Each year on March 25, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord. This great feast takes its name from the tidings announced by the angel Gabriel to the Blessed Virgin Mary ...

But the Virgin Mary received faith and joy when the angel ... [the feast of] The Annunciation to the holy Mother of God, to wit, the salutation made to her by the angel, 'Hail, full of grace!'" ...

Praying for the Virgin Mary’s intercession and being devoted ... In the New Testament Mary speaks only four times, beginning with the Annunciation, when, according to Luke’s Gospel, the ...

At least from the beginning of the thirteenth century, we often find Mary either as Virgin at the Annunciation or as the Mother with child encircled by emblems referring to biblical themes. However, ...

One of the most famous religious tales is that of the Annunciation. This is a Christian story in which the angel Gabriel visits the Virgin Mary to inform her that God has chosen her to be the ...

No human being loved and served the Lord Jesus as much or as devotedly as the Blessed Virgin Mary. From the moment of her conception, she was prepared to do God’s will. At the Annunciation ...

TASS/. Russian Orthodox Christians are marking the feast of Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, one of the twelve main feasts of the liturgical year that coincides in 2018 with the Holy Saturday.

Mary is a key figure within Christianity, but especially within Catholicism. Mary is the Mother of Christ. She agreed to God’s plan to bear his Son. The angel said to her, “Don't be afraid ...

The purity and holiness of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a model for all Christians ... The angel Gabriel at the moment of the annunciation salutes her as "full of grace". In fact, in order for ...

In the depths of her heart, said Pope Francis, Mary is drawn to place her trust entirely in God. Serving God, revealing His ...