Everything ready for today's Feast of the Dormition of Mary at the Dormition Abbey on Mt. Zion in Jerusalem.
Happy Feast to Catholics and others who celebrate today.
(Orthodox Dormition on the Old Calendar comes on August 28.)
Please see more about the Dormition (aka Assumption) in my earlier post and also here.
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And to us Jews, Shabbat shalom.
Something for everybody today. :)
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Update: Sr. Dr. Vassa Larin just wrote a moving Reflection about Mary.
A few paragraphs, called "A Mystifying Beauty," -- worth your while.
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Those chalices look exquisite.
ReplyDeleteHels, like what we term "hidur mitsvah," I think.
ReplyDeleteIn Poland is a public holiday Assumption of Mary and The Day of Polish Army
ReplyDeleteQuite intricate chalices.
ReplyDeleteThe assumption of Mary is interesting, if only because there's so much emotional investment in an event that's not even in the NT. Beautiful cups :)
ReplyDeleteWe have a Dormition church, but it is a chapel inside a cemetery...
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize that's what it means. Should have known. Must be a Latin thing, hence dormitory?
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