On the Mystery of Our Salvation

Anglican Ascetic · Aug 17, 2025 · 15m

This past Friday was the Feast of the Dormition and Assumption of Mary. Indeed the dormition and assumption of she whose title is Blessed Mary, Ever-Virgin, and she whose title also is Theotokos, which is Greek for “Mother of God,” sometimes translated as “Bearer of God.” It has been a view widely held across the Church both east and west from the early centuries that Mary, at the end of the course of her earthly life, fell asleep in the Lord, and was taken by the Lord into heaven. That she fell asleep in the Lord is what “dormition” means. That she was taken by the Lord into heaven is what…