“their story illustrates that death is like sleep, from which the faithful will awaken at the Last Judgment.
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“Christ Himself called death sleep. Before raising the daughter of Jairus, He says: She is not dead, but sleeping.
“For a Christian, death is not annihilation, describing it as a passage from time into eternity. Even amid grief, the light of the Resurrection remains burning.
“The Dormition is not the end; it is a passage into the fullness of life in Christ,
“Our faith is that, like the Mother of God, by being filled with Christ and receiving God within us, we pass from death to life.
“the faithful call upon the Mother of God to intercede for them at the hour of death and on the Day of Judgment
“the Dormition is not simply a translation to heaven, but a passage from earthly, perishable life to an incorruptible existence
“the Dormition calls every Orthodox Christian to prepare for the passage from earthly life to heavenly life