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SUMMARY:Assumption of the Virgin Mary
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DESCRIPTION:On 15 August\, Christians celebrate the Feast of the Assum
 ption of Mary into Heaven. In Eastern traditions\, the actual feast da
 y is preceded by a fast. It is assumed that the Christian feast was se
 t on 15 August in the 5th century to transform a pagan day of remembra
 nce into a Christian one\, on which the Romans celebrated their victor
 ies in the Roman civil war for three days from 29 BC under the name fe
 riae Augustae. The New Testament writings do not mention the Assumptio
 n of the Mother of God into heaven. However\, a passage in the Book of
  Revelation is sometimes seen as a reference to such a tradition\, whe
 re a woman appears in the sky ‘clothed with the sun’ and wearing a
  crown of twelve stars on her head’. She gave birth to a son who ‘
 will rule over all nations with an iron scepter.’ Given this uncerta
 in testimony\, the Byzantine Orthodox liturgy also refers to apocrypha
 l writings such as the Transitus Mariae\, in which it is reported how 
 Mary dies and is laid in the tomb\, while her resurrected son takes he
 r soul with him to heaven before it is established on the third day th
 at her ‘blameless and honorable body had also been brought to paradi
 se’. The scene of the ‘Dormition’ (koimēsis) of the Mother of G
 od is a popular motif in Eastern iconography. In the Roman rite\, the 
 day is particularly emphasized by the fact that Pope Pius XII († 195
 8) formulated the doctrine of Mary&#8217\;s bodily assumption into hea
 ven in 1950. The consecration of herbs that often accompany the feast 
 in Catholic parishes also seems to be based on apocryphal traditions\,
  according to which fragrant herbs were found in Mary&#8217\;s tomb wh
 en it was opened. In the Armenian and Byzantine Orthodox churches\, ho
 wever\, it is not herbs that are blessed\, but grapes. The church year
  in the Orthodox churches of the Byzantine tradition ends on 1 Septemb
 er with the post-celebration of the feast.
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