The Dormition commemorates the peaceful falling asleep of the Virgin Mary at the end of her earthly life and her being taken into heavenly glory. After a two-week fast, the Church celebrates her as 'more honorable than the cherubim,' holding before us the mystery of a life wholly given to God. The feast is kept on August 15.
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Apolytikion of the Dormition (Tone 1)
In giving birth you preserved your virginity, and in falling asleep you did not forsake the world, O Theotokos. You passed over into life, you who are the Mother of Life, and by your intercessions you deliver our souls from death.
Book List
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The Festal Menaion
Find book →Mother Mary and Bishop Kallistos Ware
For adult readers. Includes the moving services of the Dormition, the Church's farewell to the Mother of God.
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