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by Father Stavros N. Akrotirianakis Like the Orthodox, liturgical Christian churches in the West observe a period called Advent, which is a time of preparation

In the 1940s, Maria Von Trapp and her famous singing family escaped the Nazis and landed in America. In Around the Year with the Trapp

The pagan Roman emperors tried to completely eradicate from human memory the holy places where our Lord Jesus Christ suffered and was resurrected for mankind.

The Feast commemorates the repose or “falling-asleep” and resurrection of the Mother of Jesus Christ.

The blessing of grapes as well as other fruits and vegetables on this day is a beautiful sign of the final transfiguration of all things in Christ.

“Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

A sermon by Father Matthew Stagon “Father,” someone once asked their priest, “I have a difficult time observing the Dormition Fast. What should I do?”

On a single day we commemorate the memory of the sufferings of both these apostles, though they suffered on separate days; but by the spirit and the closeness of their suffering they constitute one.