“Wherever Mary, delighted with the Annunciation, came, everything was filled with joy,” declares Chrysostom.
With such spiritual joy, the sisters of the monastery of St. Mary Magdalene celebrated the feast of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos. Feasts of the Mother of God are especially spiritually experienced in Gethsemane for the sake of the proximity of the tomb of the mother of our Savior, which is located next to the convent.
On Tuesday, at Vespers, prayers were read: “The eternal counsel revealing to you o Maiden…” In the evening Great Compline was served with the singing “God is with us!” During the polyeleos, the Most Holy Virgin was glorified with the words – “The Archangel’s voice crying to Thee o pure one: Rejoice Thou full of grace, the Lord is with Thee!”
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