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For the El Greco painting of the same name, see <a href="/wiki/Dormition_of_the_Virgin_(El_Greco)" title="Dormition of the Virgin (El Greco)">Dormition of the Virgin (El Greco)</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Dormition of the Mother of God (disambiguation)">Dormition of the Mother of God (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><p>The <b>Dormition of the Mother of God</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Great_Feasts_of_the_Orthodox_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church">Great Feast</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodox_Churches" title="Oriental Orthodox Churches">Oriental Orthodox</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches" title="Eastern Catholic Churches">Eastern Catholic Churches</a> (except the <a href="/wiki/East_Syriac_Rite" title="East Syriac Rite">East Syriac</a> churches). It celebrates the "falling asleep" (death) of <a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Mary</a> the <i><a href="/wiki/Theotokos" title="Theotokos">Theotokos</a></i> ("Mother of God", literally translated as <i>God-bearer</i>), and her being taken up into heaven. The Feast of the Dormition is observed on August 15, which for the churches using the <a href="/wiki/Julian_calendar" title="Julian calendar">Julian calendar</a> corresponds to August 28 on the Gregorian calendar. The <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Apostolic_Church" title="Armenian Apostolic Church">Armenian Apostolic Church</a> celebrates the Dormition not on a fixed date, but on the Sunday nearest 15 August. In <a href="/wiki/Western_Christianity" title="Western Christianity">Western Churches</a> the corresponding feast is known as the <a href="/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary" title="Assumption of Mary">Assumption of Mary</a>, with the exception of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Episcopal_Church" title="Scottish Episcopal Church">Scottish Episcopal Church</a>, which has traditionally celebrated the Falling Asleep of the Blessed Virgin Mary on August 15. </p><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above hd" style="background-color: transparent">Dormition of the Mother of God</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Dormition_El_Greco.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Dormition_El_Greco.jpg/240px-Dormition_El_Greco.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="288" class="mw-file-element" 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"> <p><a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">Christian canonical scriptures</a> do not record the death or Dormition of Mary. <a href="/wiki/Hippolytus_of_Thebes" title="Hippolytus of Thebes">Hippolytus of Thebes</a>, a 7th- or 8th-century author, writes in his partially preserved chronology of the New Testament that Mary lived for 11 years after the <a href="/wiki/Death_of_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Death of Jesus">death of Jesus</a>, dying in <a href="/wiki/AD_41" title="AD 41">AD 41</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The use of the term <i>dormition</i> expresses the belief that the Virgin died without suffering, in a state of spiritual peace. This belief does not rest on any scriptural basis, but is affirmed by Orthodox <a href="/wiki/Sacred_tradition" title="Sacred tradition">sacred tradition</a>. Some <a href="/wiki/Apocryphal" class="mw-redirect" title="Apocryphal">apocryphal</a> writings testify to this opinion, though neither the Orthodox Church nor other Christians accord them scriptural authority. The Orthodox understanding of the Dormition is compatible with <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic</a> teaching, and was the dominant belief within the Western Church until late in the Middle Ages, when the slightly different belief in the bodily <a href="/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary" title="Assumption of Mary">Assumption of Mary</a> into heaven began to gain ground. Pope <a href="/wiki/Pius_XII" class="mw-redirect" title="Pius XII">Pius XII</a> declared the latter a <a href="/wiki/Dogma" title="Dogma">dogma</a> of the Catholic Church <a href="/wiki/Munificentissimus_Deus" title="Munificentissimus Deus">in 1950</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Dormition_fast"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Dormition fast</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Term"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Term</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Origin_and_adoption_of_the_tradition"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Origin and adoption of the tradition</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#1st%E2%80%935th_century"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">1st–5th century</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Late_5th_until_7th_century"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Late 5th until 7th century</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Narrative"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Narrative</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Related_sites"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Related sites</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Dormition_versus_Assumption"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Dormition versus Assumption</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Orthodox_view"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Orthodox view</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#Catholic_view"><span class="tocnumber">6.2</span> <span class="toctext">Catholic view</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Liturgical_practices"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Liturgical practices</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Byzantine_Rite"><span class="tocnumber">7.1</span> <span class="toctext">Byzantine Rite</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-13"><a href="#Rite_of_Burial_of_the_Theotokos"><span class="tocnumber">7.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Rite of Burial of the Theotokos</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#Malankara_Rite"><span class="tocnumber">7.2</span> <span class="toctext">Malankara Rite</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Maronite"><span class="tocnumber">7.3</span> <span class="toctext">Maronite</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="#Depiction_in_art"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Depiction in art</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="#Byzantine_art"><span class="tocnumber">8.1</span> <span class="toctext">Byzantine art</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="#Catholic_art"><span class="tocnumber">8.2</span> <span class="toctext">Catholic art</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="#Gallery"><span class="tocnumber">8.3</span> <span class="toctext">Gallery</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-20"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-21"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-22"><a href="#Further_reading"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">Further reading</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-23"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">12</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Dormition_fast">Dormition fast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Dormition fast" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Dormition_and_Assumption_of_the_Virgin_(Moskos).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/The_Dormition_and_Assumption_of_the_Virgin_%28Moskos%29.jpg/150px-The_Dormition_and_Assumption_of_the_Virgin_%28Moskos%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="298" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1006" data-file-height="2000"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 150px;height: 298px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/The_Dormition_and_Assumption_of_the_Virgin_%28Moskos%29.jpg/150px-The_Dormition_and_Assumption_of_the_Virgin_%28Moskos%29.jpg" data-width="150" data-height="298" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/The_Dormition_and_Assumption_of_the_Virgin_%28Moskos%29.jpg/225px-The_Dormition_and_Assumption_of_the_Virgin_%28Moskos%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/The_Dormition_and_Assumption_of_the_Virgin_%28Moskos%29.jpg/300px-The_Dormition_and_Assumption_of_the_Virgin_%28Moskos%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dormition_and_Assumption_of_the_Virgin_(Moskos)" title="The Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin (Moskos)">The Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Elias_Moskos" title="Elias Moskos">Elias Moskos</a> circa 1679</figcaption></figure> <p>The Feast of the Dormition is preceded by a two-week <a href="/wiki/Fasting" title="Fasting">fast</a>, referred to as the Dormition Fast. From August 1 to August 14 (inclusive) <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy#Fasting" title="Eastern Orthodoxy">Orthodox</a> and Eastern Catholics fast from <a href="/wiki/Red_meat" title="Red meat">red meat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Poultry" title="Poultry">poultry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Broth" title="Broth">meat products</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dairy" title="Dairy">dairy products</a> (eggs and milk products), fish, oil, and wine. In churches that follow the old or <a href="/wiki/Julian_Calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Julian Calendar">Julian Calendar</a>, the fast is from August 14 to August 28. In the <a href="/wiki/Coptic_Orthodox_Church" title="Coptic Orthodox Church">Coptic Orthodox Church</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Orthodox_Tewahedo_Church" title="Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church">Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Eritrean_Orthodox_Tewahedo_Church" title="Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church">Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church</a>, whose calendar is generally consistent with the Julian Calendar, the dates of the fast are from August 7 to August 22. </p><p>The Dormition Fast is a stricter fast than either the <a href="/wiki/Nativity_Fast" title="Nativity Fast">Nativity Fast</a> (Advent) or the <a href="/wiki/Apostles%27_Fast" title="Apostles' Fast">Apostles' Fast</a>, with only wine and oil (but no fish) allowed on weekends. As with the other Fasts of the Church year, there is a <a href="/wiki/Great_Feast" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Feast">Great Feast</a> that falls during the Fast; in this case, the <a href="/wiki/Transfiguration_of_Jesus" title="Transfiguration of Jesus">Transfiguration</a> (August 6), on which fish, wine and oil are allowed.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In some places, the services on weekdays during the Dormition Fast are similar to the services during <a href="/wiki/Great_Lent" title="Great Lent">Great Lent</a> (with some variations). </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Asunci%C3%B3n_Fra_Angelico_Boston_06.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Asunci%C3%B3n_Fra_Angelico_Boston_06.jpg/150px-Asunci%C3%B3n_Fra_Angelico_Boston_06.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="252" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3088" data-file-height="5184"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 150px;height: 252px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Asunci%C3%B3n_Fra_Angelico_Boston_06.jpg/150px-Asunci%C3%B3n_Fra_Angelico_Boston_06.jpg" data-width="150" data-height="252" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Asunci%C3%B3n_Fra_Angelico_Boston_06.jpg/225px-Asunci%C3%B3n_Fra_Angelico_Boston_06.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Asunci%C3%B3n_Fra_Angelico_Boston_06.jpg/300px-Asunci%C3%B3n_Fra_Angelico_Boston_06.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><i>The Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin</i> by <a href="/wiki/Fra_Angelico" title="Fra Angelico">Fra Angelico</a> circa 1434</figcaption></figure> <p>Many churches and monasteries in the Russian tradition perform the lenten services on at least the first day of the Dormition Fast. In the Greek tradition, during the Fast either the Great <a href="/wiki/Paraklesis" title="Paraklesis">Paraklesis</a> (Supplicatory <a href="/wiki/Canon_(hymnography)" title="Canon (hymnography)">Canon</a>) or the Small Paraklesis is celebrated every evening except Saturday evening and the Eves of the Transfiguration and the Dormition.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The first day of the Dormition Fast is a <a href="/wiki/Feast_day" class="mw-redirect" title="Feast day">feast day</a> called the <a href="/wiki/Procession_of_the_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Procession of the Cross">Procession of the Cross</a> (August 1), on which day it is customary to have an <a href="/wiki/Procession#Outdoors" title="Procession">outdoor procession</a> and perform the <a href="/wiki/Holy_water#Lesser_Blessing_of_Waters" title="Holy water">Lesser Blessing of Water</a>. In Eastern Orthodoxy it is also the day of the Holy Seven Maccabees, Martyrs Abimus, Antonius, Gurias, Eleazar, Eusebonus, Alimus, and Marcellus, their mother Solomonia, and their teacher Eleazar. Therefore, the day is sometimes referred to as "Makovei". Finally it is also considered the First of the three "Feasts of the Saviour" in August, the Feast to the All-Merciful Saviour and the Most Holy Mother of God.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Term">Term</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Term" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <p>In Orthodoxy and Catholicism, in the language of the scripture, death is often called a <i>sleeping</i> or <i>falling asleep</i> (Greek κοίμησις; whence κοιμητήριον > <i>coemetērium</i> > cemetery, a place of sleeping; Latin: <i>dormire</i>, to sleep). A prominent example of this is the name of this feast; another is the Dormition of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Anne,_Mother_of_Mary" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Anne, Mother of Mary">Saint Anna, Mother of the Virgin Mary</a>. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Origin_and_adoption_of_the_tradition">Origin and adoption of the tradition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Origin and adoption of the tradition" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Theofanus_uspenie.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Theofanus_uspenie.jpg/220px-Theofanus_uspenie.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="1748"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 275px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Theofanus_uspenie.jpg/220px-Theofanus_uspenie.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="275" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Theofanus_uspenie.jpg/330px-Theofanus_uspenie.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Theofanus_uspenie.jpg/440px-Theofanus_uspenie.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Icon of the Dormition by <a href="/wiki/Theophan_the_Greek" class="mw-redirect" title="Theophan the Greek">Theophan the Greek</a>, 1392. The <a href="/wiki/Theotokos" title="Theotokos">Theotokos</a> is depicted lying on a <a href="/wiki/Bier" title="Bier">bier</a>, surrounded by the <a href="/wiki/Twelve_Apostles" class="mw-redirect" title="Twelve Apostles">Twelve Apostles</a>. At center, <a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesus Christ">Jesus Christ</a> is shown in a <a href="/wiki/Mandorla" title="Mandorla">mandorla</a>, swaddling the <a href="/wiki/Soul" title="Soul">soul</a> of the Virgin Mary (a red <a href="/wiki/Seraph" title="Seraph">seraph</a> is shown above his head). To either side of him are depicted the <a href="/wiki/Hieromartyr" title="Hieromartyr">Hieromartyrs</a> <a href="/wiki/Dionysius_the_Areopagite" title="Dionysius the Areopagite">Dionysius the Areopagite</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ignatius_of_Antioch" title="Ignatius of Antioch">Ignatius the God-Bearer</a> who, according to tradition, are responsible for transmitting the account of the dormition.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1246091330"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1st–5th_century"><span id="1st.E2.80.935th_century"></span>1st–5th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1st–5th century" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The first Christian century may be silent, but anonymous traditions concerning the Dormition began circulating as early as the third century and perhaps 'even earlier' such as the <i>Book of Mary's Repose</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to some, before the 4th-5th century the Dormition was not celebrated among the Christians as a holy day.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Recent scholarship has shown that <i>The Dormition/Assumption of Mary</i> (attributed to <a href="/wiki/John_the_Theologian" class="mw-redirect" title="John the Theologian">John the Theologian</a> or 'Pseudo-John'), another anonymous narrative, may even precede the <i>Book of Mary's Repose</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This Greek document, edited by Tischendorf and published in <i>The Ante-Nicene Fathers</i>, is dated by Tischendorf as no later than the 4th century.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Greek sources for the early period are only late copies and the first transmissions and earliest witnesses can be only found and accessed through the fragmentary translations into Christian Palestinian Aramaic and Syriac.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shoemaker identifies liturgical elements in "Pseudo-John",<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <i>Six Books Apocryphon</i> (dated to the early fourth century<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), which implies that the Dormition was a holy day in some circles by the 4th century. Additionally, the earliest known appearance of the Dormition in art is found on a sarcophagus in the crypt of a church in <a href="/wiki/Zaragoza" title="Zaragoza">Zaragoza</a> in Spain dated c. 330.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The written historical and archaeological record aside, a fairly representative example of mainstream Orthodox teaching is that Church Tradition preserved a more ubiquitous oral tradition. According to Sophia Fotopoulou, "We have no historical data to indicate how long the Mother of God remained on earth after the <a href="/wiki/Ascension_of_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Ascension of Christ">ascension of Christ</a> into heaven, nor when, where, or how she died, for the Gospels say nothing of this. The foundation for the feast of the Dormition is to be found in a <a href="/wiki/Sacred_tradition" title="Sacred tradition">sacred tradition</a> of the Church dating from apostolic times, apocryphal writings, the constant faith of the People of God, and the unanimous opinion of the <a href="/wiki/Church_fathers" class="mw-redirect" title="Church fathers">holy Fathers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Doctors_of_the_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctors of the Church">Doctors of the Church</a> of the first thousand years of Christianity."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Epiphanius_of_Salamis" title="Epiphanius of Salamis">Epiphanius of Salamis</a> (c. 310/20–403), a Jew by birth, born in <a href="/wiki/Phoenicia" title="Phoenicia">Phoenicia</a>, converted to Christianity in adulthood and lived as a monk for over 20 years in <a href="/wiki/Palestine_(region)" title="Palestine (region)">Palestine</a> from 335–340 to 362, writes in "<a href="/wiki/Panarion" title="Panarion">Panarion</a>" in "Contra antidicomarianitas" about the end of the Virgin Mary the following: </p> <blockquote><p>If any think [I] am mistaken, moreover, let them search through the scriptures any neither find Mary's death, nor whether or not she died, nor whether or not she was buried—even though John surely travelled throughout Asia. And yet, nowhere does he say that he took the holy Virgin with him. Scripture simply kept silence because of the overwhelming wonder, not to throw men's minds into consternation. For I dare not say—though I have my suspicions, I keep silent. Perhaps, just as her death is not to be found, so I may have found some traces of the holy and blessed Virgin.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ...The holy virgin may have died and been buried—her falling asleep was with honour, her death in purity, her crown in virginity. Or she may have been put to death—as the scripture says, 'And a sword shall pierce through her soul'—her fame is among the martyrs and her holy body, by which light rose on the world, [rests] amid blessings. Or she may have remained alive, for God is not incapable of doing whatever he wills. No one knows her end.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p></blockquote> <p>In the next chapter, Epiphanius compares Mary with three different people, who died in three different ways: Elijah, who was assumed into Heaven; John, who died a normal death; and Thecla, who was a martyr. This further shows that he was open to various options for her end, and did not know which of the options she actually experienced. </p> <blockquote><p>And if I should say anything more in her praise, [she is] like Elijah, who was virgin from his mother’s womb, he always remained so perpetually, and was assumed and has not seen death. She is like John who leaned on the Lord’s breast, “the disciple whom Jesus loved.” She is like St. Thecla; and Mary is still more honored than she, because of the providence vouchsafed her.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p><a href="/wiki/Ambrose" title="Ambrose">Ambrose</a>, however, who was a contemporary of Epiphanius, dismissed the view that Mary was martyred when exegeting Saint Simeon's prophecy in (Luke 2.35), seemingly critiquing those who took the prophecy literally, and reducing the number of options to either natural death or assumption: </p> <blockquote><p>Neither the letter of Scripture nor history teaches that Mary passed from this life by suffering execution, for it is not the soul but the body [some speculate] which is pierced through and through by the material sword.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Late_5th_until_7th_century">Late 5th until 7th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Late 5th until 7th century" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>More Dormition traditions began surfacing in manuscripts during the late 5th century. Stephen Shoemaker characterised them as the "Palm of the Tree of Life" narratives, the "Bethlehem" narratives, and the "Coptic" narratives—aside from a handful of atypical narratives.<sup id="cite_ref-Shoemaker_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shoemaker-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (August 2020)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The events of the Dormition of the Virgin and her burial are dealt with in several known <a href="/wiki/Apocrypha" title="Apocrypha">apocrypha</a> such as the "Liber de transitu Virginis Mariae" by <a href="/wiki/Pseudo-Melitus" title="Pseudo-Melitus">Pseudo-Melito of Sardis</a> (5th century),<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a passing reference in <a href="/wiki/Pseudo-Dionysius_the_Areopagite" title="Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite">Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite</a>, and narratives by Pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem, and Pseudo-Evodius.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around this time, the first Dormition narratives among mainstream authors appear, namely <a href="/wiki/Jacob_of_Serug" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacob of Serug">Jacob of Serug</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pope_Theodosius_I_of_Alexandria" title="Pope Theodosius I of Alexandria">Theodosius of Alexandria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These late—5th and 6th century Dormition narratives come from differing communions, so not all of their content was accepted, but only the basic idea that the Virgin Mary blissfully rested and her soul was received in heaven by her Son Jesus Christ at Dormition. </p><p>According to Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos in his "History of the Church," Emperor <a href="/wiki/Maurice_(emperor)" title="Maurice (emperor)">Maurice</a> (582–602) issued an edict which set the date for the celebration of the Dormition on August 15.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After this time more "mainstream" Dormition narratives began appearing, their content still in part based upon the earlier, mostly anonymous, narratives. <a href="/wiki/Modestus_of_Jerusalem" title="Modestus of Jerusalem">Modestus, Patriarch of Jerusalem</a> (630–632) said at this celebration, while preaching, that he regrets the lack of specific information about the death of the Virgin Mary.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Truglia, "John of <a href="/wiki/Thessalonica" class="mw-redirect" title="Thessalonica">Thessalonica</a>," another 7th century author, "wrote a narrative admittedly based upon details found in earlier homilies."<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Theoteknos, bishop of <a href="/wiki/Livias" title="Livias">Livias</a> sometime between 550 and 650, also wrote a Dormition narrative similar in its content. </p><p>In Rome the feast called Dormitio Beatae Virginis was established by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Sergius_I" title="Pope Sergius I">Pope Sergius I</a> (687–701), borrowed from Constantinople.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Narrative">Narrative</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Narrative" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <p>According to later tradition, Mary, having spent her life after <a href="/wiki/Pentecost" title="Pentecost">Pentecost</a> supporting and serving the nascent Church, was living in the house of the Apostle John, in Jerusalem, when the Archangel Gabriel revealed to her that her death would occur three days later.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Twelve_apostles" class="mw-redirect" title="Twelve apostles">apostles</a>, scattered throughout the world, are said to have been miraculously transported to be at her side when she died. The sole exception was <a href="/wiki/Thomas_(Apostle)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas (Apostle)">Thomas</a>, who was preaching in <a href="/wiki/Thomas_the_Apostle#Mission_in_India" title="Thomas the Apostle">India</a>. He is said to have arrived in a cloud above her tomb exactly three days after her death, and to have seen her body leaving to heaven. He asked her "Where are you going, O Holy One?", at which she took off her <a href="/wiki/Girdle_of_Thomas" title="Girdle of Thomas">girdle</a> and gave it to him saying "Receive this my friend", after which she disappeared.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thomas was taken to his fellow apostles, whom he asked to see her grave, so that he could bid her goodbye. Mary had been buried in <a href="/wiki/Gethsemane" title="Gethsemane">Gethsemane</a>, according to her request. When they arrived at the grave, her body was gone, leaving a sweet fragrance. An apparition is said to have confirmed that <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Christ</a> had taken her body to heaven after three days to be reunited with her soul. <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_theology" title="Eastern Orthodox theology">Eastern Orthodox theology</a> teaches that the <a href="/wiki/Theotokos" title="Theotokos">Theotokos</a> has already undergone the bodily <a href="/wiki/Resurrection" title="Resurrection">resurrection</a>, which all will experience at the <a href="/wiki/Second_coming" class="mw-redirect" title="Second coming">second coming</a>, and stands in heaven in that <a href="/wiki/Glorification" title="Glorification">glorified</a> state which the other righteous ones will only enjoy after the <a href="/wiki/Last_Judgment" title="Last Judgment">Last Judgment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Related_sites">Related sites</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Related sites" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <p>The Dormition tradition is associated with various places, most notably with <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>, which contains <a href="/wiki/Mary%27s_Tomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary's Tomb">Mary's Tomb</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Hagia_Maria_Sion_Abbey" class="mw-redirect" title="Hagia Maria Sion Abbey">Basilica of the Dormition</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ephesus" title="Ephesus">Ephesus</a>, which contains the <a href="/wiki/House_of_the_Virgin_Mary" title="House of the Virgin Mary">House of the Virgin Mary</a>, and also with <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a> where the <a href="/wiki/Cincture_of_the_Theotokos" title="Cincture of the Theotokos">Cincture of the Theotokos</a> was enshrined from the 5th through 14th centuries. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Dormition_versus_Assumption">Dormition versus Assumption</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Dormition versus Assumption" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <p>Eastern Christians celebrate the Dormition of the Theotokos on August 15 (August 28, <a href="/wiki/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates" title="Old Style and New Style dates">N.S.</a> for those following the <a href="/wiki/Julian_Calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Julian Calendar">Julian Calendar</a>), the same calendar day as the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic</a> Feast of the <a href="/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary" title="Assumption of Mary">Assumption of Mary</a>. "Dormition" and "Assumption" are the different names respectively in use by the Eastern and Western traditions relating to the end of Mary's life and to her departure from the earth, although the beliefs are not necessarily identical. Both views agree that she was taken up into heaven bodily.<sup id="cite_ref-PiusXII_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PiusXII-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Menaia_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Menaia-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Orthodox_view">Orthodox view</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Orthodox view" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The Orthodox Church specifically holds one of the two Roman Catholic alternative beliefs, teaching that Mary died a natural death, like any human being; that her soul was received by Christ upon death; and that her body was <a href="/wiki/Resurrection" title="Resurrection">resurrected</a> on the third day after her repose, at which time she was taken up, both in body and soul, into <a href="/wiki/Heaven" title="Heaven">heaven</a> when the apostles, miraculously transported from the ends of the earth, found her tomb to be empty.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The specific belief of the Orthodox is expressed in their <a href="/wiki/Proper_(liturgy)" title="Proper (liturgy)">liturgical texts</a> used at the feast of the Dormition.<sup id="cite_ref-Menaia_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Menaia-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches" title="Eastern Catholic Churches">Eastern Catholic</a> observance of the feast corresponds to that of their Orthodox counterparts, whether Eastern Orthodox or Oriental Orthodox. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Catholic_view">Catholic view</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Catholic view" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Virgen_del_Tr%C3%A1nsito_de_Zamora.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Virgen_del_Tr%C3%A1nsito_de_Zamora.jpg/135px-Virgen_del_Tr%C3%A1nsito_de_Zamora.jpg" decoding="async" width="135" height="180" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 135px;height: 180px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Virgen_del_Tr%C3%A1nsito_de_Zamora.jpg/135px-Virgen_del_Tr%C3%A1nsito_de_Zamora.jpg" data-width="135" data-height="180" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Virgen_del_Tr%C3%A1nsito_de_Zamora.jpg/203px-Virgen_del_Tr%C3%A1nsito_de_Zamora.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Virgen_del_Tr%C3%A1nsito_de_Zamora.jpg/270px-Virgen_del_Tr%C3%A1nsito_de_Zamora.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Our Lady of the Transit venerated in Zamora (Spain)</figcaption></figure> <p>The Catholic doctrine of the Assumption covers Mary's bodily assumption to heaven, but the <a href="/wiki/Dogma" title="Dogma">dogmatic</a> definition avoids saying whether she was dead or alive at that point. The question had long been in dispute in Catholic theology; although <a href="/wiki/Assumption_of_the_Virgin_Mary_in_art" class="mw-redirect" title="Assumption of the Virgin Mary in art">Catholic art normally portrays</a> her as alive at the point of assumption, but typically rising from a <a href="/wiki/Sarcophagus" title="Sarcophagus">sarcophagus</a>, many Catholics believe she had died in the normal way. <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII" title="Pope Pius XII">Pope Pius XII</a> alludes to the fact of her death at least five times, but left open the question of whether or not Mary actually underwent death in connection with her departure, in his <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_constitution" title="Apostolic constitution">Apostolic constitution</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Munificentissimus_Deus" title="Munificentissimus Deus">Munificentissimus Deus</a></i> (1950), which dogmatically defined <a href="/wiki/Ex_cathedra" class="mw-redirect" title="Ex cathedra">ex cathedra</a> (i.e., infallibly) the <a href="/wiki/Dogma_of_the_Assumption" class="mw-redirect" title="Dogma of the Assumption">Assumption</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PiusXII_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PiusXII-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 25 June 1997 during a <a href="/wiki/Audience_(meeting)" title="Audience (meeting)">General Audience</a> <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a> stated that Mary experienced natural death prior to her assumption into Heaven, stating: </p> <blockquote><p>It is true that in Revelation death is presented as a punishment for sin. However, the fact that the Church proclaims Mary free from original sin by a unique divine privilege does not lead to the conclusion that she also received physical immortality. The Mother is not superior to the Son who underwent death, giving it a new meaning and changing it into a means of salvation. Involved in Christ's redemptive work and associated in his saving sacrifice, Mary was able to share in his suffering and death for the sake of humanity's Redemption. What Severus of Antioch says about Christ also applies to her: “Without a preliminary death, how could the Resurrection have taken place?” (Antijulianistica, Beirut 1931, 194f.). To share in Christ's Resurrection, Mary had first to share in his death. The New Testament provides no information on the circumstances of Mary's death. This silence leads one to suppose that it happened naturally, with no detail particularly worthy of mention. If this were not the case, how could the information about it have remained hidden from her contemporaries and not have been passed down to us in some way? As to the cause of Mary's death, the opinions that wish to exclude her from death by natural causes seem groundless. It is more important to look for the Blessed Virgin's spiritual attitude at the moment of her departure from this world. In this regard, St Francis de Sales maintains that Mary's death was due to a transport of love. He speaks of a dying “in love, from love and through love”, going so far as to say that the Mother of God died of love for her Son Jesus (Treatise on the Love of God, bk. 7, ch. XIII–XIV). Whatever from the physical point of view was the organic, biological cause of the end of her bodily life, it can be said that for Mary the passage from this life to the next was the full development of grace in glory, so that no death can ever be so fittingly described as a “dormition” as hers."<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p></blockquote> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Liturgical_practices">Liturgical practices</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Liturgical practices" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God" title="Special:EditPage/Dormition of the Mother of God">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. 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The feast is framed and accentuated by three feasts in honour of <a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesus Christ">Jesus Christ</a>, known as the "Three Feasts of the Saviour in August". These are: the <a href="/wiki/Procession_of_the_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Procession of the Cross">Procession of the Cross</a> (August 1), the <a href="/wiki/Transfiguration_of_Jesus" title="Transfiguration of Jesus">Transfiguration</a> (August 6), and the <a href="/wiki/Icon" title="Icon">Icon</a> of Christ "<a href="/wiki/Not_Made_by_Hand" class="mw-redirect" title="Not Made by Hand">Not Made by Hand</a>" (August 16). It is customary in some places to bless fragrant herbage on the Feast of the Dormition. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Rite_of_Burial_of_the_Theotokos">Rite of Burial of the Theotokos</h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Rite of Burial of the Theotokos" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>In some places,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(geographic_names)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names)"><span title="The geographic scope near this tag is ambiguous. (January 2015)">where?</span></a></i>]</sup> the Rite of the "Burial of the Theotokos" is celebrated at the Dormition, during the <a href="/wiki/All-Night_Vigil" class="mw-redirect" title="All-Night Vigil">All-Night Vigil</a>. The order of the service is based on the service of the Burial of Christ on <a href="/wiki/Holy_Saturday" title="Holy Saturday">Great and Holy Saturday</a>. An <a href="/wiki/Epitaphios_(liturgical)" title="Epitaphios (liturgical)">Epitaphios</a> of the Theotokos, a richly embroidered cloth icon portraying her lying in state is used, together with specially composed hymns of lamentation which are sung with <a href="/wiki/Psalm_119" title="Psalm 119">Psalm 118</a>. Special <a href="/w/index.php?title=Evlogitaria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Evlogitaria (page does not exist)">Evlogitaria</a> for the Dormition are chanted, echoing the Evlogitaria of the Resurrection chanted at <a href="/wiki/Matins" title="Matins">matins</a> on Sundays throughout the year as well as on <a href="/wiki/Lazarus_Saturday" title="Lazarus Saturday">Lazarus Saturday</a> and Great and Holy Saturday. This Epitaphios is placed on a bier and carried in procession as is the Epitaphios of Christ on during Great and Holy Saturday.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>This practice began in <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>, and from there it was carried to <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, where it was followed in various Dormition Cathedrals, in particular that of <a href="/wiki/Dormition_Cathedral,_Moscow" title="Dormition Cathedral, Moscow">Moscow</a>. The practice slowly spread among the Russian Orthodox, though it is not by any means a standard service in all parishes, or even most cathedrals or monasteries. In Jerusalem, the service is chanted during the Vigil of the Dormition. In some Russian churches and monasteries, it is served on the third day after Dormition.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Malankara_Rite">Malankara Rite</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Malankara Rite" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Malankara_Orthodox_Syrian_Church" title="Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church">Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church</a>, which is an Oriental Orthodox Church, celebrates the Feast of Dormition on August 15 with great importance, as that day is the <a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(India)" title="Independence Day (India)">national independence day of India</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Maronite">Maronite</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Maronite" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Maronite_Church" title="Maronite Church">Maronite Church</a> has a tradition that their Third Anaphora of the Apostle Peter or <i>Sharrar</i> (the Maronite redaction of the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Qurbana_of_Addai_and_Mari" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Qurbana of Addai and Mari">Holy Qurbana of Addai and Mari</a>) was originally composed for and used at the funeral of the Theotokos. This tradition probably developed because in its final form the anaphora has twelve paragraphs, i.e., one for each concelebrating apostle present at the funeral mass of the Theotokos. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(8)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Depiction_in_art">Depiction in art</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Depiction in art" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-8 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-8"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Byzantine_art">Byzantine art</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Byzantine art" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_art" title="Byzantine art">Byzantine art</a> and that of later Orthodox schools the standard depiction shows the body of the <a href="/wiki/Theotokos" title="Theotokos">Theotokos</a> lying dead on a bed or <a href="/wiki/Bier" title="Bier">bier</a>. Behind this stands, or floats, Christ holding a small body wrapped in a <a href="/wiki/Winding_cloth" class="mw-redirect" title="Winding cloth">winding cloth</a>, representing the soul of the Theotokos. He often has a <a href="/wiki/Mandorla" title="Mandorla">mandorla</a> around him. The apostles surround the bier, and the sky may have figures of angels, saints and prophets. Christ is shown higher than the apostles, increasingly so in later centuries, so that he seems to be floating in the air above rather than standing on the ground like the apostles. But his feet are always hidden behind the bier, leaving this ambiguous. </p><p>There are similarities between the traditional depictions of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Byzantine icons and the account of the death of the Egyptian <a href="/wiki/Desert_Father" class="mw-redirect" title="Desert Father">Desert Father</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sisoes_the_Great" title="Sisoes the Great">Sisoes the Great</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In both Christ is seen coming to receive the soul of the dying saint surrounded by an <a href="/wiki/Aureola" title="Aureola">aureola</a> or cloud of blinding light and accompanied by the angels and prophets. In Byzantine icons the other Christs shown surrounded by such a cloud of light are those also seen in icons of the <a href="/wiki/Transfiguration_of_Jesus" title="Transfiguration of Jesus">Transfiguration</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Resurrection" title="Resurrection">Resurrection</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Last_Judgment" title="Last Judgment">Last Judgment</a>. In some icons of the Dormition the Theotokos is depicted at the top of the icon in a similar aureola before the opening gates of heaven. This suggests that contemporary accounts of the deaths of the Desert Fathers accompanied by a sudden burst of light came to influence the development of the <a href="/wiki/Iconography" title="Iconography">iconography</a> of the Dormition. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Catholic_art">Catholic art</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Catholic art" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Assumption_of_the_Virgin_Mary_in_art" class="mw-redirect" title="Assumption of the Virgin Mary in art">Assumption of the Virgin Mary in art</a></div> <p>The Dormition is known as the <a href="/wiki/Death_of_the_Virgin" title="Death of the Virgin">Death of the Virgin</a> in Catholic art, where it is a reasonably common subject, mostly drawing on Byzantine models, until the end of the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>. But often the moment just after death is shown, without Christ, but with the apostles crowded around the bed. The <i><a href="/wiki/Death_of_the_Virgin_(Caravaggio)" title="Death of the Virgin (Caravaggio)">Death of the Virgin</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Caravaggio" title="Caravaggio">Caravaggio</a>, of 1606, is probably the last famous Western painting of the subject. After this depictions of the Assumption become usual, with the Virgin shown alive, rising to Heaven. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gallery">Gallery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Gallery" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 165.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 163.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dormition_de_la_Vierge.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The Dormition: ivory plaque, late 10th to early 11th century (Musée de Cluny)"><noscript><img alt="The Dormition: ivory plaque, late 10th to early 11th century (Musée de Cluny)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Dormition_de_la_Vierge.JPG/245px-Dormition_de_la_Vierge.JPG" decoding="async" width="164" height="180" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1335" data-file-height="1473"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 164px;height: 180px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Dormition_de_la_Vierge.JPG/245px-Dormition_de_la_Vierge.JPG" data-alt="The Dormition: ivory plaque, late 10th to early 11th century (Musée de Cluny)" data-width="164" data-height="180" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Dormition_de_la_Vierge.JPG/367px-Dormition_de_la_Vierge.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Dormition_de_la_Vierge.JPG/489px-Dormition_de_la_Vierge.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Dormition: ivory plaque, late 10th to early 11th century (<a href="/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_de_Cluny" title="Musée de Cluny">Musée de Cluny</a>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 152px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dormition_Oblatchnoe,_an_icon_from_Desyatinny_Monastery_in_Novgorod,_Russia.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="12th-century rendition of the Dormition by a Novgorod artist"><noscript><img alt="12th-century rendition of the Dormition by a Novgorod artist" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Dormition_Oblatchnoe%2C_an_icon_from_Desyatinny_Monastery_in_Novgorod%2C_Russia.jpg/225px-Dormition_Oblatchnoe%2C_an_icon_from_Desyatinny_Monastery_in_Novgorod%2C_Russia.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="180" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="1681"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 150px;height: 180px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Dormition_Oblatchnoe%2C_an_icon_from_Desyatinny_Monastery_in_Novgorod%2C_Russia.jpg/225px-Dormition_Oblatchnoe%2C_an_icon_from_Desyatinny_Monastery_in_Novgorod%2C_Russia.jpg" data-alt="12th-century rendition of the Dormition by a Novgorod artist" data-width="150" data-height="180" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Dormition_Oblatchnoe%2C_an_icon_from_Desyatinny_Monastery_in_Novgorod%2C_Russia.jpg/337px-Dormition_Oblatchnoe%2C_an_icon_from_Desyatinny_Monastery_in_Novgorod%2C_Russia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Dormition_Oblatchnoe%2C_an_icon_from_Desyatinny_Monastery_in_Novgorod%2C_Russia.jpg/450px-Dormition_Oblatchnoe%2C_an_icon_from_Desyatinny_Monastery_in_Novgorod%2C_Russia.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">12th-century rendition of the Dormition by a <a href="/wiki/Novgorod" class="mw-redirect" title="Novgorod">Novgorod</a> artist</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 327.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 325.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Uspenje_presvete_Bogorodice_-_Sopocani.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Uspenje presvete Bogorodice, 40-square-metre fresco from 1265, Sopoćani Monastery, Serbia"><noscript><img alt="Uspenje presvete Bogorodice, 40-square-metre fresco from 1265, Sopoćani Monastery, Serbia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Uspenje_presvete_Bogorodice_-_Sopocani.jpg/488px-Uspenje_presvete_Bogorodice_-_Sopocani.jpg" decoding="async" width="326" height="180" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="850" data-file-height="471"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 326px;height: 180px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Uspenje_presvete_Bogorodice_-_Sopocani.jpg/488px-Uspenje_presvete_Bogorodice_-_Sopocani.jpg" data-alt="Uspenje presvete Bogorodice, 40-square-metre fresco from 1265, Sopoćani Monastery, Serbia" data-width="326" data-height="180" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Uspenje_presvete_Bogorodice_-_Sopocani.jpg/731px-Uspenje_presvete_Bogorodice_-_Sopocani.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Uspenje_presvete_Bogorodice_-_Sopocani.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Uspenje presvete Bogorodice</i>, 40-square-metre fresco from 1265, <a href="/wiki/Sopo%C4%87ani" title="Sopoćani">Sopoćani Monastery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 272px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 270px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koimesis_Mosaic_at_Chora_Church.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Koimesis Mosaic at the Chora Church, Constantinople"><noscript><img alt="Koimesis Mosaic at the Chora Church, Constantinople" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Koimesis_Mosaic_at_Chora_Church.jpg/405px-Koimesis_Mosaic_at_Chora_Church.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="180" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 270px;height: 180px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Koimesis_Mosaic_at_Chora_Church.jpg/405px-Koimesis_Mosaic_at_Chora_Church.jpg" data-alt="Koimesis Mosaic at the Chora Church, Constantinople" data-width="270" data-height="180" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Koimesis_Mosaic_at_Chora_Church.jpg/608px-Koimesis_Mosaic_at_Chora_Church.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Koimesis_Mosaic_at_Chora_Church.jpg/810px-Koimesis_Mosaic_at_Chora_Church.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Koimesis Mosaic at the <a href="/wiki/Chora_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Chora Church">Chora Church</a>, Constantinople</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 197.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 195.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2007-08-14--Procession_of_the_Epitaphios--Dormition_of_the_Virgin_Mary.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Procession of the Epitaphios of the Theotokos, Toronto"><noscript><img alt="Procession of the Epitaphios of the Theotokos, Toronto" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/2007-08-14--Procession_of_the_Epitaphios--Dormition_of_the_Virgin_Mary.jpg/293px-2007-08-14--Procession_of_the_Epitaphios--Dormition_of_the_Virgin_Mary.jpg" decoding="async" width="196" height="180" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2600" data-file-height="2394"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 196px;height: 180px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/2007-08-14--Procession_of_the_Epitaphios--Dormition_of_the_Virgin_Mary.jpg/293px-2007-08-14--Procession_of_the_Epitaphios--Dormition_of_the_Virgin_Mary.jpg" data-alt="Procession of the Epitaphios of the Theotokos, Toronto" data-width="196" data-height="180" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/2007-08-14--Procession_of_the_Epitaphios--Dormition_of_the_Virgin_Mary.jpg/440px-2007-08-14--Procession_of_the_Epitaphios--Dormition_of_the_Virgin_Mary.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/2007-08-14--Procession_of_the_Epitaphios--Dormition_of_the_Virgin_Mary.jpg/587px-2007-08-14--Procession_of_the_Epitaphios--Dormition_of_the_Virgin_Mary.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Procession of the <a href="/wiki/Epitaphios_(liturgical)" title="Epitaphios (liturgical)">Epitaphios</a> of the Theotokos, Toronto</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 225.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 223.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Orthodox_Priests_in_Procession_-_Great_Vespers_of_the_Dormition.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Procession of the Epitaphios of the Theotokos, Ottawa"><noscript><img alt="Procession of the Epitaphios of the Theotokos, Ottawa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Orthodox_Priests_in_Procession_-_Great_Vespers_of_the_Dormition.jpg/335px-Orthodox_Priests_in_Procession_-_Great_Vespers_of_the_Dormition.jpg" decoding="async" width="224" height="180" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3532" data-file-height="2849"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 224px;height: 180px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Orthodox_Priests_in_Procession_-_Great_Vespers_of_the_Dormition.jpg/335px-Orthodox_Priests_in_Procession_-_Great_Vespers_of_the_Dormition.jpg" data-alt="Procession of the Epitaphios of the Theotokos, Ottawa" data-width="224" data-height="180" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Orthodox_Priests_in_Procession_-_Great_Vespers_of_the_Dormition.jpg/502px-Orthodox_Priests_in_Procession_-_Great_Vespers_of_the_Dormition.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Orthodox_Priests_in_Procession_-_Great_Vespers_of_the_Dormition.jpg/670px-Orthodox_Priests_in_Procession_-_Great_Vespers_of_the_Dormition.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Procession of the Epitaphios of the Theotokos, Ottawa</div> </li> </ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(9)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: See also" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-9 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-9"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary" title="Assumption of Mary">Assumption of Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_the_Dormition_of_the_Theotokos_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Cathedral of the Dormition of the Theotokos (disambiguation)">Cathedral of the Dormition of the Theotokos</a> – many cathedrals, especially in Russia, are dedicated to this feast.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assumption_Cathedral_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Assumption Cathedral (disambiguation)">Assumption Cathedral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Death_of_the_Virgin" title="Death of the Virgin">Death of the Virgin</a> – the same 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Wm. B. Eerdmans. p. 120. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780802841667" title="Special:BookSources/9780802841667"><bdi>9780802841667</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.goarch.org/dormition">the original</a> on 2017-05-21<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2020-08-15</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Library+%26ndash%3B+Feasts+of+the+Church&rft.atitle=Dormition+of+the+Theotokos&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.goarch.org%2Fdormition&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADormition+of+the+Mother+of+God" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Outside the Dormition Fast it is always the Small Supplicatory Canon (Paraklesis) which is chanted. During the Dormition Fast, however, the <a href="/wiki/Typikon" title="Typikon">Typikon</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> prescribes that the Small and Great Supplicatory Canons be chanted on alternate evenings: If August 1st falls on a Monday through Friday, the cycle begins with the Small Supplicatory Canon; if August 1st falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the cycle begins with the Great Supplicatory Canon.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/htc/orthodox-calendar/">"Orthodox Calendar. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodoxy Church, a parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow"</a>. <i>www.holytrinityorthodox.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.holytrinityorthodox.com&rft.atitle=Orthodox+Calendar.+Holy+Trinity+Russian+Orthodoxy+Church%2C+a+parish+of+the+Patriarchate+of+Moscow&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.holytrinityorthodox.com%2Fhtc%2Forthodox-calendar%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADormition+of+the+Mother+of+God" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.up.edu/garaventa/files/lectures-and-readings-transcripts/2016-2017-transcripts/stephen-shoemaker-1-31-17-transcript.pdf">"Stephen Shoemaker, "'Mary in Early Christian Faith and Devotion' presented by Stephen Shoemaker, 1/31/17 Transcript," 45:03"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Stephen+Shoemaker%2C+%22%27Mary+in+Early+Christian+Faith+and+Devotion%27+presented+by+Stephen+Shoemaker%2C+1%2F31%2F17+Transcript%2C%22+45%3A03.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.up.edu%2Fgaraventa%2Ffiles%2Flectures-and-readings-transcripts%2F2016-2017-transcripts%2Fstephen-shoemaker-1-31-17-transcript.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADormition+of+the+Mother+of+God" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Прот. 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Shoemaker, "New Syriac Dormition Fragments from Palimpsests in the Schøyen Collection and the British Library," <i>Le Muséon</i> 124 (2011), pp. 258–278.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sebastian P. Brock and Grigory Kessel, "The ‘Departure of Mary’ in Two Palimpsests at the Monastery of St. Catherine (Sinai Syr. 30 & Sinai Arabic 514)," <i>Christian Orient: Journal of Studies in the Christian Cultures of Asia and Africa</i> 8 (2017), pp. 115–152.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Christa Müller-Kessler, "Obsequies of My Lady Mary (I): Unpublished Early Syriac Palimpsest Fragments from the British Library (BL, Add 17.137, no. 2)," <i>Hugoye</i> 23 (2020), pp. 31–59.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMüller-Kessler2022" class="citation journal cs1">Müller-Kessler, Christa (October 17, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://journals.uco.es/index.php/cco/article/view/15254">"Obsequies of My Lady Mary (II): A Fragmentary Syriac Palimpsest Manuscript from Deir al-Suryan (BL, Add 14.665, no. 2)"</a>. <i>Collectanea Christiana Orientalia</i>. <b>19</b>: 40–75. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.21071%2Fcco.v19i.15254">10.21071/cco.v19i.15254</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Hdl_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hdl (identifier)">hdl</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10396%2F24113">10396/24113</a></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Collectanea+Christiana+Orientalia&rft.atitle=Obsequies+of+My+Lady+Mary+%28II%29%3A+A+Fragmentary+Syriac+Palimpsest+Manuscript+from+Deir+al-Suryan+%28BL%2C+Add+14.665%2C+no.+2%29&rft.volume=19&rft.pages=40-75&rft.date=2022-10-17&rft_id=info%3Ahdl%2F10396%2F24113&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.21071%2Fcco.v19i.15254&rft.aulast=M%C3%BCller-Kessler&rft.aufirst=Christa&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fjournals.uco.es%2Findex.php%2Fcco%2Farticle%2Fview%2F15254&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADormition+of+the+Mother+of+God" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShoemaker2002" class="citation book cs1">Shoemaker, Stephen (2002). <i>Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary's Dormition and Assumption</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2013-11-03</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=General+Audience+%E2%80%93+25+June+1997%2C+sections+3+and+4&rft.pub=Vatican.va&rft.date=1997-06-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vatican.va%2Fholy_father%2Fjohn_paul_ii%2Faudiences%2F1997%2Fdocuments%2Fhf_jp-ii_aud_25061997_en.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADormition+of+the+Mother+of+God" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">On Mount Athos, 16 days</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.stjohndc.org/Russian/saints/e_0107c.htm">[1]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090501205740/http://www.stjohndc.org/Russian/saints/e_0107c.htm">Archived</a> May 1, 2009, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(11)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Further reading" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-11 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-11"> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShoemaker2002" class="citation book cs1">Shoemaker, Stephen J. (2002). <i>Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary's Dormition and Assumption</i>. 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dormition" title="Dormition – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Dormition" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%84%B1%EB%AA%A8_%EC%95%88%EC%8B%9D" title="성모 안식 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="성모 안식" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tertidurnya_Bunda_Maria" title="Tertidurnya Bunda Maria – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Tertidurnya Bunda Maria" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dormizione_di_Maria" title="Dormizione di Maria – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Dormizione di Maria" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91%E1%83%90" title="მარიამობა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მარიამობა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulala_kwa_Mama_wa_Mungu" title="Kulala kwa Mama wa Mungu – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Kulala kwa Mama wa Mungu" 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العذراء مريم – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="نياحه السيده العذراء مريم" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dormisi_Bonda_Tuhan" title="Dormisi Bonda Tuhan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Dormisi Bonda Tuhan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontslapenis_van_de_Moeder_Gods" title="Ontslapenis van de Moeder Gods – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Ontslapenis van de Moeder Gods" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li 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