One of the traditional holidays of the Catholic world, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, was celebrated with a special ceremony at the Annunciation Latin Catholic Church in Iskenderun district of Hatay. Few members of the community attended the mass of the feast, which is celebrated on December 8 every year.
Church Father Dariusz Dogondke (Daryuş Dogonke) conducted the sacrament in the Annunciation Latin Catholic Church. Father Dogondke underlined the sinless conception of the Virgin Mary in his special sermon to this day.
Dogondke stated that the Feast of the Immaculate Conception was also celebrated during the Christmas journey, emphasizing that, thanks to an extraordinary grace, Mary, the Mother of Jesus, never knew evil. Father Dogondke, who said that God called us to entrust a duty and a responsibility like the Virgin Mary, also prayed for the sinless Mary to help us accept the presence of the Lord in our lives.
This special liturgy for the Virgin Mary concluded with prayers, hymns, and communion distribution.
