Noun
celebration in the Eastern Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Assumption in the Roman Catholic Church and is also celebrated on August 15th
Source: WordNetAnother frothy Baroque church, dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos, was destroyed in 1934 and rebuilt in the 1990s. Source: Internet
See John Damascene, On the Holy and Glorious Dormition and Transformation of Our Lady Mary, Mother of God and Ever-Virgin by Our Holy Father John, Monk of Damascus and Son of Mansour. Source: Internet
Elizabeth crowned herself Empress in the Dormition Cathedral on 25 April 1742. Source: Internet
The Dormition Fast lasts for two weeks from August 1 to August 14 in preparation for the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos ( August 15 ). Source: Internet
The earliest surviving portrait of Tamar from the church of the Dormition at Vardzia, c. 1184–1186. Source: Internet