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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.
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 ceiling is vaulted, supported by columns with capitals. The spire begins as a square, becoming octagonal halfway up. There is a mosaic icon of the Dormition above the entrance. The lower interior was painted in fresco in 1930–1931; the upper part in oil in 1933. The church was restored in 2003–2008. [1]
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition (Arabic: كَاتِدْرَائِيَّةُ سَيِّدَةِ النِّيَاحِ لِلرُّومِ الْمَلَكِيِّينَ فِي دِمَشْقَ, romanized: Kātidrāʾīyat Sayyidat an-Niyāḥ li r-Rūm al-Malakīyīn fī Dimašq), also called the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Cathedral of the Dormition of Our Lady, [1] is the ...
The lavra's main Dormition Cathedral was designed by Alexey Gornostaev, who included a traditional Byzantine tower. From 1917 onward, the Bolsheviks plundered and desecrated the monastery on numerous occasions, beating and murdering many monks and in 1922, they shut the monastery down completely, setting up a Sanatorium for the Donbas workers ...
The Cathedral of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Serbian Cyrillic: Саборна црква успенија пресвете Богородице, Hungarian: Belgrád-székesegyház) in Szentendre, Hungary (known as the Belgrade Cathedral as well as the Assumption Church and Theotokos Church) is the main and largest among Serbian Orthodox churches in Szentendre.
Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Serbian: Црква Успења Пресвете Богородице/Crkva Uspenja Presvete Bogorodice) in Negoslavci is Serbian Orthodox church in eastern Croatia. The church is dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos. Beside the church is new parish house. [1]
Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God (Bulgarian: Успение Богородично, romanized: Uspenie Bogorodichno) is an Eastern Orthodox church located in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria. It is one of the main symbols and cultural sights in the city and also in the 100 Tourist Sites of Bulgaria .