On the feast of the Annunciation to the Most Holy Theotokos, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon gives a powerful homily highlighting the true meaning of the role of the Most Holy Theotokos in the lives of all people. As we ponder the self-emptying act of the incarnation of the Son of God as man, we also ponder her self-emptying willingness to bear God in her womb. The feast of Annunciation is a reminder for all Christians to “redouble our filial devotion to our Mother, the Most Holy Theotokos, from whose womb our Life was born.”