The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
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Calendar of Saints and Feasts for March 25

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Virgin Mary, Annunciation.

Synax.CP, March 25, par. 1 (cols. 557-8).

Moscow, gr. 183, p. 239. Annunciation. Gabriel the Archangel, holding a staff, approaches the Virgin Mary, who is standing on a podium, holding a spindle. Behind, a wall and buildings. (Tréneff, Ménologe grec, p. 9, fig. 51).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 33r. Annunciation. Gabriel the Archangel, holding a staff, addresses the Virgin Mary, who is standing, holding a spindle, in front of a cushioned bench. Wall. (Hutter, II, p. 19, fig. 60).

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Annunciation at the Well. Gabriel appears to the Virgin Mary, standing beside a cruciform wellhead. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 193, fig. T VIII 28b; Mijović, Menolog, p. 334, fig. 43; Petković, Dečani, p. 16, pl. CXXIII.1).

Gračanica. Narthex, southeast tower, south wall. Annunciation. Gabriel the Archangel appears to the Virgin Mary, who is seated on a high-backed chair. Behind, a wall and a building. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 295, fig. 27; Todić, Gračanica, p. 105; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II southeast dome 6).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, vault. Annunciation. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 277, fig. 14).

Treskavac. Narthex, south tower, west wall. Annunciation. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 311, fig. 34, pl. 152).

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