![]() ![]() ![]() In Valencia, it is marked by a celebration of the ‘Cofradías de las Hijas de María’ (‘Sisterhoods of the Daughters of Mary’) when each year up to a dozen single young women around 18 years old will sign up to become members of a ‘cofradía’ devoted to the adoration of the Virgin Mary in a local parish. ![]() It’s often confused with the Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ. The feast of the Immaculate Conception is celebrated nine months before the feast of the Nativity of Mary which falls on September 8th and is celebrated in Xàbia as the feast day of ‘Mare de Déu de Loreto’, the final day of the port fiesta. It is one of the most important Marian feasts in the Catholic Church calendar and is considered the official start of the Christmas season in Spain. The church teaches that Mary was conceived by normal means but that God acted upon her soul at the time of conception to keep her ‘immaculate’ and free from original sin. December 8 is a national public holiday in Spain which marks the Catholic doctrine of the conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the womb of her mother Saint Anne. ![]()
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