March 25 Great Lent. Fish allowed. The Annunciation of our Most Holy Lady, Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary The Feast of the Annunciation is one of the earliest Christian feasts, and was already being celebrated in the fourth century. There is a painting of the Annunciation in the catacomb of Priscilla in Rome dating from the second century. The Council of Toledo in 656 mentions the Feast, and the Council in
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