Orthodox Christians celebrate the Annunciation
The Orthodox Christians following the old Church calendar on April 7 observe the Feast of the Annunciation, which marks the visit of Angel Gabriel to Virgin Mary, during which he told her that she would be the mother of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
According to clerics, the Feast of the Annunciation is one of the twelve Great Feasts of the church year, and is among the eight of them that are counted as feasts of the Lord.
The festival celebrates two things: God’s action in entering the human world as Jesus in order to save humanity; and humanity’s willing acceptance of God’s action in Mary’s freely given acceptance of the task of being the Mother of God.
The Annunciation is freeing fish, and tradition says that the one that tastes fish then will feel aal year like fish in water. The ancestors believed that fishermen were not allowed to throw samp into pond water because fish died.
Similarly on this day it is good to lay bread and salt for food of angels on threshold of the house.
At the same time, it is considered that "as it is weather of Annunciation, so will it be Easter".
