the term for the event described in the Gospel according to St Luke, when the Angel Gabriel brings the Virgin Mary the news that she is to bear her son, Jesus Christ The Annunciation was among the most widespread pictorial subjects of European art during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
(Gr Evangelismos) A feast of the Orthodox Church (March 25) commemorating the visit of Archangel Gabriel to Virgin Mary "to announce" that she was chosen to be the Mother of God (Luke 1: 26-33)
In Christianity, the Annunciation was the announcement by the Archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she was going to give birth to the son of God. the occasion (celebrated by Christians on 25 March) on which the angel Gabriel appeared and told the Virgin Mary that she would have the baby Jesus
(Christianity) the announcement to the Virgin Mary by the angel Gabriel of the incarnation of Christ a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland