Icon depicting the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in silvered brass oklad revetment cover. The Nativity of the Theotokos is a Christian feast day commemorating the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary and universally celebrated on September 8th. The icon depicts Saint Anne reclining in her bed watching the infant Mary being held by a midwife. Mary’s father Joachim is shown seated, thanking God for a successful delivery of his daughter.