Dormition of the Mother of God

In birth, you preserved your virginity; 

in death, you did not abandon the world, O Theotokos. 

As mother of life, you departed to the source of life, 

delivering our souls from death by your intercessions.

~ here.

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We celebrated the Feast of the Dormition on Friday

and our priest blessed flowers,

of which we have some at home,

on our table.

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So beautiful.

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I love that this Feast is so much about how in 

dying the Mother of God became nearer to us,

not abandoning the world.