The day celebrates the appearance of the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary to announce the incarnation. Here are eight things to know and to share about the feast day and its significance.

They are part of the story of the Annunciation, when the Virgin Mary was told by the archangel ... think about The Promise made by the angel," Krupp said. Gabriel said that Jesus would live ...

Since Joseph was led to that meeting by a strange figure wrapped in a blue tunic — the angel Gabriel — he just knocks on Mary’s parents’ door and claims Mary as his wife. Highly unlikely ...

The nativity story follows Mary and Joseph from being told they will have a baby by the angel Gabriel, through to the birth of Jesus and the visits from the shepherds and wise men. The story of ...