Medallion of the Mother of God, object of Orthodox worship.Mary, also called the Virgin Mary or the Mother of God (from the Hebrew Miryam מרים; b. Sepphoris or Jerusalem - d. Jerusalem or Ephesus) was, according to the writings of the New Testament, the mother of Jesus of Nazareth. According to the proto-gospel according to Jacob, the Virgin Mary was the daughter of Joachim and Anna. According to the New Testament, at the time of the conception of Jesus Christ, a fact that was revealed to him by the Archangel Gabriel, she was the betrothed of Joseph of Nazareth. In the Christian tradition (Orthodox, Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran), as well as in the Muslim one, she miraculously remained a virgin during the conception and birth of Jesus.