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Both in Orthodoxy and Catholicism, as in the language of scripture, death is often called a "sleeping" – or "falling asleep" – and this gave the original monastery its name. The church itself is called Basilica of the Assumption (or Dormition). In the Catholic dogma of the Assumption of Mary, Christ's mother was taken, body and soul, to heaven.
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.
Before the October Revolution, the Sviatohirsk Monastery owned a worker's shop, windmills, various kinds of repair shops, and trading buildings.The lavra's main Dormition Cathedral was designed by Alexey Gornostaev, who included a traditional Byzantine tower.
The Holy Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Greek: Ιερά Μονή Κοιμήσεως της Θεοτόκου) is a men's monastery, which today belongs to the Archbishopric of Athens. [1] It is located on the southern side of Mount Penteli, and is therefore also known as the Penteli Monastery (Ι ερά Μονή Πεντέλης).
The monastery was built on the ruins of an evangelical church built at the end of the 19th century. In 1979, it became the spiritual point of Serbs in Germany. The parish near the monastery, which includes Hildesheim, Hameln, Goslar and Holzminden, has about 150 registered households, which help the monastery permanently or occasionally.
The Tikhvin Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God (Russian: Тихвинский Богородичный Успенский монастырь) is a Russian Orthodox monastery founded in 1560. [1] The monastery is located in the town of Tikhvin, on the left bank of the Tikhvinka River.
Ss. Mary and Martha Monastery, Wagener, South Carolina. Mother Thekla. Holy Myrrhbearers Monastery, Otego, New York. Mother Raphaela. Our Lady of the Sign Monastery (Nuns of New Skete), Cambridge, New York. Mother Cecelia. New Skete Monasteries; Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration, Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. Mother Christophora.
The Monastery of Panagia Skripous is a building of the 9th century and from the original overall complex today only the Catholic, dedicated to the Dormition of Theotokos, but also to the apostles Peter and Paul, as evidenced by the three-fold Holy Vima, is preserved.