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[[Image:Koimesis (Chora, Constantinople).jpg|right|350px|thumb|The Dormition of the Theotokos]]
The '''Dormition''' (Falling Asleep) of the [[Theotokos]] is one of the [[Great Feasts]] of the [[Orthodox Church]], celebrated on [[August 15]]. For those churches using the [[Julian Calendar]], this feast falls on August 28 in the secular calendar. The Feast of the Dormition, which is also sometimes called the Assumption, commemorates the death, resurrection and glorification of Christ's mother. It proclaims that Mary has been "assumed" by [[God]] into the heavenly kingdom of [[Christ]] in the fullness of her spiritual and bodily existence.
==About the feast==
==External links==
*[http://www.theologic.com/oflweb/feasts/08-15.htm The Dormition of the Theotokos] from ''Orthodox Family Life''
*[httphttps://wwwmyweb.rollins.edu/Foreign_Langaboguslawski/RussianRuspaint/assumpt.html The Assumption (Dormition) of the Virgin], a descriptive commentary of festal [[icon]]s*[httphttps://www.comeandseeiconsjohnsanidopoulos.com/festal2012/08/festala-strange-scene-in-icon-of-dormition.htm#phf13 Icons html A Strange Scene in the Icon of the Dormition of Mary]by John Sanidopoulos
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsLife.asp?FSID=102302 The Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary] ([[OCA]])
*[http://www.goarch.org/special/listen_learn_share/dormition August 15: Feast of the Dormition of Our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary] ([[GOARCH]])
*[https://orthochristian.com/38894.html A Homily on the Dormition of Our Supremely Pure Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary] by Saint [[Gregory Palamas]], Archbishop of [[Thessalonica]]
*[https://oca.org/fs/sermons/sermon-on-the-dormition-of-the-most-holy-theotokos Sermon on the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos] by St [[John of Kronstadt]]
*[https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf08.vii.xlii.html The Account of St. John the Theologian of the Falling Asleep of the Holy Mother of God]. from Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 8.
*[http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/v2staff/FixedGreatFeasts.htm Fixed Great Feasts, Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church Calendar]
*[http://www.canto.ru/calendar/day_en.php?date=28-8-2014 August 28, 2014: Orthodox Menologion Online, Orthodox Lithurgical Commonwealth]
*[https://www.stathanasius.org/site/assets/files/5934/study_08_15_18.pdf THE FALLING ASLEEP OF MARY] The Role of Mary in the Early Church. Bible Study by Mark Kern c/o St. Athanasius Orthodox Church
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