“For indeed, as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.”

And it happened, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the Babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. Then she spoke out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and Blessed is the Fruit of your womb! But why is this granted to me, that the Mother of my Lord should come to me? For indeed, as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.”

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In the Icon of the Embrace of the Theotokos and Saint Elizabeth, you can see the unborn Saint John the Baptist bowing reverently before Jesus, Who Blesses him.