Dormition of the Theotokos The Twelve Great Feasts with the upward sweep of

with the upward sweep of the rocks and trees to the bright colors of the elder’s robes and garments laid beneath the colt’s hoofs

Elisabeth began practicing her faith again at the age of 32

leaving a treasure of mystical and spiritual work that continues to be mined to this day

Japan and Malabar

Dormition of the Theotokos The Twelve Great Feasts with the upward sweep ofAugust 15th The Dormition, or Falling Asleep, of the Theotokos commemorates the death of the Virgin in the home of St. John the Evangelist, to whom she was given by Jesus from the Cross. For centuries it was believed the Virgin and St. John lived in Ephesus but contemporary biblical scholarship points to Jerusalem. The Theotokos, lying in the sleep of death on a bier, is surrounded by the grieving apostles as well as the holy women and early bishops