Anna at the presentation of Jesus (right), from Giotto, Chapel of Scrovegni.

According to the biblical Gospel of Luke, Anna or Anna the Prophetess was the name of an aged prophetess who prophesied about Jesus at the time of his birth. The full story can be found in Luke 2:36-38. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This Gutenberg Bible is displayed by the United States Library of Congress. ... The Gospel of Luke is the third and longest of the four canonical Gospels of the New Testament, which tell the story of Jesus life, death, and resurrection. ... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ...

From the three verses in Luke, we know the following about Anna:

• She was a prophetess
• She was a daughter of Phanuel
• She was a member of the tribe of Asher
• She was married (husband is not named)
• Her husband died after seven years of marriage
• She was a devout Jew as demonstrated by prayer
• She regularly practiced fasting

The Eastern Orthodox Church commemorates Anna as saint, Anna the Prophetess. Together with Simeon the God-Receiver, her feast is observed on February 3/February 16 as the synaxis following Presentation of Christ. In numerous religions, including Abrahamic religions, Jah religions, Sikhism, and many forms of Paganism, a prophet is an intermediary with a deity, particularly someone who speaks for the deity or interprets the deitys will or mind. ... According to the biblical Gospel of Luke, Phanuel was the name of the father of Anna. ... The Tribe of Asher (אָשֵׁר happy, Standard Hebrew Ašer, Tiberian Hebrew ʼĀšēr) is one of the Hebrew tribes, founded by Asher the eighth son of Jacob. ... Fasting is primarily the act of willingly abstaining from some or all food, drink, or both, for a period of time. ... The Eastern Orthodox Church is a Christian body that views itself as: the historical continuation of the original Christian community established by Jesus Christ and the Twelve Apostles, having maintained unbroken the link between its clergy and the Apostles by means of Apostolic Succession. ... In traditional Christian iconography, Saints are often depicted as having halos. ... Simeon the Righteous (also Simeon the Elder, Simeon the God-Receiver, or Holy Simeon) is the just and devout man of Jerusalem who, according to Luke 2:25-35, met the Virgin Mary and Jesus as they entered the Temple to fulfill the requirements of the Law of Moses on... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... A Synaxis is a group of churchmen - especially in the Orthodox church - who would otherwise compose a Synod but lack an officiating Patriarch. ... The feast of the Resurrection of Jesus, called Easter or Pascha, is the greatest of the feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church. ...