Dormition of the Theotokos The Twelve Great Feasts Sheen was a popular preacher

Sheen was a popular preacher

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Dormition of the Theotokos The Twelve Great Feasts Sheen was a popular preacherAugust 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