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:4. The '''[[Dormition|Dormition of the Theotokos]]''' (Falling Asleep) of the Theotokos is celebrated on [[August 15]].
The two feast days that are most remembered are the [[Annunciation to the Theotokos]] on [[March 25]] and the [[Dormition of the Theotokos]] on [[August 15]]. This is because that these two days are very special. The [[Annunciation to the Theotokos]] on [[March 25]] is celebrating the day when Mary was told by Arch Angel Gabriel that she was going to have a baby and that baby being the son of God. The other celebration, the [[Dormition of the Theotokos]] on [[August 15]] is a time when we remember the Virgin Mary as she died in her sleep.
the The title '''Theotokos''(in Greek, Theta;εοτοκο&sigmafsigma;) is a Greek word that means "God-bearer" or "Birth-giver to God."This is the reason why the Virgin Mary was also named '''Theotokos'''.
==The title ''Theotokos''==
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