Pope Shenouda III
Christ Was Conceived of the Holy Spirit
In the story of the birth of Christ, we see that St. Matthew the Evangelist says: "After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with Child of the Holy Spirit" (Matt. 1: 18). This declaration is confirmed when the angel said to Joseph, "for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit" (Matt. 1:20). And St. Luke the Evangelist recorded the words of the angel to the Virgin Mary: "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you, therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God' (Lk. 1:35).
