The Feast of the Dormition

Dormition of the Theotokos Icon

Dormition of the Theotokos Icon

28 August 2017

Priest Ernesto Obregon

Choose Life: The Feast of the Dormition as the Feast of Life

Choose Life: The Feast of the Dormition as the Feast of Life

28 August 2015

Priest Geoffrey Ready

Celebrating the Feast of the Dormition we celebrate the feast of life, not only of the Virgin Mary, but of all human beings

Having Christ as the One Dominant Purpose in Life: On the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos

Having Christ as the One Dominant Purpose in Life: On the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos

28 August 2014

Priest Anthony M. Coniaris

Archbishop Demetrios: The person of the Theotokos as a superb model in creating a family as a holy institution is important for families today

Archbishop Demetrios: The person of the Theotokos as a superb model in creating a family as a holy institution is important for families today

12 August 2014

Archbishop Demetrios of America

The life and Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos offer a genuine and faithful testimony of how the family should be a witness of the Gospel.

Two Understandings of Death: On the Dormition of the Theotokos

Two Understandings of Death: On the Dormition of the Theotokos

27 August 2013

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

Why is the Death of the Theotokos a Feast Day? A Sermon on the Feast of the Dormition

Why is the Death of the Theotokos a Feast Day? A Sermon on the Feast of the Dormition

28 August 2012

Archpriest Andrei Tkachev

The Feast of the Dormition: Comparing an Assumption

26 August 2010

Dr. Alexander Roman

Both Orthodox and Roman Catholics celebrate the mystery of Christ's taking His Mother, body and soul, into Heaven. Yet both have quite different ways of approaching this Feast that reflects ...

Dormition or Assumption?

26 August 2009

Archpriest John Breck

In our Orthodox tradition we are usually very careful to distinguish between the "Dormition" of the Mother of God and her "Assumption" into heaven. The former, we feel, is ...