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The Panagia Skripou Monastery (Greek: Μοναστήρι Παναγία η Σκριπού) is located in Orchomenus, Boeotia, Greece.From the monastery today, only its katholikon (church) functions, which is the most important monument from the series of temples of the "transitional cruciform" type, in the Greek area.
Hippolytus of Thebes was a Byzantine author of the late 7th or early 8th century. His Chronicle , preserved only in part, is an especially valuable source for New Testament chronology. Preserved fragments are scattered in about 40 manuscripts, mostly dealing with the Holy Family .
The Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin was a popular theme painted by both Greek and Italian artists since the dawn of the new religion. The chronology of the New Testament states that Mary lived for 11 years after the death of Jesus, dying in AD 41 according to Hippolytus of Thebes. The sanhedrin feared that her body would disappear.
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The prayer's origin is also traced back to the Desert Fathers—the Prayer of the Heart was found inscribed in the ruins of a cell from that period in the Egyptian desert. [21] The earliest written reference to the practice of the Prayer of the Heart may be in a discourse collected in the Philokalia on Abba Philimon, a Desert Father. [22]
In accordance with Tewahedo Church teachings Dormition is the belief that Saint Mary's death was without suffering, in a state of spiritual peace. The Dormition of the Mother of God was believed to have been witnessed by the Apostles. After the death of Saint Mary the Apostles wanted to bury her body in the garden of Gethsemane. [2]
Hippolytus (Greek myth), several people; Hippolytus of Rome (c. 170–c. 235), Christian writer and saint; Hippolytus of Thebes (fl. 7th/8th century), Byzantine chronographer; Hippolytus (archbishop of Gniezno) (died c. 1027) Hippolytus, Bishop of Vác (died after 1157), Hungarian prelate
The Feast of the Dormition has a one-day Forefeast and 8 [39] days of Afterfeast. The feast is framed and accentuated by three feasts in honour of Jesus Christ, known as the "Three Feasts of the Saviour in August". These are: the Procession of the Cross (August 1), the Transfiguration (August 6), and the Icon of Christ "Not Made by Hand ...