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Events
Mar 24, 2023
3-24-23: Festal Vigil Annunciation
Forefeast of the Annunciation Commemorated on March 24 The Feast of the Annunciation to the Most Holy Theotokos is celebrated on one day March 25, exactly nine months before the Nativity of Christ. There is one day of Prefeast (March 24), followed by the Feast itself. On March 26, we celebrate the Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel. Because the Feast of the Annunciation falls during Great Lent, there is no Postfeast of the Feast.
Mar 25, 2023
3-25-23: Festal Liturgy Annunciation
The Annunciation of our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary Commemorated on March 25 The Feast of the Annunciation is one of the earliest Christian feasts, and was already being celebrated in the fourth century. There is a painting of the Annunciation in the catacomb of Priscilla in Rome dating from the second century. The Council of Toledo in 656 mentions the Feast, and the Council in Trullo in 692 says that the Annunciation was celebrated during Great…
Mar 26, 2023
3-26-23: 4th Sunday of Great Lent: St John Climacus (of the Ladder)
4th Sunday of Great Lent: St John Climacus (of the Ladder) Commemorated on March 26 The Fourth Sunday of Lent is dedicated to Saint John Klimakos, the author of The Ladder of Divine Ascent. In this book the Igoumen of Saint Katherine’s Monastery on Mount Sinai bears witness to the great effort which is required for entry into God’s Kingdom (Matthew 10:12). The spiritual struggle of the Christian life is difficult since it is “not against flesh and blood, but…