The Dormition of the Mother of God (Greek: Κοίμησις Θεοτόκου, Koímēsis Theotokou often anglicized as Kimisis, Slavonic: Успение Пресвятыя Богородицы, Uspenie Presvetia Bogoroditsi) is a Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches which commemorates the "falling asleep" or death of Mary, the mother of Jesus (literally translated as God-bearer), and her bodily resurrection before being taken up into heaven. It is celebrated on August 15 (August 28, N.S. for those following the Julian Calendar) as the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God. The Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates the Dormition not on a fixed date, but on the Sunday nearest August 15.
The Dormition of the Virgin, El Greco
The Entombment of Mary, Giotto di Bondone
The Dormition of the Virgin, Fra Angelico
The Death of Mary, Conrad von Soest
Death of Mary, Michelangelo Caravaggio
Death of Mary , detail, Michelangelo Caravaggio
The Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin. Gerolamo da Vicenza
The Death of Mary. Andrea Mantegna
The Death of Mary , detail. Andrea Mantegna
Death of the Virgin. Michelangelo Unterberger
Frescoes in the Oratory of St. Benedict : Death of the Virgin. Domenico Beccafumi
Death of the Virgin, Benedetto Veli
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