History of Entrance of the Virgin Mary into the Temple: Evidence of ancient Church literature. Part 2
The issue of historicity of the events underlying the feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple is highly topical in the modern science. This article contains an analysis of the chosen monuments of the early Christian and Byzantine literature, incorporating information about this event. In the study process, the main directions of the initial tradition of the Entrance development are revealed and the main laws of this process are traced. The results of the study allow us to supplement the conclusions the author arrived at in his previous article on the similar topic.