to remember that the mother of god was in the jerusalem temple, and then. in the house of joseph the betrothedned spiritual virtue by practicing fasting and prayer. and through them, as well as reading the soul-helping literature of the holy scriptures , the virgin mary was prepared for such a great service. it was precisely this spiritual wakefulness of the most holy one that allowed her to correctly perceive the message of the archangel gabriel and put it to rest. the beginning of the salvation of all mankind, this truth concerns us, if lent, we apply passionate efforts towards our spiritual life, then we grow spiritually, master virtues, become closer to god, and easter becomes for us our personal holiday and greatest inner joy, but if a person does not make a special lenten... yes, then he does not grow spiritually, in this case, not only lent, but easter itself passes by, as it were. such a person is not able to deeply experience easter joy, to realize what the resurrection of christ from the dead means to him, and often misses the greatest holiday only to external traditions. god created