March 24. Seventh Day of the Creation.

On the twenty-fourth day of the month is the seventh day of the world. On this day God rested from his work and hallowed the day.

March 25. Annunciation Day. Crucifixion.

 On the twenty-fifth day of the month the angel Gabriel came to St. Mary the first time with God's errand, and on this day St. Mary became pregnant in the town of Nazareth by the angel's word and by the hearing of her ears like the trees, when they blossom under the breeze of the wind. On the same place where her house then was as the angel met her, Christian men built a large church. After two and thirty years and three months Christ was crucified on the same day, and when he was on the cross, the creation immediately proved that he was true God. The sun became dim, and  the day was turned into dark night from noon until the ninth hour. When he gave up his spirit at the ninth hour, the earth quaked, and stones burst, and stone walls fell to pieces, and the graves of dead men were opened, and many people saw the dead arise from their graves and walk through the holy town of Jerusalem until the resurrection of Christ ; then their bodies as well as their souls entered with him into eternal glory, that we for our selves might believe with less hesitation [and] that we might learn by it. The rood of Christ on which he was crucified is in a church in the town of Constantinople, locked up in a wooden chest; and when the chest is unlocked, there comes forth a wonderful smell, and it is so delightful as if all blossoms were collected there, and of the branches of the tree flows a sweet-smelling fluid, having the resemblance of oil. If a small drop of this oil is given to a sick man, he is soon better. 

- an Old English Martyrology