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Saturday, 1 January

Today in Church History

What happened in the life of the Church on this day across twenty centuries.

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Octave of Christmas: Solemnity of Mary
The Church celebrates the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, on the octave day of Christmas. Defined as Theotokos at the Council of Ephesus in 431, Mary's divine motherhood is the foundation of all Marian theology.
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