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The Dormition of the Mother of God is a Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches (except the East Syriac churches). It celebrates the "falling asleep" (death) of Mary the Theotokos ("Mother of God", literally translated as God-bearer), and her being taken up into heaven.
The Latin Catholic Feast of the Assumption is celebrated on 15 August and the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholics celebrate the Dormition of the Mother of God (or Dormition of the Theotokos, the falling asleep of the Mother of God) on the same date, preceded by a 14-day fasting period.
The sacred snakes are celebrated in the Church of the Theotokos ("Mother of God"), where they are said to appear annually for the celebration of the Dormition of the Mother of God, [1] when in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches commemorate the "falling asleep" or death of Mary, mother of Jesus, and her bodily resurrection before being taken up into heaven.
The Sacred Tradition of Eastern Christianity teaches that the Virgin Mary died a natural death (the Dormition of the Theotokos, the falling asleep), like any human being; that her soul was received by Christ upon death; and that her body was resurrected on the third day after her repose, at which time she was taken up, soul and body, into heaven in anticipation of the general resurrection.
July 2 The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Mother of God at Blachernae; July 25 Dormition of the Righteous Anna, the Mother of the Most Holy Theotokos; 1 August Feast to the All-Merciful Saviour and the Most Holy Mother of God. August 15 Dormition of the Mother of God; August 31 The Placing of the Cincture (Sash) of the Mother of God
The Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, also referred to as the Holy Dormition Church (Temple) or the Great Church, is the main cathedral of the monastery complex. At times of the Kyivan Rus ( Ruthenia ), the cathedral also served as a necropolis for the Kyivan princes.
25 July: (Dormition of the Righteous Anna, the Mother of the Most Holy Theotokos) 9 September: (Holy and Righteous Ancestors of God, Joachim and Anna, Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Mother of God) 9 December (The Conception by Righteous Anna of the Most Holy Mother of God)
Dormition Church, Sopik; Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition; Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral, Cluj-Napoca; Dormition of the Mother of God Cathedral, Varna; Dormition of the Theotokos Church, Constanța; Dormition of the Theotokos Church, Focșani; Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Labovë e Kryqit; Dormition of the Theotokos ...