Lady Day | |
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Official name | Feast of the Annunciation |
Observed by | Anglophone and Scandinavian Christians internationally |
Type | Religious, with later secular effects |
Date | 25 March |
Frequency | Annual |
Related to | Christmas, March equinox |
In the Western liturgical year, Lady Day is the common name in some English-speaking and Scandinavian countries of the Feast of the Annunciation, celebrated on 25 March to commemorate the annunciation of the archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would bear Jesus Christ, the Son of God.