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	Dormition of the Theotokos - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		The Dormition of the Theotokos is the Eastern Orthodox commemoration of the "falling asleep" or death of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
		(There is also the Dormition of Anna, Mary's mother.) The Orthodox believe that Mary, after spending her life after Pentecost supporting and serving the nascent Church, became ill. The apostles, scattered throughout the world, are said to have been miraculously transported to be at her side when she died.
		The Dormition of the Theotokos is celebrated on August 15 (August 28 old style), the same calendar day as the Roman Catholic Feast of the Assumption of Mary.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/d/o/r/Dormition_of_the_Theotokos_22a7.html (343 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Dormition Church
		The Dormition Church, situated on Mount Zion outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, facing the Zion Gate, was built between 1906 and 1910, after Sultan Hamid gave this plot of land to Kaiser Wilhelm II as a gift.
		According to Christian beliefs, this is the place where Mary, the mother of Jesus "fell asleep" here, hence the full name of the Church: Dormitio Beatae Mariae Virginis.
		Dormition is derived from the Latin for "sleep".
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Dormition_Church (251 words)

	Monastery of the Dormition of the Virgin (Koimesis Theotokou) at Damandri (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Monastery of the Dormition of the Virgin (Koimesis Theotokou) at Damandri
		The monastery's katholikon (main church) is dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin and belongs to the type of a single-aisled basilica.
		The name "Damandri" is taken from a small Byzantine village, the ruins of which are very close to the monastery; the village in question is mentioned in a Metropolis Codex from 1567 to 1652.
	www.culture.gr /2/21/212/21203n/e212cn23.html (154 words)

	Dormition of the Theotokos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Mary's passage into heaven is called the Assumption of Mary by Catholics and the Dormition of the Theotokos by the Greek Orthodox Church.
		Both churches commemorate the event on August 15 ; in the Roman Catholic Church, that date is known as the Feast of the Assumption, while in theEastern Orthodox Church it is more often known as the Feast of the Dormition, which means "falling asleep", emphasizingthe belief that Mary did bodily die before her Assumption.
		However, it seems fitting thatMary's body, which was by nature mortal, should be, in conformity with that of her DivineSon, subject to the general law of death" (Bk.
	www.therfcc.org /dormition-of-the-theotokos-249167.html (329 words)

	Oxford Scholarship Online: Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary's Dormition and Assumption
		Many interpreters have argued that the earliest Dormition traditions did not include Mary's resurrection and Assumption, and that these features were only added to the narratives later on, as the early Christians increasingly came to believe in these events.
		Alternatively, many other scholars have proposed that Mary's resurrection and Assumption were original features of the Dormition traditions that fell away as later Christians departed from the primitive orthodoxy, resulting in later narratives that omit these features, concluding only with Mary's death and the disappearance of her lifeless body.
		It seems likely that the different fates ascribed to Mary at the end of the various Dormition narratives may have their source in the diversity of opinion in late antiquity regarding the eschatological significance of Paradise.
	www.oxfordscholarship.com /oso/public/content/religion/0199250758/acprof-0199250758-chapter-4.html (296 words)

	Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center Great Feast of the Dormition of The Theotokos
		Because the Holy Dormition is not recorded in the Holy Bible, the Epistle and Gospel readings for this Feast don't refer directly to The Theotokos.
		The ikon for The Great Feast of the Dormition of The Theotokos shows The Theotokos lying on her deathbed, surrounded by eleven of the Apostles, and Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ receiving her soul in heaven.
		The Paraclisis is said during the two weeks before the Great Feast of the Dormition of The Theotokos, from August 1 to August 14.
	www.mliles.com /melkite/theotokosdormition.shtml (1865 words)

	Gleanings from Orthodox Christian Authors & the Holy Fathers - Dormition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		O pure Virgin, sprung from mortal loins, thine end was conformable to nature: but because thou hast borne the true Life, thou hast departed to dwell with the divine Life Himself.
		The Dormition icon is based not on Scriptural accounts, for there are none, but on sacred tradition.
		It is in accord with the hymnography of the Church, particularly with the expostilarion that is chanted on August 15 and the fourteen days that precede it.
	www.orthodox.net /gleanings/dormition.html (535 words)

	Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In memory of these holy events, a great procession of the cross is held in Jerusalem from the narthex of the Church of the Dormition, called Little Gethsemane, found directly across from the Church of the Resurrection of Christ, to Gethsemane in Kedron Valley.
		Under the ringing of bells, the icon of the Queen is taken inside the church dedicated to her Dormition, and placed into a carved niche directly behind the Tomb.
		On the day of the Leavetaking of the Dormition, another such procession will be held back to Little Gethsemane, where the icon is kept the rest of the year.
	www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws /01newstucture/pagesen/news04/jerdormition.html (528 words)

	Dormition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The feast of the feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Mother of God), known is the West under the name of the Assumption, comprises two distinct but inseparable moments for the faith of the Church: firstly, the Death and Burial, and second, the Resurrection and Ascension of the Mother of God.
		The classical type of the Dormition in orthodox ikonography is habitually limited to representing the Mother of God lying on Her deathbed, in the midst of the Apostles, and Christ in glory receiving in His arms the soul of His Mother.
		However, sometimes there has been a desire to show equally the moment of the bodily assumption: one then sees, at the top of the ikon, above the scene of the Dormition, the Mother of God seated on a throne in the mandorla that angels are carrying towards the heavens.
	www.sspeterpaul.org /dormition.htm (571 words)

	RUSNET.NL :: Encyclopedia :: D :: Dormition Cathedral
		The Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin was built in 1479 at the order of the Great Muscovy Prince, Ivan III, by the Italian architect and engineer, Aristotele Fioravanti.
		The most important documents of state, including emperors' declarations of their successors, were kept in the altar.
		The heads of the Russian church were buried in the Dormition Cathedral.
	www.rusnet.nl /encyclo/d/print/dormition_cathedral.shtml (74 words)

	Christian Iconography
		The "Dormition of the Virgin" is her "falling asleep" at the end of her time on earth.
		A variety of accounts of the Dormition were written in Greek and other eastern languages during the fourth and fifth centuries, some of them with possible roots in the second.
		In one tenth-century example, we see the basic pattern for both East and West: Mary's body reclines on a bier attended by the apostles, while her soul is taken by Christ and angels; the soul is signified by a child-like figure that is either clothed or swaddled.
	www.aug.edu /augusta/iconography/dormition.html (546 words)

	Christian Iconography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Christ hands Mary's soul up to the angel on the left, who is about to receive it into the cloth that drapes over his hands.
		John of Thessalonika's 7th-century homily on the Dormition identifies the angel as Michael.
		The apostle in the left foreground is St. Paul (hairline receding from front); The first apostle behind the Virgin's halo on the right has been identified as St.
	www.aug.edu /augusta/iconography/biggerFiles/dormitionByzantine.html (78 words)

	The Feast of the Dormition: Comparing an Assumption
		The focus of the Christian East is encapsulated in the Icon of the Dormition where the central attention is on the actual bier on which the reposed Mother of God lies in state, surrounded by the Apostles and Church Fathers, their successors.
		Other icons of the Dormition portray the Apostles being brought through the air by Angels from their far-off missions to attend the funeral of the Mother of God.
		The Dormition, so named also to indicate what a blessed repose in the Lord the Most Holy Mother of God had, is a commemoration of the death and resurrection in Christ of the Virgin Mary.
	www.unicorne.org /orthodoxy/articles/articles_a/dormition.htm (1478 words)

	FEAST OF THE DORMITION OF OUR MOST HOLY LADY, THE THEOTOKOS AND EVER-VIRGIN MARY
		The Feast of the Dormition of Our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary is celebrated on August 15 each year.
		The Icon of the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos shows her on her deathbed surrounded by the Apostles.
		On the Dormition of Mary: Early Patristic Homilies.
	www.goarch.org /en/special/listen_learn_share/dormition/learn (1130 words)

	VRMAG - VIRTUAL CATHEDRAL OF THE DORMITION BY ALEXEY TRUSOV
		Constructed in 1475-1479 under the supervision of Italian architect Aristotle Fioravanti, the Cathedral of the Dormition is one of the oldest and most historic architectural monuments in the Kremlin.
		Remarkably, the Cathedral of the Dormition remains substantially in its original form, although a fire in 1547 resulted in some alterations to the facade and some minor interior repairs were done in the mid-17th century.
		Among the other historical treasures found here are the carved wooden czar's seat of Ivan the Terrible from 1551, and the Icon of the Savior of the Fiery Eye from the 14th century, which portrayed the artist’s view of Christ as the judge of the World.
	vrm.vrway.com /issue09/VIRTUAL_CATHEDRAL_OF_THE_DORMITION_BY_ALEXEY_TRUSOV_.html (413 words)

	The Dormition of Mary
		Dormition is from the Latin word for sleep, from which we get the word dormitory.
		At her dormition, or final sleeping, Mary was immediately taken up to God.
		Actually the Dormition of Mary or, to use our terminology, the Assumption of Mary was one of the most popular themes in religious art of the medieval times.
	www.st.ignatius.net /8-15-04.html (986 words)

	The Byzantine Forum: Dormition details? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		From what I understand, your liturgy for the Dormition (Aug 15) does include references to the apocryphal tradition that all the apostles were mysteriously translated to our Lady's bedside and present for her passing.
		The icons of the Dormition are varied but ALL of them show the Apostles and some other saints being present at the Bier of the Mother of God.
		There is often a separate chapel in Churches dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin where the Shroud of the Mother of God is kept year-round as a precious relic.
	www.byzcath.org /cgibin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=next_topic;f=4;t=000923;go=newer (994 words)

	Church of the Dormition of the Virgin at Merbakas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Church of the Dormition of the Virgin at Merbakas
		the church of the Dormition of the Virgin at Chonikas (early 12th century),
		the Dormition of the Virgin at Argos (12th century).
	www.culture.gr /2/21/212/21205n/e212en10.html (288 words)

	The Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos
		The Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos
		The dominions and the thrones, the rulers, the principalities and the powers, the cherubim and the fearful seraphim glorify thy Dominion (Vespers Sticheron, Tone 1).
		The other Apostles had been caught up from various lands on the clouds of heaven, and were transported to Gethsemane, to the bier of the all-blessed Virgin.
	www.balamand.edu.lb /theology/feastdormition.htm (596 words)

	tout sur Dormition avec Dormition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		La Dormition dÃ©signe, dans la croyance des orthodoxes, la mort de la Vierge Marie et sa montÃ©e au Ciel avec son corps.
		Comme c'Ã©tait le cas pour l'Assomption avant 1950 dans l'Ãglise catholique, la dormition n'est toujours pas un dogme dans les Ãglises orthodoxes, mais il est considÃ©rÃ© comme impie de la nier.
		La fÃªte de la Dormition est la plus importante des fÃªtes de la Vierge Marie, et c'est elle qui clÃ´t l'annÃ©e liturgique.
	www.zwiki.com /index.php/Dormition (307 words)

	Oxford Scholarship Online: Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary's Dormition and Assumption
		Many previous interpreters have sought to locate the origins of the Dormition traditions within ancient “Jewish-Christianity.” Although they are quite correct in identifying a number of heterodox features present in some of the narratives, Jewish-Christianity is a highly problematic construct that does not offer the best explanation for these features.
		Most importantly, these traces of contact with early Christian heterodoxy very strongly suggest that the narratives in question most likely were composed by the third century at the latest.
		This early date, along with several other features, makes very unlikely the frequently suggested hypothesis that the origin of the Dormition traditions is somehow linked with resistance to the council of Chalcedon.
	www.oxfordscholarship.com /oso/public/content/religion/0199250758/acprof-0199250758-chapter-5.html (258 words)

	Spirituality, Christianity, The Dormition Of The Theotokos And Ever-Virgin Mary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Dormition Of The Theotokos And Ever-Virgin Mary
		This claim, magisterially entitled ‘The Doctrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary’, is a Latin concept.
		The Orthodox marked this feast as the koimesis (dormition) of the Theotokos.
	1stholistic.com /prayer/Christianity/A2005/Christianity-dormition-of-the-theotokos.htm (1401 words)

	Oxford Scholarship Online: Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary's Dormition and Assumption
		Abstract: The ancient Dormition and Assumption traditions, a remarkably diverse collection of narratives recounting the end of the Virgin Mary's life, first emerge into historical view from an uncertain past during the fifth and sixth centuries.
		Many previous scholars have attempted to arrange the different narrative types in a developmental typology, according to which the story of Mary's death was transformed to reflect various developments in early Christian Mariology.
		Likewise, scholars have often asserted a connection between the origin of the Dormition traditions and resistance to the council of Chalcedon, but the traditions themselves make this an extremely unlikely proposal.
	www.oxfordscholarship.com /oso/public/content/religion/0199250758/toc.html (465 words)

	Free Term Papers on Dormition of Mary
		The Orthodox liturgical year is rich in a variety of feasts honoring Mary, which opens with the Nativity of the Mother of God, and closes with her Dormition.
		The Dormition and Assumption represent Mary being taken, body and soul, into heaven to share in the glory of her Sons resurrection, and she is the first among human beings to participate in the final deification of Jesus.
		Her Dormition and assumption represent the potential for all human beings to share in the Glory of God, and is celebrated on August 15th, proceeded by a two-week fast.
	www.freefortermpapers.com /show_essay/21371.html (357 words)

	Paraklesis - OrthodoxWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		During the Dormition Fast (August 1-14), a paraklesis is appointed to be served each evening, except on Saturday evenings and the eves of the feasts of Transfiguration (August 5) and Dormition (August 14.
		The parakleses of the Dormition Fast use, on alternate days, the Small Supplicatory Canon to the Most Holy Theotokos (composed by Theosterictus the Monk in the 9th Century) and the Great Supplicatory Canon to the Most Holy Theotokos (composed by Emperor Theodore I Ducas Lascaris in the 13th century).
		The cycle of the Dormition parakleses is determined by two rules of thumb: (a) the cycle begins with the Small Supplicatory Canon whenever August 1 falls on a Monday through Friday; and (b) on Sunday evenings, the Great Supplicatory Canon is always appointed.
	www.orthodoxwiki.org /Paraklesis (427 words)

	Encyclopédie - Dormition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Le mot dormition (en grec kimisis) est utilisé, dans le vocabulaire chrétien pour désigner la mort des saints et des pieux fidèles, quand ce n'est pas une mort violente.
		La fête de la Dormition est la plus importante des fêtes de la Vierge Marie, et c'est elle qui clôt l'année liturgique orthodoxe.
		Sur les images de la dormition d'un saint, c'est un ange qui est chargé de cette mission de psychopompe.
	www.mondelibre.info /encyclopedie_Dormition.html (465 words)

	Dormition - OrthodoxWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This event is seen as a firstfruits of the resurrection of the faithful that will occur at the Second Coming of Christ.
		The event is normally called the Dormition, though there are many Orthodox parishes in English-speaking countries with the name Assumption.
		In Greek, Dormition is Koimisis—falling asleep in death—from which the word cemetery derives.
	www.orthodoxwiki.org /Dormition (327 words)

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