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The Word August 2010
“And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them”
THE DORMITION [THE FALLING ASLEEP - THE ASSUMPTION] OF THE MOST-HOLY BIRTH-GIVER OF GOD
The Lord Who, on Mt. Sinai, commanded by His Fifth Commandment: "Honor your father and your mother" (Exodus 20:12), showed by His own
example how one should respect one's parent. Hanging on the Cross in agony, He remembered His mother and indicating to the Apostle John,
said to her: "Woman behold your son" (St. John 19:26). After that, He said to John: "Behold your mother" (St. John 19:27). And so providing for His
mother, He breathed His last. John had a home on Zion in Jerusalem in which the Theotokos settled and remained there to live out the end of
her days on earth. By her prayers, gentle counsels, meekness and patience, she greatly assisted the apostles of her Son. Primarily, she spent
her entire time in Jerusalem often visiting those places which reminded her of the great events and of the great works of her Son. She especially
visited Golgotha, Bethlehem and the Mount of Olives. Of her distant journeys, her visit to St. Ignatius the Theophorus [God-bearer] in Antioch is
mentioned, as well as her visit to Lazarus (whom our Lord resurrected on the fourth day), the Bishop of Cyprus, her visit to the Holy Mountain
[Athos] which she blessed and her stay in Ephesus with St. John the Evangelist [The Theologian] during the time of the great persecution of
Christians in Jerusalem. In her old age, she often prayed to the Lord and her God on the Mount of Olives, the site of His Ascension, that He take
her from this world as soon as possible. On one occasion, the Archangel Gabriel appeared to her and revealed to her that within three days she
will find repose. The angel gave her a palm-branch to be carried at the time of her funeral procession. She returned to her home with great joy,
desiring in her heart once more to see in this life, all of the apostles of Christ. The Lord fulfilled her wish and all of the apostles, borne by angels
in the clouds, gathered at the same time at the home of John on Zion. With great rejoicing, she saw the holy apostles, encouraged them,
counseled them and comforted them. Following that, she peacefully gave up her soul to God without any pain or physical illness.
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