The Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God stands on Vasilyevsky Island in ST. PETERSBURG
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The Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God stands on Vasilyevsky Island in ST. PETERSBURG

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Hans Leonhard SchĂ€ufelein (German, 1480â1540) The Dormition of the Virgin (ca. 1510)

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The Dormition: Song of the Depths
This year the Great Feast of the Dormition unfolds under a sky with the Moon exalted in Taurus; the lunar current is strong, clothed in the earth. In her exaltation, she mirrors the role of Mary as the sacred container of the Light of the Logos, the Speculum Iustitiae in which Divine justice reflects without distortion. To address the Dormition under such a sign is to contemplate the perfect rest of a body that has completed its course, the silencing of all motion so that the soul may ascend. The ancient image is of the vessel being set down, emptied of breath and, nevertheless, filled with glory.
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The Vision of Alypius by Vasily Raev (1848).
Depicted is Alypius of the Caves, 11th century iconographer who painted with the help of God and His angels, one of whom is shown here to be making the Dormition of the Mother of God icon (identical to the Assumption of Mary in Catholicism) as the monastic bears witness; a man so pious that upon his death, his hand was found making the Sign of the Cross in rigor mortis.
The assumption motif is very powerful. I love the description of Enoch who is said to have "walked with God: and he was no more; for God took him". One step still on Earth, the next one in Heaven. God so loves His faithful He would not even suffer their bodies to forever mingle with the world. So it was with our Virgin Mother, whose assumption we celebrate today.
15 aoĂ»t : l'Assomption, ancienne fĂȘte nationale de la France
LâAssomption est une fĂȘte mariale du calendrier liturgique des catholiques mais ce fut aussi une fĂȘte nationale.
En France, le 15 aoĂ»t est devenue la fĂȘte nationale en 1638, suite Ă un vĆu de Louis XIII et le demeurera jusquâen 1830 (exception faite de la pĂ©riode rĂ©volutionnaire). Pour sâapproprier cette tradition, NapolĂ©on Ier nâa pas hĂ©sitĂ© Ă instaurer en 1806 une Saint-NapolĂ©on (qui nâexiste pas dans le martyrologue du Vatican) et Ă la placer le 15 aoĂ»t. Lâobjectif Ă©tait dâorienter cette fĂȘte sur le culte sa personne, par chance, NapolĂ©on Bonaparte Ă©tait nĂ©... un 15 aoĂ»t de 1769.
Sous Louis-Philippe, on célébrait les Journées des 27, 28 et 29 juillet, ainsi que la Saint-Philippe (1er mai).
Le Second Empire rĂ©tablit le culte de la Saint-NapolĂ©on, le 15 aoĂ»t. Ce sera Ă nouveau la fĂȘte nationale de la France, jusquâen 1869. Aujourdâhui, seule la ville dâAjaccio continue Ă cĂ©lĂ©brer, ce jour-lĂ , lâenfant du pays. En 1880, la fĂȘte nationale a Ă©tĂ© placĂ©e le 14 juillet, elle demeure Ă cette date.
Du point de vu religieux, câest la principale fĂȘte mariale du calendrier liturgique catholique aussi bien quâorthodoxe (ces derniers parlent de Dormition plutĂŽt que dâAssomption). Processions, mĂ©ditations, rassemblements, messes vont se succĂ©der en France oĂč lâon ne compte pas moins dâun sanctuaire marial par diocĂšse. LâAssomption cĂ©lĂšbre tout Ă la fois la mort, la rĂ©surrection, lâentrĂ©e au ciel et le couronnement de la Vierge. CĂ©lĂ©brĂ©e dĂšs le IVe siĂšcle Ă Antioche puis, le siĂšcle suivant, en Palestine, la fĂȘte de lâAssomption a Ă©tĂ© fixĂ©e au 15 aoĂ»t par lâempereur byzantin Maurice (582-603). En 813, cette date a Ă©tĂ© adoptĂ©e par lâEmpire de Charlemagne. Mais, ce nâest quâen 1950 quâelle deviendra un dogme dans lâĂglise catholique de Rome alors quâil nây a pas de base scripturaire lâattestant. Cette fĂȘte ne repose, en fait, que sur la tradition populaire. Dâailleurs, les calvinistes et les luthĂ©riens rejettent ce dogme. Quant aux mĂ©thodistes, ils ne vouent aucun culte Ă la Vierge.
Un article de l'Almanach international des éditions BiblioMonde