“that the Mother of God could have chosen not to die and could have been taken bodily into heaven by her Son
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“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 unique place of the Mother of God in the history of salvation, since it was from her body that the Son of God took His human flesh
“But if her Son, God Himself, died, was buried and rose again, she too chose to die, like all of us, and to be laid in the tomb. Yet the tomb could not contain 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
“the Mother of God received with joy the news of her departure from earthly life and then fell asleep in the Lord
“the Dormition should not be understood simply as the conclusion of the earthly life of the Mother of God.
“The Holy Fathers who spoke about the Dormition of the Mother of God did not try to conceal the reality of death. On the contrary, it was precisely in her death that they saw the power of Christ’s Resurrection revealed.
“What does the Orthodox Church officially teach about the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary? Was she taken bodily into Heaven or was she not?