2017

2017 (MMXVII) will be a common year starting on Sunday (dominical letter A) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2017th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 17th year of the 3rd millennium, the 17th year of the 21st century, and the 8th year of the 2010s decade.

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September 23

September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 99 days remaining until the end of the year.
It is frequently the day of the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the day of the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Woman of the Apocalypse

The Woman of the Apocalypse (or Woman clothed in the Sun, γυνὴ περιβεβλημένη τὸν ἥλιον; Mulier amicta sole) is a figure from Chapter 12 of the Book of Revelation (written ca. AD 95).

In the narrative, she gives birth to a male child, which is attacked by a Dragon, "called the Devil, and Satan". The woman flees into the wilderness, while the child is taken to heaven, leading to "War in Heaven", in which the angels cast the Dragon out. The Dragon now takes to attacking the woman, who is given wings to escape, the dragon attacks her with a flood of water from its mouth, which is however swallowed by the earth. Frustrated, the dragon then goes to make war on "the remnant of her seed" identified as the righteous followers of Christ.

The Woman of the Apocalypse is widely identified with the Virgin Mary. This interpretation is in the ancient Church as well as in medieval and modern Roman Catholicism. The interpretation does not preclude the alternative interpretation of the Woman as representing the Church, as in modern Catholic dogma, Mary is herself considered both the Mother of God and the Mother of the Church (while in Reformed theology and traditions that are averse to Marian veneration, the interpretation of the Woman as representing the Church is naturally predominant).