Ana

Picha ya Kigiriki ya Mt. Ana na Maria iliyochorwa na Angelos Akotantos.

Ana (kutoka Kiebrania Hannah חַנָּה, yaani "fadhili") anaheshimiwa kama mama wa Bikira Maria na bibi wa Yesu kadiri ya mapokeo ya Ukristo na Uislamu, ingawa hatajwi katika Biblia wala katika Kurani, isipokuwa katika kitabu cha karne ya 2 kinachoitwa Injili ya Yakobo.

Humo anatajwa pia mume wake Yohakimu. Wote wawili wanaheshimiwa kama watakatifu katika madhehebu mengi ya Ukristo, hasa tarehe 26 Julai.

Coptic, 8th century
German, 15th century. Anne holds Mary and Christ
German, 15th century, Legends of St Anne
Presentation of Mary at the Temple
German, 16th century. Relief of the St. Annes Head, Annakirche Dueren
Annunciation to Anne mosaic, 12th century, Chora Church, Istanbul
An Anna Selbdritt in the Cathedral Museum of the Church of Santiago Compostela
A Belgian Anna Selbdritt (labeled Ste Anne Trinitaire by the museum)
A Spanish Anna Selbdritt influenced ultimately by Greek "Hodegetria" icons
St. Anne Teaching the Virgin to Read, Church of St Andrew by the Wardrobe, London
St. Anne Teaching the Virgin to Read, Parish church of St.Ulrich in Ulrichsberg, 1722