“Vigil Divine Liturgy, August 15 * THE DORMITION OF THE THEOTOKOS AND EVER-VIRGIN MARY – Tradition relates that the Mother of God died in Jerusalem, after a visit with all of Christ’s apostles. They carried her coffin to the Garden of Gethsemane where it was placed into a tomb. The apostle Thomas came late, and asked that the tomb might be opened so that he could reverence her body. When opened, the tomb was found empty except for the winding sheet.” – Metropolitan Cantor Institute Dormition Vigil DL.
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