Sunday, March 25 Roman Catholic, mainline Protestant, Lutheran, Episcopal Fourth Sunday of Lent. Sunday, it is a mid-Lenten day of jubilant services.
Some churches change the day's vestments to rose and adorn the sanctuary with flowers.
Eastern Orthodox Sunday of St. John Climacus. The Eucharist honors the seventh-century author of The Divine Ladder of Ascent . For New Calendar Orthodox, today also is the Annunciation of the Mother of God. It is one of the Twelve Great Feasts of Orthodoxy. Jewish Rosh Chodesh Nisan.