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[[Image:Annunciation.jpg|right|frame|The Annunciation to the Theotokos]]
The '''Annunciation''' (or ''Evangelismos'' in Greek) to the [[Theotokos]] is one of the [[Great Feasts]] of the [[Orthodox Church]], celebrated on [[March 25]] (OS) / April 7 (NS) - exactly nine months before the Feast of the Nativity of Christ (Christmas). (Greeks also celebrate Greek Independence Day on March 25. This is one of only two days during [[Great Lent|Lent]], the other being [[Palm Sunday]], when fish is permitted.)
According to the [[Gospel of Luke]] 1:26-38, the [[Archangel Gabriel]] appeared to Mary to announce to her that she would conceive and bear a son, even though she "knew no man." According to holy tradition Mary had come home to her parents when she was only fifteen when she was visited by Gabriel.
