LITURGICAL
Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord
A day of the liturgical calendar
Celebrates the announcement by the Angel Gabriel to Mary that she would conceive the Son of God by the power of the Holy Spirit (Luke 1:26-38).
body
Celebrated on March 25 (nine months before Christmas). When it falls in Holy Week or the Easter Octave, it is transferred. A Marian solemnity that is fundamentally Christological — the celebration of the Incarnation.
kind
solemnity
season
ordinary_time
feast Date
03-25
movable Feast
false