Dormition of the Theotokos Resource Page

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That the world-saving Maiden died is no marvel,

Since, in the flesh, the world’s Maker died also.

God’s Mother lives forever, though she died on the fifteenth.

 

The Holy Cross (August 1-15)

 

Holy Cross Resource Page

  

Synaxarion for the Forefeast of the Procession of the Holy Cross

  

Feast of the Procession of the Venerable Wood of the Cross From August 1 - 14

  

The Healing Properties of the True Cross in Constantinople

  

 

August 1 - Synaxis of Panagia Tavriotissa

  

Synaxis of Panagia Tavriotissa at the Church of Saint George in Tavros of Attica

  

 

August 6 - Transfiguration of Christ

  

Transfiguration of Christ Resource Page

  

 

August 12 - Annunciation of the Metastasis of the Theotokos

 

Synaxarion of the Annunciation of the Metastasis of the Theotokos

 

Location Where the Archangel Gabriel Announced to the Theotokos Her Dormition Three Days Prior 

  

 

August 13-14 - Forefeast of the Dormition

 

Homily One on the Forefeast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Archimandrite Kirill Pavlov)

 

Homily Two on the Forefeast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Archimandrite Kirill Pavlov)

 

About the Feast of the Dormition   

 

Synaxarion of the Dormition of the Theotokos

  

Dormition of the Theotokos: Epistle and Gospel Reading

 

History of the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos

  

History of the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos

  

The Dormition of the Theotokos 

 

On the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos

  

The Fast and Preparation for the Feast of the Dormition

  

Why We Fast for the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. Symeon of Thessaloniki)

 

The Dormition Fast

  

The Dormition Fast

  

Fasting Resource Page

  

August: the Month of the Panagia - the Summer Pascha

  

August 15th: "The Summer Pascha"

 

  

Homilies on the Dormition 

  

On the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. Dionysius the Areopagite)

  

On the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. Gregory of Tours)

  

First Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. John of Damascus)

  

Second Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. John of Damascus)

  

Third Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. John of Damascus)

  

The Relationship Between Saint John of Damascus and the Theotokos Together With a Sermon on Her Dormition 

 

Encomium on the Dormition of the Holy Theotokos (St. Theodore the Studite)

  

The Relationship Between Saint Gregory Palamas and the Theotokos Together With a Sermon on Her Dormition

 

Homily One on the Dormition of the Mother of God (Archpriest Rodion Putyatin)

 

Homily Two on the Dormition of the Mother of God (Archpriest Rodion Putyatin)

 

On the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary (St. Theophan the Recluse)

 

Reflection on the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. Theophan the Recluse)

 

August: Day 15: Teaching 1: Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos

 

August: Day 15: Teaching 2: Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos
 

Homily One on the Glorious Dormition of the All-Holy Theotokos (St. John of Kronstadt)

 

Homily Two on the Glorious Dormition of the All-Holy Theotokos (St. John of Kronstadt)

Homily Three on the Glorious Dormition of the All-Holy Theotokos (St. John of Kronstadt) 

 

Homily Four on the Glorious Dormition of the All-Holy Theotokos (St. John of Kronstadt) 

 

Homily One on the Dormition of the Theotokos (Righteous Alexei Mechev)

 

Homily Two on the Dormition of the Theotokos (Righteous Alexei Mechev) 

 

Homily One on the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. Luke of Simferopol)

 

Homily Two on the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. Luke of Simferopol)

 

Homily Three on the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. Luke of Simferopol)

 

Homily Four on the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. Luke of Simferopol)

 

God Guides the Humble (St. Nikolai Velimirovich)

 

The Panagia: the Joy of All Christians (Photios Kontoglou) 

 

Homily One on the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos (Archimandrite Kirill Pavlov)

 

Homily Two on the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos (Archimandrite Kirill Pavlov)

  

Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos (Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica)

  

Homily on the All-Revered Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos (Elder Philotheos Zervakos) 

 

Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos (Metr. Augoustinos Kantiotes)

 

“In Falling Asleep You Did Not Abandon the World, O Theotokos" (Metr. Nikodemos of Patras)

 

Homily One on the Dormition of the Theotokos (Archimandrite George Kapsanis)

 

Homily Two on the Dormition of the Theotokos (Archimandrite George Kapsanis)

 

Homily Three on the Dormition of the Theotokos (Archimandrite George Kapsanis)

 

The Mother of God's Fifteen Days of August Has Arrived (Monk Moses the Athonite) 

 

The Divinely Exquisite Fifteenth of August (Monk Moses the Athonite)

  

Our Mom (Metr. Seraphim of Kastoria)

  

"O Daughter of Adam and Mother of God" (Metr. Seraphim of Kastoria)

 

The Theotokophilia of Saint Kosmas the Aitolos (Metr. Jeremiah of Gortynos)

 

A Glorious Dormition: 2021 Pastoral Encyclical for the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

The Theological August: 2022 Pastoral Encyclical for the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

Immortality in Christ: 2023 Pastoral Encyclical for the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

"Holy Virgin Theotokos": 2024 Pastoral Encyclical for the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

The Most Holy Theotokos as a Living Holy Scripture: 2025 Pastoral Encyclical for the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

The Genuine and True Celebration of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

A Commentary on the Theology of the Apolytikion of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

Celebrating Ecclesiastical Festivals in a Godly Way (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos) 

 

The Glory and Honor of our Mother the Panagia (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

The Theotokos and Mother of the Light (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

The Motherhood of the Theotokos (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

Three Ways the Panagia Magnified the Lord (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

The Most Holy Theotokos and Orthodox Tradition (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

The Relationship of the Panagia with Orthodox Ecclesiology (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

  

The Theotokos and the Church (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

The Most Holy Theotokos in the Iconography of the Byzantine Temple (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

The Panagia, the Holy One of the Holies (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafaktos)

 

The Mother of God as "Eye" and "Earth" (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)   

 

The Mother of God as "Sea" and "Mountain" (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)   

  

The Most Exciting Person In History (Metr. Nicholas of Mesogaias)

 

The Six Characteristics of the Panagia as a Model for our Lives (Metr. Nicholas of Mesogaia) 

 

The Dormition of the Mother of Life (Prof. George Mantzaridis)

The Mother of Life and the Mother of Us All

  

The Theotokos: The First Divinized Human Being 

 

 

Liturgical Services of the Dormition

  

The History of the Small Paraklesis (Supplication) Canon to the Theotokos 

 

The History of the Great Paraklesis (Supplication) Canon to the Theotokos 

 

Despair and Hope in the Great Supplication to the Theotokos

  

The Dormition of the Theotokos (Alexandros Papadiamantis)

  

The Thief Who Prayed Daily To the Theotokos

  

The Unique Eight Toned Hymn of the Dormition of the Theotokos

 

The Lamentations of the Dormition of the Theotokos

 

The Annual Lamentations of the Theotokos at the Gerokomeio Monastery in Patras

  

Video: Lamentations and Hymns of the Dormition of the Theotokos 

 

The Lamentations of the Theotokos In Worship

  

The Ceremony of the Lifting of the Panagia

 

  

Miscellany on the Dormition

 

What Humanity Gained Through the Dormition of the Theotokos

 

How Old Was the Theotokos When She Reposed?

 

The Age of the Theotokos at the Time of her Dormition

  

The Panagia and Medicine: The Expectation of a Miracle

  

An Interpretation of the Icon of the Dormition of the Theotokos

 

How the Icon of the Dormition Shows the Mystery of the Church

  

The Icon of the Dormition of the Theotokos as an Icon of the Church (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

  

The Mystery of the Cross in the Icon of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

  

A Strange Scene in the Icon of the Dormition

 

The Vision of the Theotokos Communing the Weary Fathers

 

Approaching the Panagia on a Daily Basis According to Saint Paisios

 

When the Mother of God Sent Aid to Saint Paisios the Athonite

  

Elder Paisios' Favorite Icon of the Panagia

 

Saint Methodios of Byzantium and His Long Beard 

 

Why Catholicism Formulated the Dogma of the Assumption of Mary

  

 

August 15th Celebrations In Greece

  

August 15th Customs and Traditions In Greece

 

August 15th Celebrations in Greece for the Virgin Mary

 

How Six Places in Mainland Greece Celebrate the Dormition on August 15th

  

Panagia Evangelistria of Tinos Resource Page

  

Panagia Fidousa (Snakes of the Panagia) Resource Page

 

The Miracle with the Lilies of the Panagia Gravalliotissa in Pastra, Kefallonia

 

The Monastery of Panagia Agrilion in Sami of Kefallonia, Which Hosted Saint Kosmas Aitolos in 1777 and Lord Byron in 1823 

  

The Miracle of Panagia Malevi for the Young Andrew

 

"The Panagia Came to Life in Her Icon!": Testimony of a Miracle Associated With Panagia Varnakova

 

"I Went and Bought the Biggest Lamp": A Man Recounts a Miracle of the Panagia Varnakova

 

The Litany of Panagia of Tripolitsa in Tripoli

  

Synaxis of the Panagia Voulkaniotissa in Messinia

  

The Panagia Loves the Beauty of Her Monasteries

  

The Monastery of Panagia Kosmosotira in Feres 

  

The Chapel of Panagia Krifti (The Hidden Panagia) 

 

The Veneration of the Panagia on the Island of Santorini

 

Panagia of Mikrokastrou and the Dormition Monastery

  

The Castle of the Panagia in Leros 

 

The Chapel of Panagia Kavouradaina in Leros 

 

Panagia Gourlomata of Leros

 

The Monastery of Panagia Panachrantos in Andros

  

Chapel of Panagia Thalassini in Andros

 

Panagia Myrtidiotissa ("Of the Myrtle Tree") of Kythera

 

Panagia Thalassomahousa of Strofades Monastery

  

The Monastery of Panagia Chrysoleontissa in Aegina

  

The Monastery of Panagia Spiliani in Nisiros 

 

The Chapel of Panagia Makrini in Samos

  

The Monastery of Panagia of "Toso Nero" In Sifnos 

 

Synaxis of Panagia Ypseni in Rhodes

  

The Church of Panagia Prekla in Skiathos

  

Monastery of the Panagia Kyparissiotissa and Saint Hierotheos in Megara  

 

Worshipping Among Stylites!

  

Synaxis of All Saints of Lefkados 

 

 

August 15th Celebrations On Mount Athos

  

The Athonite Island of Kyra Panagia 

 

 

August 15th Celebrations In Cyprus

 

Synaxis of Panagia Trikoukiotissa in Cyprus

 

The Monastery of Panagia Trooditissa in Cyprus

  

 

August 15th Celebrations In Asia Minor

  

Panagia Soumela Resource Page

 

When a Turkish Television Host Investigated Mysterious Foreboding Sounds Coming from an Orthodox Church

 

Greeks Look To Revive Identity on Gökçeada (Imvros)

  

 

August 15th Celebrations In the Holy Land

  

The Feast of the Dormition at the Tomb of Mary in Gethsemane

  

The Dormition of the Theotokos in Gethsemane (photos and videos) 

 

The Miraculous Panagia of Jerusalem Icon 

 

 

August 15th Celebrations In Bulgaria

  

Bulgaria Honors Dormition of Mary

 

  

August 15th Celebrations in Serbia

  

The Miraculous Spring of the Theotokos in Bačko Petrovo Selo   

 

 

August 15th Celebrations In Romania

 

Romania Adds August 15 Among Free Days For Workers 

 

 

August 15th Celebrations In Russia

 

12 Greeks Who Built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves

  

 

August 15th Celebrations In Georgia 

  

Georgian President Pardons 201 Prisoners For the Feast of the Dormition

 

  

August 18 - Panagia Pantanassa (Celebrated this day in Russia)

 

 A Hymn to Panagia Pantanassa By Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi

  

 

August 19 - Donskoy Icon of the Mother of God

  

The Donskoy Icon of the Mother of God

 

August: Day 19: Teaching 1: Feast of the Donskoy Icon of the Mother of God 

 

New Martyrs Museum in Donskoy Monastery 

  

 

August 23 - Apodosis of the Feast of the Dormition

  

Apodosis of the Dormition of the Theotokos Resource Page

  

 

August 31 - The Placement of the Holy Zoni of the Theotokos

  

Holy Zoni (Girdle) of the Theotokos Resource Page