Eastern Christians celebrate the Annunciation

The Orthodox and Greco-Catholic Christians celebrate the Annunciation on April 7. The Annunciation is observed during Lent and is one of the feasts when the Church allows eating fish, Info-Prim Neo reports. The feast of the Annunciation marks the visit of the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary, during which he told her that she would be the mother of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. According to religious dogmas, since it occurs 9 months before the birth of Jesus on Christmas Day, the Annunciation marks the actual incarnation of Jesus Christ - the moment that Jesus was conceived and that the Son of God became the son of the Virgin. By tradition, the people put bread and salt on the threshold to feed the angels.