Hram Uspenja Presvete Bogorodice

Beautiful harmonies of the choir with the girls and the priest!

The Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, the mediator of our salvation, lived long after the Ascension of her Son. While he was dying on the cross, her Son, Jesus Christ, handed her over to St. John the Theologian for safekeeping. In his home, in Zion, she lived in constant prayer, waiting for the day when she would go to her Son. She often visited all those places, which were reminiscent of the great events and great deeds of her Son. With her prayers, advice, meekness and patience, she helped the holy apostles to spread the word of God. She spent the longest time in prayer on the Mount of Olives, praying to God to take her to himself as soon as possible. And so, once while she was praying, the archangel Gabriel appeared to her and told her that she would rest in three days, which made her very happy. She wished to see all the apostles once more before her death, and her wish would be fulfilled. Carried by the wings of angels and on the clouds, all the apostles gathered to thank this Mother of Mothers, the Most Holy Mother of God, for the last time. Saying goodbye to them, she surrendered her spirit to God. The coffin with her holy relics, accompanied by a multitude of Christians, was transferred to the Garden of Gethsemane, to the tomb of her parents, Saints Joachim and Anna. As they carried it through the city, a faint scent was constantly emanating from it. One of the Jewish priests dared to reach the coffin with his hands, but at that moment both his hands fell off, so he believed in Christ and they came back to him ...

"Here, today we are celebrating the first holiday, brothers and sisters, we are celebrating the second Easter. On the first Easter, Christ was resurrected. And today is the second Easter, the Easter of the Most Holy Mother of God, Who was taken up to Heaven with her body. " Venerable Justin Celijski With these words, the Venerable Justin Celijski begins his sermon on the great feast of the Assumption, as it is known among the people, ie the feast of the Assumption - the Assumption - of the repose of the Most Holy Mother of God or the Assumption, as it was popularly called. In addition to the miraculous Person of Christ, who with his masterpiece of salvation of our race rejoiced the entire cosmos and all creation with eternal joy, in the heaven of the Church of God, in the Kingdom of Heaven shines the miraculous image and personality of the Most Holy Mother of God. She is the most direct participant in the miraculous incarnation of Christ Jesus and an even more miraculous part of the deification of people, that is, human nature. The miraculous image of the Most Holy Mother of God shines especially and with its radiant rays makes the Christian souls happy on this great and glorious holiday of her repose and ascension to Heaven. Since she pleased God perfectly, the Immaculate Virgin Mary, in addition to being honored with the announced part of being called the Mother of God, was also honored with a resurrection of the body and ascension to Heaven in the Kingdom of Heaven with her beloved Son and Lord Christ Jesus. It is precisely that glorious miracle that is celebrated on today's holiday, not only the holy repose of the Mother of God, which was announced a few days before her by the Holy Archangel God Gabriel, but also her miraculous ascension to heaven, which happened three days after her funeral. . Since the Archangel announced the repose of the Most Holy, by the power of God the holy apostles were brought from all over the world, where they preached the holy sermon, to the city of Jerusalem, where the Mother of God resided and was cared for by St. John the Theologian. All the apostles came to say goodbye to the Most Holy Mother of God, except the holy apostle Thomas, who was late by God's special providence. He came only on the third day after the presentation of the Mother of God, and the apostles opened her grave to him to pay homage to her and pay homage to her. But, then, it became obvious to everyone that the Mother of God was ascended, because her body was not in the grave in which she was laid. The verses dedicated to this joyful holiday especially emphasize the fact and the great truth of the Church, which she testifies to in prayer, and that is that the Blessed Virgin did not leave the human race by her ascension to Heaven, but remained the most earnest prayer for him and the most direct participant in the work of God. the salvation of the human race. That great truth, attested by the innumerable miracles and graces of God poured out on our family, and prayed by the Most Holy Mother of God, is the greatest joy that the Church celebrates on this holiday. Therefore, in the words of Father Justin: “May She mediate between us and Her Divine Son, and bestow the Divine powers necessary for pious life in this world (2 Peter 1:23), and for Eternal Life in the other world. And our life here on earth begins to continue through all the centuries. May the Most Holy Mother of God lead and guide us all our lives, and lead us out of this world, and lead us into that world, into the Kingdom, into the Eternal Kingdom of Her Son, so that we unworthy may glorify the Wonderful Son of Her Lord and God and Savior Christ , and always have her as your Leader in all worlds and lives. Amen ... "

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And this religious institution has itself labeled five stars. I did not visit her, but from my window I was watching