<Li> Order of Slaves of the Immaculate Child </Li> <Li> Order of Sisters of Charity of the Maria Bambina </Li> <P> The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Nativity of Mary, or the Birth of the Virgin Mary, refers to a Christian feast day celebrating the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary . </P> <P> The modern canon of scripture does not record Mary's birth . The earliest known account of Mary's birth is found in the Protoevangelium of James (5: 2), an apocryphal text from the late second century, with her parents known as Saint Anne and Saint Joachim . </P>

Feast of the nativity of the mother of god