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Russian Orthodox Christians will celebrate the Dormition of the Virgin Mary on August 28, RIA Novosti reported.
This festival is to commemorate the Dormition of the Virgin Mary. According to legend, the apostles who were preaching in different countries gathered here at that time. JerusalemFarewell and burial of the Virgin Mary.
On the eve of the Dormition, clergy in Orthodox churches wear blue robes, the color of the Virgin, and hold an all-night vigil and a liturgy during the day. After the ceremony, a religious procession is held around the temple. Afterwards, bread is offered with newly harvested grain.
The Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary is one of the 12 most important festivals of the Eastern Orthodox Church after Easter. It is an immovable feast of the twelve church festivals, that is, it always falls on the same day. Every year, the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated after the Dormition fast.
In Catholicism, August 15 is a similar holiday – the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.
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