(Holiday March 25)
The day of our salvation is the main thing, / and from time immemorial the mystery has been revealed, / the Son of God, the Son of the Virgin, comes, / and Gabriel preaches the good news, / and we also cry out to the Mother of God with him: / Rejoice, O blessed one, // The Lord is with you.
In Russian
Now is the beginning of our salvation and the revelation of a mystery that has existed for centuries. The Son of God becomes the Son of the Virgin, and Gabriel preaches the good news. Therefore, we too will exclaim to the Mother of God: Rejoice. O blessed one, the Lord is with you.
The main thing is the beginning, the foundation.
What is this troparion about?
That through the gospel of Gabriel the mystery of our salvation was revealed; because the birth of the Son of God, our Savior, from the Virgin Mary is preached, and we are called here to turn to her with the Archangel’s greeting.
What do the words mean: the sacrament has appeared since the ages?
The Lord, before the creation of the world, before all ages, knew that man would sin, and before all ages he ordained to save him through His Only Begotten Son: this mystery of salvation, destined from the ages, was clearly revealed to people in the Archangel Gospel.