Gerasimus I of Constantinople, 14th century Patriarch Gerasimus I of Jerusalem, 19th century Patriarch Since the Feast oftheDormition falls on 15 August...
became one ofthe richest and most famous monastery, comprising six major churches (often with multiple side chapels), and many icons. Job became the abbot...
formally theMonasteryoftheDormitionoftheTheotokos (Ιερά Μονή Κοιμήσεως της Θεοτόκου), is a Greek Orthodox monastery in the municipality of Kalavryta...
under the main altar ofthe church of Sant'Ambrogio della Massima. The right arm of St. Polycarp had been kept at theMonasteryoftheDormitionofthe Theotokos-Saint...
the DormitionoftheTheotokos or Feast ofthe Assumption, when a divine liturgy is held. Only 450 to 500 visitors are allowed inside themonastery, although...
John of San Francisco Orthodox Monastery, Cobleskill, New York. Abbot Metropolitan Demetrios [50] MonasteryoftheDormitionofthe Holy Theotokos, Preston...
1130), Gelati Monastery, Georgia (12th century) Theotokos icon (17-18. century), National Museum of Serbia Russian icons The Iveron Theotokos (Iverskaya)...
to the Dormitionof Virgin Mary, or Theotokos. It was constructed in 1530 by Voievod Petru Rareş and his chancellor Teodor Bubuiog. Themonastery was built...
to the site. The Sacred Tradition of Eastern Christianity teaches that the Virgin Mary died a natural death (theDormitionoftheTheotokos, the falling...
The Intercession oftheTheotokos, or the Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, is a Christian feast ofthe Mother of God celebrated...
celebrated as two of the twelve Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church. TheDormitionof Anne is also a minor feast in Eastern Christianity. In Lutheran Protestantism...
Avars. The icon oftheTheotokos "Ofthe Akathist" is on the iconostasis of Hilandar Monastery. In 1837 a fire occurred at this monastery, and the monks...