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Feast of the Annunciation

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but also the beginning of Christ's redemption of that same Creation. Christian antiquity held 25 March as the actual day of Jesus' death. The opinion that the Incarnation also took place on that date is found in the
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From the earliest recorded history, the feast has been celebrated on 25 March, commemorating both the belief that the spring equinox was not only the day of
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The earliest evidence for a Feast of the Annunciation or Incarnation is from the fifth century. The first certain mentions of the feast are in a
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The Feast of the Annunciation is observed almost universally throughout Christianity, especially within the Eastern Orthodox Church,
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Greek Independence Day is celebrated on the feast of the Annunciation and 25 March is also a national holiday in the Lebanon.
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identifies 25 March as not only the date of Creation and Annunciation, but also a large number of other significant events in
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at the Annunciation, on which date Jesus Christ is believed to have been conceived in the Virgin Mary by the
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Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things?: Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation
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in 656, where it was described as celebrated throughout the Church, and in another of the
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prayer and the Angelus; the second part of the prayer comes from the salutation of
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Celebration commemorating the visit of the archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary
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or Easter Week, the Annunciation is moved to the Monday after the
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in the universal calendar which do not normally fall on a Sunday.
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to 25 March, because according to Christian doctrine, the age of
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The "angelic salutation" of Gabriel to Mary is recorded in the
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Feast of the translation of the relics of Saint Nicholas
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is celebrated when it coincides with the Annunciation.
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Index


Paolo de Matteis
Christianity
25 March
Christmas Day
Lady Day
March equinox

a series
Mariology
Catholic Church
Immaculate Conception
Immaculate Conception
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Overview
Prayers
Antiphons
Titles
Hymns to Mary
Devotional practices
Saints
Societies
Consecrations and entrustments
Veneration
Titles of Mary
Theotokos (Mother of God)
Mediatrix
Mother of the Church
Our Lady of Good Counsel
Our Lady of Mount Carmel

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