The Annunciation of the Lord. Solemnity

Feast March 25.

Day 1. March 17

Annunciation of Mary. Megarynarion hymn. [4]

You gave milk to our bread. Quote by Saint Augustine [4]

On March 25, we will celebrate the announcement of the Incarnation by to the Archangel Gabriel to the Blessed Virgin Mary and the conception of Christ in her womb (Lk. 1:26-38) [7]

References

[1] https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/annunciation-of-the-lord/

[2] https://www.vaticannews.va/en/liturgical-holidays/solemnity-of-the-annunciation-of-the-lord.html

[3] Suite for the Panagial: (Songs for the Theotokos)

[4] Douglas Lee, Pierce. 2021 SUITE FOR THE PANAGIA (SONGS FOR THE THEOTOKOS). The University of Nebraska – Lincoln ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,  2021. 28490564.

[5] Starbuck, Scott R. A. 2018 25^th March: Annunciation of the Lord: Psalm 45; Luke 1.26–38 Volume 129, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1177/0014524617731270c

[6] Duffy, Eamon, William Granger Ryan, and Jacobus de Voragine. 2012. The Golden Legend: Readings on the Saints. Course Book ed., Princeton: Princeton University Press. https://muse.jhu.edu/book/30479.

[7] Annunciation of the BVM. (2013). In The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. : Oxford University Press. Retrieved 17 Mar. 2026, from https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199659623.001.0001/acref-9780199659623-e-271.

Peter,, Chrysologus. 2010. Saint, Archbishop of Ravenna, et al. Selected Sermons, Volume 3. The Catholic University of America Press. Project MUSE, https://muse.jhu.edu/book/20968. (See series of sermons 142-144 on the Annunciation of the Lord)