Dormition of the Theotokos: The Pascha of Summer | Orthodox Times (En)
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The sleep of the Mother of the Lord, held in 2026 on Saturday, August 15, is one of the most important Christian holidays, dedicated to prayer, retreat and rest. With this occasion, believers are urged to avoid the hard work and activities that can be postponed, to participate in religious jobs.
Dormition of the Theotokos: The Pascha of Summer | Orthodox Times (en)
Introduction The Feast of the Dormition of Our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary is celebrated on August 15 each year. The Feast commemorates the repose (dormition and in the Greek kimisis) or “falling-asleep” of the Mother of Jesus Christ, our Lord. The Feast also commemorates the translation or assumption into heaven of the body of the Theotokos. Biblical Story The Holy Scriptures tell us that when our Lord was dying on the Cr…
On August 15, Orthodox Christians celebrate the Sleeping Mother of the Lord, one of the most important celebrations on the calendar. The day is known in popular tradition as the Holy Mary Mare and is associated, in Romania, with the anonymity of millions of people bearing the name Maria.
On August 15, Christians celebrate the sleep of the Mother of the Lord or the Blessed Virgin Mary, the celebration that remembers the time of the departure of the Blessed Virgin Mary from this world. It is the celebration of the greatest pilgrimages to the monasteries worshipped by the Mother of the Lord and to the icons considered to be wonderful.
August 15th, when the faithful celebrate the Sleeping Mother of the Lord (Holy Mary the Great), is one of the most important and spiritually charged days of the whole year.
From the Dormition of the early centuries to the processions of this August 15th: Spain celebrates its quintessential Marian feast with dawn Masses, Assumptionist vows, and the Virgin Mary in the streets from north to south. Today, August 15th, the Church celebrates the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, body and soul, into Heaven. It is a holy day of obligation, a national holiday, and, above all, the day when half of Spain takes to the str…
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