Forefeast of the Annunciation
In Russian: Предпразднство Благовещения
In Church Slavonic: Предпра́зднство благовѣ́щенїѧ прест҃ы́ѧ бцⷣы
Feast days
2026
Old calendar
- (24 March on the Old calendar), commemoration
New calendar
- , commemoration
2027
Old calendar
- (24 March on the Old calendar), commemoration
New calendar
- , commemoration
Also commemorated on 6 April 2026
- Great Monday
- Venerable Zachariah the Recluse of Egypt
- St. Artemon (Menignus) the Bishop of Seleucia (1st-2nd C)
- New Hieromartyr Priest Vladimir († 1920)
- St. James the Confessor the Bishop of Catania (8th-9th C)
- Venerable Zachariah the Ascetic of the Kiev Caves (13th-14th C)
- Holy Martyrs Stephen and Peter of Kazan († 1552)
- Icon of the Mother of God called “the Beclouded Mount” (17th C)