Dormition of the Theotokos The Twelve Great Feasts Japan and Malabar

Japan and Malabar

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Elisabeth began practicing her faith again at the age of 32

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Being African American

Dormition of the Theotokos The Twelve Great Feasts Japan and MalabarAugust 15th The Dormition, or Falling Asleep, of the Theotokos commemorates the death of the Virgin in the home of St. John the Evangelist, to whom she was given by Jesus from the Cross. For centuries it was believed the Virgin and St. John lived in Ephesus but contemporary biblical scholarship points to Jerusalem. The Theotokos, lying in the sleep of death on a bier, is surrounded by the grieving apostles as well as the holy women and early bishops