The Dormition fast begins on the feast of the “Procession of the Wood of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord.” Icon of the Veneration of the Cross. Novgorod. (Preserved in the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

Fifteenth of August today, with Orthodoxy celebrating with devoutness the Dormition Of Our Lady. Crowds of people are expected at Panagia Soumela again this year, with the Divine Liturgy - despite ...