"Annunciation" Explained by the Crunchy Christian Apr 19, 2024

Why do Christians do what Christians do? Ashleigh Hensch dives in weekly to help clear the fog of confusion with easy to understand Church history and tradition.

🎙🎤 I have an announcement!.... this video is way late. But it's always good information 😊😇

💛 Apologies, apparently my neighbors got a new swimming pool and were trying it out right when I was filming... any strange yells/screams is coming from the pool party.

📌 The caveat on dates, as mentioned early in the video, is thus: The Orthodox churches always celebrates the Annunciation on March 25. The Roman Catholic Church, Anglican churches, Lutherans, Methodists, etc. will move the celebration to the first Monday after the Easter octave (first 8 days of Easter season, starting on Easter), if the Annunciation falls on Holy Week or the first week of Easter (like it did this year).

🗞 This article is a nice, short summary of the history/reasoning of the Annunciation: https://aleteia.org/.../why-is-the-annunciation.../
🗞 This article gives context and expounds upon the Jewish thoughts on what month the world was created: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/129497?lang=bi
🗞 While this article gives terrific information on why December 25 was chosen to celebrate Christ's birth, it does also explain the calculation of the conception based on Zechariah's temple service in order to help people understand why these dates were chosen: https://www.catholic.com/.../was-jesus-born-december-25th
📖 Luke Chapter 1 : has everything you'd want to know about the Annunciation. From the event itself to the basis of calculating it on Zechariah's temple service and Elizabeth's pregnancy.
📖 1 Chronicles 24 : explains when the priestly divisions were established by King David.