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Dormition

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Noun1.Dormition - celebration in the Eastern Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Assumption in the Roman Catholic Church and is also celebrated on August 15th
Feast of Dormition
holy day, religious holiday - a day specified for religious observance
Aug, August - the month following July and preceding September


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At the base of the Mount of Olives today is the Orthodox church of the Dormition of the Virgin; silent and dark, buried in a cave, it is discreet and prayerful.
A desecrated land: the view from the Mount of Olives by Ryan, Jerry / Commonweal
He implies that the Orthodox liturgical year begins with the Nativity of Mary on 8 September (actually, 1 September) and ends on 15 August with her Dormition (95).
Icon and Devotion: Sacred Spaces in Imperial Russia by Smith, Allan / Renaissance Quarterly
Sofia also has a cathedral of Byzantine-rite Catholics dedicated to the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Zenit, Dec.
Latin-rite cathedral taking shape in Bulgaria. (News in Brief: ... by Catholic Insight
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