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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 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.
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 ...
The title "Mother of God" (Theotokos) for Mary was confirmed by the First Council of Ephesus, held at the Church of Mary in 431. The Council decreed that Mary is the Mother of God because her son Jesus is one person who is both God and man, divine and human. [28]
The Dormition of Holy Mary, the Mother of God The CCEO provides that only the " supreme authority " of the Church can "establish, transfer or suppress feast days and days of penance which are common to all of the Eastern Churches," although the particular law of a sui juris Church can suppress one of these days or transfer it to Sunday ...
In the 16th century, Orthodox Greeks and Serbs in Šibenik shared the Church of St. Julian. [3] By 1600, the Orthodox Serbs built a church dedicated to the Holy Cross, and in 1778, they relocated their services to the newly constructed Church of St. Spas, which is still in use today. [3]
In the Roman Catholic Church, the ascension of the Lord is a Holy Day of Obligation. ... the Orthodox also celebrate the Dormition of the Mother of God on August 15.