July 25, 2015
Dormition of St. Anna: tradition records that the mother of the Theotokos fell asleep at age 79 before the Annunciation to her daughter. Long-suffering is a virtue that most do not desire to experience but her long barrenness even into old age did not diminish her faith nor her prayer that God would grant her a child. Often we ‘give up’ praying after a few days or weeks.
http://oca.org/saints/lives/2015/07/25/102086-dormition-of-the-righteous-anna-the-mother-of-the-most-holy-theo