

THE THOUSAND YEAR DOOR ROM FULL
"Rejoice, O Full of Grace, the Lord is with you!"Īs the action initiating the Incarnation of Christ, Annunciation has such an important place in Orthodox Christian theology that the festal Divine Liturgy of St. Together with him let us cry to the Theotokos: The Son of God becomes the Son of the VirginĪs Gabriel announces the coming of Grace. For he shall save his people from their sins.Ģ2 Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying: 23 Behold a virgin shall be with child, and bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.( Matthew 1:18-23)Īnd the revelation of the eternal mystery! 19 Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing publicly to expose her, was minded to put her away privately.Ģ0 But while he thought on these things, behold the angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost.21 And she shall bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name JESUS. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child, of the Holy Ghost. (Various Bible translations also give Gabriel's salutation as a variation on: "Greetings, you who are highly favored!") Luke 1:28Ī separate, briefer and different annunciation is that given to Joseph in Matthew 1:18ġ8 Now the generation of Christ was in this wise. The archangel Gabriel's greeting to Mary forms the first part of the prayer, Hail Mary Mary's response to the archangel forms the second versicle and response of the Angelus prayer. And the angel departed from her.( Luke 1:26-38) And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.36 And behold thy cousin Elizabeth, she also hath conceived a son in her old age and this is the sixth month with her that is called barren:37 Because no word shall be impossible with God.ģ8 And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord be it done to me according to thy word. In the Bible, the Annunciation is narrated in Luke 1:26-38:Ģ6 And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth,27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David and the virgin's name was Mary.28 And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.Ģ9 Who having heard, was troubled at his saying, and thought with herself what manner of salutation this should be.30 And the angel said to her: Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found grace with God.31 Behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and shalt bring forth a son and thou shalt call his name Jesus.32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the most High and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David his father and he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever.33 And of his kingdom there shall be no end.ģ4 And Mary said to the angel: How shall this be done, because I know not man?ģ5 And the angel answering, said to her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the most High shall overshadow thee. Orthodox style icon by anonymous, 1825, Church Museum of the Bishopry of Thessaloniki A work of art depicting the Annunciation is sometimes itself called an Annunciation. The Annunciation is a key topic in Christian art in general, as well as in Marian art in the Catholic Church, having been especially prominent during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

Many Christians observe this event with the Feast of the Annunciation on 25 March, an approximation of the northern vernal equinox nine full months before Christmas, the ceremonial birthday of Jesus. Īccording to Luke 1:26, the Annunciation occurred "in the sixth month" of Elizabeth's pregnancy with John the Baptist.

Gabriel told Mary to name her son Jesus, meaning " YHWH is salvation". The Annunciation (from Latin annuntiatio), also referred to as the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Annunciation of Our Lady, or the Annunciation of the Lord, is the Christian celebration of the announcement by the angel Gabriel to Mary that she would conceive and bear a son through a virgin birth and become the mother of Jesus Christ, the Christian Messiah and Son of God, marking the Incarnation. The Annunciation by El Greco, c. 1590–1603, Ohara Museum of Art, Kurashiki, Japan
