Do you know the meaning of the word Theotokos?

Theotokos is one of the titles given to Virgin Mary. It is a Greek term, which is translated as are translated as “Mother of God” or “God-bearer”. The term was used by the 3rd century by major Catholic theologians Athanasius of Alexandria, Gregory the Theologian, John Chrysostom and Augustine.

The use of Theotokos was formally affirmed at the Third Ecumenical Council held at Ephesus in 431. The Council decreed that Mary is the Theotokos because her son Jesus is both God and man: one divine person with two natures (divine and human) intimately and hypostatically united.