The Presentation of the Lord

The Presentation of the Lord Feast Mal 3:1-4/Heb 2:14-18/Lk 2:22-40 or 2:22-32 (524) Pss Prop.

*Presentation in the Temple – Vouet.

The Blessed Virgin Mary presents Our Lord to the prophet Simeon in the Temple for a blessing. People gather around, watching, while angels look down from above, holding a scroll with Simeon’s words: Nunc dimittis servum tuum, Domine, Now do you dismiss your servant, Lord. Artwork by S. Vouet.

**The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (or in the temple) is an early episode in the life of Jesus Christ, describing his presentation at the Temple in Jerusalem, that is celebrated by many churches 40 days after Christmas on Candlemas, or the “Feast of the Presentation of Jesus”. The episode is described in chapter 2 of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament. Within the account, “Luke’s narration of the Presentation in the Temple combines the purification rite with the Jewish ceremony of the redemption of the firstborn (Luke 2:23–24).” In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Presentation of Jesus at the temple is celebrated as one of the twelve Great Feasts, and is sometimes called Hypapante (Ὑπαπαντή, “meeting” in Greek).

The Orthodox Churches which use the Julian Calendar celebrate it on 15 February, and the Armenian Church on 14 February.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presentation_of_Jesus_at_the_Temple

And those the Lord has rescued will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.  

Is 35:10