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An 1856 engraving of the church. The Church of the Virgin Mary (Romanian: Biserica Sfânta Precista) is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 2 Roșiori Street in Galați, Romania. It is dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God. The church was dedicated in the autumn of 1647.
The Church of the Virgin Mary in Haret Zuweila was founded in connection with the appointment of a new bishop of Cairo. It was destroyed in 1321, but after being rebuilt it became the Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria.
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.
After identifying her as the Virgin Mary, they began shouting, "It is the Virgin... It is Virgin Mary." [7] [6] This apparition was reported to be accompanied by various spiritual phenomena including: [8] [9] [10] Spiritual bodies in the form of doves, flying with great speed, breaking through the sky over the church. Stars dropping very ...
Virgin Mary Church is a Coptic Orthodox Church located in Amman, Jordan. The church lies in front of the King Abdullah I Mosque in the Abdali district, and was built during Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria 's visit to Jordan in 2005.
The "Macedonian Orthodox Cathedral of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary" (Macedonian: Македонска Православна Kатедрала Успение на Пресвета Богородица), also known as "St. Mary" (Macedonian: Пресвета Богородица), is a Macedonian Orthodox Church located in Reynoldsburg, Ohio (Columbus area).
The church served as a vital method of assimilating the natives to the Russian culture. In addition to religious and educational purposes, the church served as an administrative and judicial center for the region. [4] Built from 1895 to 1896, the church was the second Orthodox church at the site, replacing the 1849 structure.
The Nativity of the Virgin Mary Orthodox Church in Madison, Illinois, is part of the Orthodox Church in America Diocese of the Midwest. [32] The Nativity of the Theotokos Monastery in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, north of Pittsburgh, is the first Greek Orthodox women's monastery in America, founded in 1989. [33]