Nuestra Señora de la Encarnacion, Moclín
Facts and practical information
Our Lady of the Incarnation or Our Lady of the Incarnation is a Marian invocation venerated in the Catholic Church representing the Virgin Mary at the moment of the Incarnation.
This solemnity is celebrated on March 25th, on the Solemnity of the Annunciation, since according to Catholic doctrine, at the Annunciation the archangel Gabriel reveals to the Virgin Mary that she will give birth to a son by the Holy Spirit, and she finally responds: "Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it done unto me according to thy word", at that moment the Incarnation takes place. The Church celebrates this event 9 months before the solemnity of Christmas.
The origin of the veneration of the invocation of the Incarnation is very ancient since it is one of the first dogmas of the Church, since it is closely linked to the double human and divine nature of Jesus Christ, as this is declared by the Fathers of the Church in the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed promulgated in the year 381.
Numerous cities have taken this patron saint, and many churches and temples are consecrated to her name, mainly in Spain and Latin America.
Moclín
Andalusia