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The Annunciation is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, dated to c. 1472–1476. [ n 1 ] Leonardo's earliest extant major work, it was completed in Florence while he was an apprentice in the studio of Andrea del Verrocchio .
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 ...
In churches of the Byzantine Rite, the Annunciation is typically depicted on the Holy Doors (decorative doorway leading from the nave into the sanctuary), and in the West the two figures are also found on different surfaces, in the outer panels of polyptychs that have an open and closed view, the doors of tabernacles, or simply on facing pages ...
The Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Virgin, [1] also called Greek Catholic Melkite Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Virgin or simply Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation, [2] is a Melkite Greek Catholic cathedral located in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. [3] It is dedicated to the Annunciation.
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 ...
The Metropolis of Chicago (Greek: Ιερά Μητρόπολις Σικάγου) is a metropolis of the Greek Orthodox Church, part of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, in the North-Central Midwest, United States, with its see city of Chicago.
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The Annunciation is a key pivotal event within the Christian religion.In the painting archangel Gabriel descends from the heavens and informs the Virgin Mary that she is carrying God's child and will give birth to Jesus Christ. the Holy Spirit symbolizes the miraculous conception and is depicted as a ray of light that passes into the Virgin Mary. [3]