August 14 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 16
Mosaic of the Koimesis, (Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora).
Icon of the Dormition of the Theotokos (El Greco, 16th century).
Dormition of the Theotokos Semigorodnyaya.
Outdoor procession of the Epitaphios of the Theotokos, Toronto (2007).
The Dormition of the Mother of God is a Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches. It celebrates the "falling asleep" of Mary the Theotokos, and her being t
August 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
…For August 15, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the saints listed on August 2. The Dormition of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary. Martyr Tarcisius, at Rome, seized by a heathen mob and preferred to die rather than expose…
The Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin by Elias Moskos circa 1679
The Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin by Fra Angelico circa 1434
Icon of the Dormition by Theophan the Greek, 1392. The Theotokos is depicted lying on a bier, surrounded by the Twelve Apostles. At center, Jesus Christ is shown in a mandorla, swaddling the soul of the Virgin Mary (a red seraph is shown above his head). To either side of him are depicted the Hieromartyrs Dionysius the Areopagite and Ignatius the God-Bearer who, according to tradition, are responsible for transmitting the account of the dormition.