“In every prayer, in every Divine Liturgy, all the saints – both those who are alive and those who have fallen asleep in the Lord – are gathered together. Therefore, whoever prays with all their heart truly feels that all those whom they love are with them, even if they have passed into eternity.
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“You reveal yourselves as a community that carries in your hearts all those who have remained at home or are in various other places. For you do not pray only for yourselves, but for your families, the communities from which you come, our region, our country and the whole world.
“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 Dormition calls every Orthodox Christian to prepare for the passage from earthly life to heavenly life
“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,
“while death ordinarily brings sorrow, the Church celebrates the Dormition with joy because the Mother of God, having been translated to heaven, continues to intercede with her Son for all humanity
“The Mother of God remains present in the world through her prayers even after her Dormition and translation to heaven
“in the Church everyone – from the highest hierarchical ministry to the layperson – is united by the love of Christ, and that each person is a bearer of the grace of the Holy Spirit, which does not dwell in a person automatically but is given in response to a pious life.
“Even today, the Panagia is among us. She hears our prayers, listens to the pain of our souls and receives everything that our hearts wish to entrust to her, but which human words are often unable to express.