Particularly welcome are her frequent and accurate criticisms of Simon Mimouni's recent work,
Dormition et Assomption de Marie, although she also notes the study's usefulness for certain matters.
According to the Office of the Religious Track of the Cyprus Peace process which is under the auspices of the Embassy of Sweden, Bishop Porfyrios of Neapolis celebrated an emotional liturgy for the feast of
Dormition of the Theotokos (Assumption of the Virgin Mary) with approximately 400 faithful originally from the village of Palekythro attending
On May 26, 2015, three bells and two copper plates stolen by terrorists from the churches of Maaloula were relocated to the Melkite Greek Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of
Dormition in Damascus city.
Maxim, who turned 97 last October, has been hospitalized after serving the mass for
Dormition of Mary on August 15 at the Troyan Monastery.
Teiro's study begins with Peter's relocation of the seat of the metropolitan to Moscow, his initiation of the construction of the
Dormition Cathedral, and his burial in 1326 in his unfinished church.
According to the old calendar, the
Dormition of the Virgin Mary falls upon the New Calendar day of August 28th.
It's not appropriate to tell jokes in front of an icon of the
Dormition (the laying-out of the deceased Mary) or the Anastasis (the harrowing of Hell, Christ pulling Adam and Eve from death).
The feast celebrated in the Byzantine calendar as the
Dormition on 15 August became the Assumption and Coronation of the Virgin in the west.
The first studies the early literature, starting in the second half of the fifth century, written in Syriac, Greek, Coptic, Arabic, Ethiopian, Latin, Georgian, Armenian, relating to the
Dormition and Assumption of Mary.
The day when the
Dormition of Virgin Mary is celebrated, is considered a grand religious holiday in Cyprus, when most locals choose to go on their summer vacation, as the majority of public sector offices and businesses usually close for the whole week.
The town embraces several archeological monuments such as the
Dormition of the Virgin Mary Church which was built in 1835 and another church built in 1970, in addition to an archeological Roman citadel.
On August 15,
Dormition of Mary, Bishop Nikolay spurred public debate after declaring that surrogate motherhood and celibacy are sins, and urging a crackdown on corruption in the adoption of children.
Although we start the fast thirteen days later, we turn our eyes and heart onto honoring the Most Holy Mother of God in this special 14 day
Dormition Fast.
