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  2. Dormition of the Mother of God - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Dormition Church, Dubiny - Wikipedia

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    On 27 August, evening prayers are held in the church and on the next day the Akathist of the Dormition of the Mother of God is sung, [3] followed by the Liturgy.During the evening prayers a procession takes place and the Epitaphios (a cloth icon depicting the Mother of God) is displayed.

  4. Assumption of Mary - Wikipedia

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    The Latin Catholic Feast of the Assumption is celebrated on 15 August and the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholics celebrate the Dormition of the Mother of God (or Dormition of the Theotokos, the falling asleep of the Mother of God) on the same date, preceded by a 14-day fasting period.

  5. Filseta - Wikipedia

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    In accordance with Tewahedo Church teachings Dormition is the belief that Saint Mary's death was without suffering, in a state of spiritual peace. The Dormition of the Mother of God was believed to have been witnessed by the Apostles. After the death of Saint Mary the Apostles wanted to bury her body in the garden of Gethsemane. [2]

  6. Rule of the Theotokos - Wikipedia

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    The Rule of the Theotokos is a Christian prayer of the Eastern Orthodox that consists of reciting the Angelical salutation 150 times. This rule is similar to the Rosary of the Western Church . Some believe that the Mother of God showed the Rule to people in the 8th century AD but was later forgotten, and was rediscovered for Eastern Christians ...

  7. Dormition of the Mother of God Cathedral, Varna - Wikipedia

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    The Dormition of the Mother of God Cathedral. The Dormition of the Mother ... Alexander on 22 August 1880 after a solemn ceremony and prayer in front of a crowd of ...

  8. Titles of Mary, mother of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    Dormition of the Mother of God 10th c. ivory plaque, Cluny. Mother of God: The Council of Ephesus decreed in 431 that Mary is Theotokos ("God-bearer") because her son Jesus is both God and man: one Divine Person with two natures (divine and human). [5] This name was translated in the West as "Mater Dei" or Mother of God.

  9. Marian devotions - Wikipedia

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    Marian devotions are external pious practices directed to the person of Mary, mother of Jesus, by members of certain Christian traditions. [1] They are performed in Catholicism, High Church Lutheranism, Anglo-Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, but generally rejected in other Christian denominations.