The Order of Great Compline in its role as the first part of the All-Night Vigil of the Great Feast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary. While in certain Greek-leaning jurisdictions, although only proper to the Greek Orthodox Church itself due to the popularity of the secular celebration of Greek Independence, a modification was made to the liturgical schedule to make this day as if outside of the Great Fast, in all Churches other than the Greek Orthodox, and certainly and especially the Slavic Churches with no modern Greek influence the traditional order should be maintained: namely that the Vigil for this Feast does not consist of Great Vespers and Matins but, akin to the Fasting Feasts of Christmas and Theophany Eves, it is Great Compline & Matins. Similarly there is no Divine Liturgy permitted on this day other than that which is attached to Great Vespers in the evening of the Feast itself, however this is in many places ignored as a matter of rote liturgical abuse.

Normally the 4th Monday's Great Compline would always contain the canon of the saint of the day on the Feast of Feasts, Pascha, this year April 20th: Our Venerable Father Theodore Trichinas, but this year due to the Annunciation the commemoration is omitted.

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