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Chapter 1 (417) GOSPEL OF LUKE
he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. And to his Kingdom there shall be no end.” Mary said to the angel, “How can this be happening to me, since I do not know a man?” The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the holy one who is born will be called the Son of God. Behold, your relative Elizabeth has also conceived a son in her old age and this is the sixth month (of her pregnancy) for her who was called barren. For nothing shall be impossible with God.” Mary said, “Behold, the handmaid of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.
End to the Liturgy on the Annunciation.
n those days, *Mary arose and went into the hill
country with haste to a city of Judah. She en- tered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Eliz- abeth. And it happened that when Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice, she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among wom- en, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! Why am
On the Annunciation, at Orthros:
In those days, ...*
This is also read on other Feasts of the Holy Theotokos.
Per. 4.