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The earliest evidence for a Feast of the Annunciation or Incarnation is from the sixth century, [5] [6] although the Catholic News Agency dates it to the fifth century. [2] The first certain mentions of the feast are in a canon, of the Council of Toledo in 656, where it was described as celebrated throughout the Church, and in another of the Council of Constantinople "in Trullo" in 692, which ...
Annunciation (c. 1472–1475), Uffizi, is thought to be Leonardo da Vinci's earliest complete work. The Annunciation (from the Latin annuntiatio; also referred to as the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Annunciation of Our Lady, [1] or the Annunciation of the Lord; Ancient Greek: Ο Ευαγγελισμός της Θεοτόκου) is, according to the Gospel of Luke, the ...
The Theotokos (God-bearer, the Virgin Mary) gives birth ineffably (without pain or travail) and remains virgin after childbirth. [10] Wing from a Byzantine micromosaic diptych of the 12 Great Feasts, c. 1310. From top left: Entry into Jerusalem, Crucifixion of Jesus, Harrowing of Hell, Ascension of Christ, Pentecost, Dormition of the Theotokos.
The Dormition of the Mother of God is a Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches (except the East Syriac churches). It celebrates the "falling asleep" (death) of Mary the Theotokos ("Mother of God", literally translated as God-bearer), and her being taken up into heaven.
The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary ( Theotokos ) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church , following the strong tradition of the Aegean Islands where the Dormition is grandly celebrated in mid-August as the ...
The Skete of the Annunciation of the Theotokos (Greek: Σκήτη Ευαγγελισμού της Θεοτόκου) is a skete of the Monastery of Xenophontos, on Mount Athos, Greece. The skete was founded in 1766 [ 1 ] by the hieromonk Sylvester, and the monks Efrem and Agapios.
The akathist par excellence is the one written for the feast of Annunciation of the Theotokos (25 March). This kontakion was traditionally attributed to Romanos the Melodist since kontakia of Romanos dominated the classical repertoire of 80 kontakia sung during the cathedral rite of the Hagia Sophia , though recent scholarship rejects this ...
On the Apodosis of Feasts of the Theotokos, the Epistle and Gospel from the day of the Feast are repeated again at the Divine Liturgy. For the Annunciation, the Meeting, and Palm Sunday, the Apodosis may be celebrated for part of a day, at Vespers , the remaining services of the day in question falling outside the festal period.