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Saint Sophia Cathedral, Los Angeles. Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral (in Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, Hagia Sophia) is a Greek Orthodox church built in 1952, in what was then the Greek section of Central Los Angeles, California. It is located at West 15th Street and South Normandie Avenue in the Byzantine-Latino Quarter [1]
Intercession of the Theotokos. Eastern Orthodox feast, October 1 (October 14 in Julian) Icon of the Protection, 19th century, Russia. The Intercession of the Theotokos, or the Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, is a Christian feast of the Mother of God celebrated in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic ...
e. Theotokos (Greek: Θεοτόκος) [a] is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, used especially in Eastern Christianity. The usual Latin translations are Dei Genitrix or Deipara (approximately "parent (fem.) of God "). Familiar English translations are "Mother of God" or "God-bearer" – but these both have different literal equivalents in ...
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e. 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.
Holy Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Cathedral (Orthodox Church in America 34°04′50″N 118°16′47″W / 34.0804841°N 118.2797613°W / 34.0804841; -118.2797613 ( Holy Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Los Angeles, California
A Theotokion (Greek: Θεοτοκίον; pl. Greek: Θεοτοκία, romanized: Theotokia) [1] is a hymn to Mary the Theotokos (Greek: Θεοτόκος, lit. 'God-bearer'), which is read or chanted (troparion or sticheron) during the canonical hours and Divine Liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches, as well as in the ...