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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 Feast of the Dormition is observed on August 15, which for the churches using the Julian calendar corresponds to August 28 on the Gregorian calendar. The Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates the Dormition not on a fixed date, but on the Sunday nearest 15 August. In Western Churches the corresponding feast is known as the Assumption of Mary, with the exception of the Scottish Episcopal Church, which has traditionally celebrated the Falling Asleep of the Blessed Virgin Mary on August 15.

Dormition of the Mother of God
Icon of the Dormition by El Greco, 16th century (Cathedral of the Dormition, Ermoupolis)
Observed byEastern Christianity
Date
  • August 28 [O.S. August 15]: (most Oriental Orthodox and some Eastern Orthodox churches)
  • August 15: (some Eastern and Western churches)
  • Sunday nearest August 15: Armenian Apostolic Church
  • 12th-century rendition of the Dormition by a Novgorod artist
  • Uspenje presvete Bogorodice, 40-square-metre fresco from 1265, Sopoćani Monastery, Serbia
  • Koimesis Mosaic at the Chora Church, Constantinople
  • Procession of the Epitaphios of the Theotokos, Toronto
  • Procession of the Epitaphios of the Theotokos, Ottawa

See also

  • Assumption of Mary
  • Cathedral of the Dormition of the Theotokos – many cathedrals, especially in Russia, are dedicated to this feast.
  • Assumption Cathedral
  • Death of the Virgin – the same subject in Western art
  • Panagia Skripou Monastery

Notes

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  12. Stephen J. Shoemaker, "New Syriac Dormition Fragments from Palimpsests in the Schøyen Collection and the British Library," Le Muséon 124 (2011), pp. 258–278.
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Further reading

  • Shoemaker, Stephen J. (2002). Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary's Dormition and Assumption. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199250752. OCLC 50101584.

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