Catholic holidays - Annunciation of the Virgin Mary among Western Christians (Feast of the Annunciation)

Western Christians celebrate the bright holiday of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary on March 25. On this day they remember the great event that happened before the birth of Christ. An angel of the Lord came to the Virgin Mary and announced that she would soon give birth to a child who would be the son of God himself. Mary's parents, Joachim and Anna, were very God-fearing people. They lived a wonderful life, had prosperity in everything, but there was one pain that did not give them peace - they did not have children. Despite their advanced age, they still believed and prayed that the Almighty would send them a child. They also made a promise that the child they would have would be given to serve the Lord. God heard their prayers, and Anna gave birth to a girl, who later became the mother of the Son of God. As the parents promised, at the age of three they sent the baby to the temple to serve the Lord. And at the age of eighteen she was betrothed to the righteous Joseph.