The story of the Annunciation is told in the first chapter of the Gospel According to Luke, in which the angel Gabriel appears to Mary and announces that she will give birth to a son. Early Christians were celebrating Christmas on December 25 in Rome by 354 and placed Jesus’ conception nine months earlier on March 25.
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