Dormition of the Theotokos

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Christian feast Marian feast holy day of obligation in some Eastern Catholic Churches liturgical feast

Dormition of the Theotokos is a principal Eastern Christian feast commemorating the Virgin Mary's death, resurrection, and assumption into heaven.

Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Dormition of the Mother of God	3
Assumption of Mary	2
Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos	2
Dormitio Deiparae	1
Dormition of Mary	1
Dormition of the Virgin	1
Falling Asleep of the Theotokos	1
Koimesis of the Theotokos	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian feast ⓘ Marian feast ⓘ holy day of obligation in some Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ liturgical feast ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ surface form: Dormition of the Mother of God Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ surface form: Falling Asleep of the Theotokos Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ surface form: Koimesis of the Theotokos
associatedDoctrine	Mary’s bodily assumption ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ surface form: Theotokos veneration of Mary ⓘ
category	Byzantine Rite feasts ⓘ Christian holy days ⓘ Marian devotions ⓘ
commemorates	assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven ⓘ death of the Virgin Mary ⓘ resurrection of the Virgin Mary ⓘ
date	15 August (Gregorian calendar) in Eastern Orthodox Churches using the Revised Julian calendar ⓘ 15 August (Julian calendar) in Eastern Orthodox Churches using the Julian calendar ⓘ 28 August (Gregorian calendar) in Orthodox Churches following the Julian calendar ⓘ
equivalentFeastInWesternChristianity	Dormition of the Theotokos self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Assumption of Mary
GreekName	Κοίμησις της Θεοτόκου ⓘ
honors	Virgin Mary ⓘ surface form: Mary, the Theotokos Virgin Mary ⓘ surface form: Mother of God
iconographicTheme	Christ holding the soul of Mary depicted as a small child ⓘ Mary lying on a bier surrounded by the apostles ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Greek ⓘ
LatinName	Dormition of the Theotokos self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dormitio Deiparae
liturgicalColor	blue in some Eastern traditions ⓘ white in some Eastern traditions ⓘ
liturgicalSeason	Dormition Fast ⓘ
liturgicalServices	Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom ⓘ surface form: Divine Liturgy Great Vespers ⓘ Matins ⓘ
numberOfGreatFeasts	12 ⓘ
observedBy	Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ surface form: Eastern Catholic Christians Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Christians Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Christians some Western Christians with Eastern traditions ⓘ
preparatoryFastBegins	1 August (Julian calendar) in many Eastern Churches ⓘ
preparatoryFastEnds	15 August (feast day) ⓘ
preparatoryFastLength	14 days ⓘ
principalFigure	Jesus Christ ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ
rankInEasternOrthodoxy	Great Feast in Eastern Christianity ⓘ surface form: Great Feast
tradition	Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ Byzantine Rite ⓘ surface form: Eastern Christian liturgical calendar Eastern Christianity ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dormition of the Theotokos → LatinName → Dormition of the Theotokos self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dormitio Deiparae

Dormition of the Theotokos → alsoKnownAs → Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Koimesis of the Theotokos

Dormition of the Theotokos → alsoKnownAs → Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Falling Asleep of the Theotokos

Dormition of the Theotokos → alsoKnownAs → Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dormition of the Mother of God

Virgin Mary → associatedWithDoctrine → Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assumption of Mary

Belarusian Orthodox communities → celebrate → Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ

Dormition Fast → commemorates → Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ

Daphni Monastery → dedicatedTo → Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dormition of the Virgin

Dormition Cathedral → dedicatedTo → Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ

Gračanica Monastery → dedicatedTo → Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ

Iviron Monastery → dedicatedTo → Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ

Putna Monastery → dedicatedTo → Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dormition of the Mother of God

Dormition of the Theotokos → equivalentFeastInWesternChristianity → Dormition of the Theotokos self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assumption of Mary

Assumption of Mary → hasAlternativeName → Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dormition of the Mother of God

Assumption of Mary → hasAlternativeName → Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dormition of Mary

Russian Orthodox Church → hasFeast → Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ

Assumption of Mary → hasLiturgicalNameInByzantineRite → Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ

Eastern Christianity → hasMajorFeast → Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ

Great Feast in Eastern Christianity → includes → Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos

Jordanian Arab Orthodox → mainFeasts → Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ

Eastern Orthodox Christianity → majorFeast → Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ

Georgian Orthodox Church → majorFeast → Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ

Greek Orthodox Church → majorFeast → Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ

Antiochian Orthodox Church → observesFeast → Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America → observesFeast → Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ

Orthodox Church of Cyprus → observesFeast → Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ

Dormition Fast → precedesFeast → Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos