“the Mother of God received with joy the news of her departure from earthly life and then fell asleep in the Lord
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“The Mother of God falls asleep, but death cannot hold her.
“Although the Mother of God was humble throughout her life, she was not absent. Just as the Ascension of the Lord did not mean, and did not remain, an absence from the midst of the Church, so too the passing of the Mother of God from this life into eternity did not result in an absence
“We learn many things from the discreet way in which the Mother of God lived her life, but through her Dormition, the Church teaches us that, although she has departed, she has nevertheless not abandoned us
“Although the Mother of God passes through death and is then taken up to heaven in body as well as in soul, she remains forever present in the world through her prayers
“The Mother of God shows us this preparation. She said yes to God at the Annunciation. She remained with Christ throughout her life. She stood beside Him at the Cross. She prayed together with the Apostles. And at the end, she passed over to Him
“the Dormition calls every Orthodox Christian to prepare for the passage from earthly life to heavenly life
“that the Mother of God could have chosen not to die and could have been taken bodily into heaven by her Son
“The Mother of God remains present in the world through her prayers even after her Dormition and translation to heaven