mary is a great example to follow all Christians - an example of humility, true pleasing to God, a virgin, pure and pious life. The veneration of the Virgin is based on the dogmas of the bondness: “The undeveloped word is the father, from you, the Virgin, is described by embodiment” (Kondak 1st week of the Great Lent). Therefore, for the first time, her image appears in such plots as “Christmas” and “worship of the Magi”. From here, other iconographic topics subsequently develop.