April 7, 2029

Events of the day

• Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos

  Twelve Great Feast

  The Archangel Gabriel announces to the Virgin Mary the birth of the Saviour. Fish is allowed if the feast falls in Great Lent (except Holy Week).

• St Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (repose, 1925)

  Polyeleos rank

• Great and Holy Saturday

  Commemoration

? The coincidence rule is not yet approved — check this year's liturgical instructions.

Fasting

Fast day · Holy Week

? The special rules for this day are being clarified. Ask your priest about the measure of fasting.

Annunciation on Great Saturday: the special rules for this day are being clarified. Ask your priest about the measure of fasting.

• Meat: not allowed
• Dairy & eggs: not allowed
• ? Fish: not specified
• ? Oil: not specified
• ? Wine: not specified

“?” — the app does not yet determine this restriction for this day; it does not mean it is allowed.

The rule for the Annunciation coinciding with Holy Week awaits review by a liturgics specialist; fish, oil, wine and the manner of preparing food are not yet determined by the app.

Food rules are reference church information. Agree your personal measure of fasting with a priest; consult a doctor if you are ill.

Readings of the day

• Matins · Prophecy

  Ezekiel 37:1–14

• Matins Epistle

  1 Corinthians 5:6–8; Galatians 3:13–14

• Matins Gospel

  Matthew 27:62–66

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  ⁶²Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,

  ⁶³saying, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise again.’

  ⁶⁴Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, and tell the people, ‘He is risen from the dead;’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”

  ⁶⁵Pilate said to them, “You have a guard. Go, make it as secure as you can.”

  ⁶⁶So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone.

• Vespers · 1st reading

  Genesis 1:1–13

• Vespers · 2nd reading

  Isaiah 60:1–16

• Vespers · 3rd reading

  Exodus 12:1–11

• Vespers · 4th reading

  Jonah 1:1–4:11

• Vespers · 5th reading

  Joshua 5:10–15

• Vespers · 6th reading

  Exodus 13:20–15:19

• Vespers · 7th reading

  Zephaniah 3:8–15

• Vespers · 8th reading

  3[1] Kings 17:8–24

• Vespers · 9th reading

  Isaiah 61:10–62:5

• Vespers · 10th reading

  Genesis 22:1–18

• Vespers · 11th reading

  Isaiah 61:1–9

• Vespers · 12th reading

  4[2] Kings 4:8–37

• Vespers · 13th reading

  Isaiah 63:11–64:5

• Vespers · 14th reading

  Jeremiah 31:31–34

• Vespers · 15th reading

  Daniel 3:1–23; Song of the Three 1–66 with verses

• Matins Gospel · Annunciation

  Luke 1:39–49, 56

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  ³⁹Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah,

  ⁴⁰and entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.

  ⁴¹When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

  ⁴²She called out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

  ⁴³Why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

  ⁴⁴For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy!

  ⁴⁵Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!”

  ⁴⁶Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord.

  ⁴⁷My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,

  ⁴⁸for he has looked at the humble state of his servant. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.

  ⁴⁹For he who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name.

  ⁵⁶Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her house.

• Epistle · Annunciation

  Hebrews 2:11–18

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  ¹¹For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

  ¹²saying, “I will declare your name to my brothers. Among the congregation I will sing your praise.”

  ¹³Again, “I will put my trust in him.” Again, “Behold, here I am with the children whom God has given me.”

  ¹⁴Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in the same way partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,

  ¹⁵and might deliver all of them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

  ¹⁶For most certainly, he doesn’t give help to angels, but he gives help to the offspring of Abraham.

  ¹⁷Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.

  ¹⁸For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

• Gospel · Annunciation

  Luke 1:24–38

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  ²⁴After these days Elizabeth his wife conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying,

  ²⁵“Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men.”

  ²⁶Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,

  ²⁷to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of David’s house. The virgin’s name was Mary.

  ²⁸Having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!”

  ²⁹But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be.

  ³⁰The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

  ³¹Behold, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and shall name him ‘Jesus.’

  ³²He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,

  ³³and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom.”

  ³⁴Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?”

  ³⁵The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

  ³⁶Behold, Elizabeth your relative also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

  ³⁷For nothing spoken by God is impossible.”

  ³⁸Mary said, “Behold, the servant of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word.” The angel departed from her.

Source: Orthocal: lectionary data — Slavic tradition, Julian calendar. Text: World English Bible.

Saints and icons

• Prayer of the day: Troparion of the Annunciation