Mary (Mother of Jesus)

Mary, usually referred to by Christians as the Virgin Mary or Saint Mary, was a Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee, identified in the New Testament as the mother of Jesus of Nazareth. Muslims also refer to her as the Virgin Mary or Syeda Mariam which means Our Lady Mary. In Islam she is the mother of the Prophet Jesus, Issa ¿¿¿¿ in the Arabic language. The New Testament describes her as a virgin (Greek parthénos)Christians believe that she conceived her son miraculously by the agency of the Holy Spirit. This took place when she was already the betrothed wife of Saint Joseph and was awaiting the concluding rite of Jewish marriage, the formal home-taking ceremony. Mary is also described in the Qur'an, the 19th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an Sura Maryam (Arabic: ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿, Suratu Maryam. It is named after Maryam, the Semitic name for Mary, Mother of Jesus (Issa).