Dormition of the Mother of God
The Dormition of the Mother of God is a Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches. It celebrates the "falling asleep" (death) of Mary the Theotokos, and her being taken up into heaven. The Feast of the Dormition is observed on August 15, which for the churches using the Julian calendar corresponds to August 28 on the Gregorian calendar. The Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates the Dormition not on a fixed date, but on the Sunday nearest 15 August. In Western Churches the corresponding feast is known as the Assumption of Mary, with the exception of the Scottish Episcopal Church, which has traditionally celebrated the Falling Asleep of the Blessed Virgin Mary on August 15.
On WikiTrade, every Wikipedia article is a card: the more the article is read, the rarer the card. Open free packs, complete your album, trade, bid and challenge others to general-knowledge duels.
Play for freeRead the article on WikipediaText from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). WikiTrade is an independent site, not affiliated with Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation.