Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Photos: Shutterstock on April 7, the Orthodox Church celebrates one of the most important religious holidays - the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin. Blagoveshchenie - evangelical event and the Christian holiday dedicated to it: the announcement by the archangel Gabriel of the Virgin Mary about the future birth of Jesus Christ according to the flesh. Initially, the holiday was celebrated on March 25. The Russian Orthodox Church and other churches celebrate the Annunciation on April 7th according to the Gregorian calendar. In Orthodoxy is included in the number of twelve holidays (12 important after Easter holidays in Orthodoxy). The brightest holiday of Christ's Resurrection this year was celebrated on April 4. This year, the Annunciation can become the warmest in the last century and a half - according to weather forecasters, the temperature of the air will warm up to 16 degrees Celsius in the central region of Russia. people's signs. "If on the Annunciation snow lies on the rooftops, then in the field it lies to Egor" (May 6). "For the Annunciation the sun is bright - to be a terrible summer; thunderstorm - warm summer, harvest of nuts; cloudy - there is no good harvest. " "On the Annunciation rain - rye will be born." "Wet Annunciation is a mushroom summer." "At the Annunciation the frost is the harvest of the grapes."
