our love boat is our love boat, father is our love boat. dear brothers and sisters, today

the great twelfth feast is celebrated. the dormition of our most holy lady theotokos and the ever-virgin mary on this day, we remember the end of the earthly life of the most holy theotokos . holy scripture tells us nothing about this event, but the days preceding it in the life of the mother of god. however, the sacred tradition of the church. there is information about how it happened. all the years after the crucifixion of the resurrection and the ascension of jesus christ the blessed virgin spent most of her time in jerusalem preaching the lord along with the apostles, well , the time has come for her earthly death. once, during a prayer, the virgin mary saw the archangel gabriel , who had previously announced to her great joy that she was destined to become the mother of the savior of the world. this time the news was different after 3 days

her soul left the body. the virgin mary was very happy. after all, she was expecting a meeting with someone whom she loved much more than life, she had been preparing for this event all her life, three days later in the house of the apostle john where the most pure mary lived, the other apostles also gathered. the lord did a wonderful job. so they all returned to this day from distant lands, where christ was preached, there was not only the apostle thomas the apostles, and the closest disciples of christ witnessed the blessed death of the blessed virgin, christ himself , surrounded by many angels, appeared to receive the soul of his most pure mother and raise her to paradise. the apostles decided

to bury her body in gethsemane, where the tomb of the lord was located and where the parents of the virgin mary and joseph the betrothed were buried, accompanying the coffin the apostles and other inhabitants of jerusalem brought in the sanctuaries and the pellet of salma, in accordance with the tradition of that time. on the third day of the tomb of the mother of god, the apostle thomas arrived , so providentially it was arranged, the entrance to the cave was opened. he wanted to say goodbye to the mother of god, but the body of the mother of god was not there on the same day, having gathered for a common tropez, the apostles saw the blessed virgin walking through the air with many angels. she addressed them with the words rejoice, now i am always with you. and

here is this event or lol in the foundation of the institution the special blessing of the service stepfather, which is performed in large monasteries and is called the rite of opanagia, that is, the rite dedicated to the most holy virgin of the theotokos and just the memories of her established the very name of the holiday. dormition reflects the christian attitude towards death. death is not the end of our existence, but a temporary state. like a dream. after all, it is from this word that the name “departed” comes, a tired person leaves the world for a while, in order to return to life again after the general resurrection. the gospel tells of several in cases when christ resurrected the dead and he called death precisely dormition or sleep, the maiden did not die, but sleeps,

the savior said about the dead daughter of the head of the synagogue, jairus and lazarus, who fell ill and died. so he said, our friend lazar fell asleep, but i 'm going to wake him up. outside pascha, a hymn of the flesh sounds asleep in the temple and, oh, commerce, it is dedicated to the savior of the world, and here , well, the death of christ himself is likened . so the feast of the assumption of the most holy theotokos is popularly called the small easter, as christ woke up from his mortal sleep on the third day and resurrected bodily, so the assumption of the virgin turned out to be just a short-term dream. christ called her from death to eternal life, and on the third day of the apostles they were convinced that she was not just alive, but now she is with us

always and everywhere comforting and supporting us on the path to christ using the example of the mother of god, we are convinced that the sunday of christ really became a victory above death for all who are in fellowship with him and try to follow his commandments. that is why the feast of the assumption has a deep theological the resurrection of the lord jesus christ and mortals filled with meaning not only human life itself, but even death from now on . death is not the tragic end of life, but the beginning of a new stage of eternal life, for any truly important and difficult task , skill and time are required. this is also true for the spiritual life of a christian. therefore , it is important for every person from time to time to stop amid the storm of worldly cares

to think about god and pray to him, because the years of a person’s earthly life are running forward and the transition of eternity is approaching. so why not small steps do not prepare their souls for eternity right now, when there is both health and strength. they can be directed in the right direction. church practice often comes across such cases when people come to a priest and ask to confess and commune a sick person. they say that this is his first confession, communion, which he nevertheless agreed to start on the slope of his life. but when the priest comes to this person, he discovers that the sick person , due to his condition, can no longer talk to the priest's questions. hardly can answer with a nod of the head?

of course, in this case, the sacraments can be performed, they are performed, as a rule , the lord is the successor of the penitent, but one can hardly speak of a deep spiritual life, knowledge of the gospel, teaching prayer about these spiritual acquisitions that a person made during his life for all this person, there is simply no time anymore. and now the departure of eternity has already come. and all he can do is use his last strength to throw his head a sign of his repentance. so why put off preparing for the most important thing ? it is much better for an event for some indefinite time, like the most holy theotokos , to be with god all the days of her life and act according to his commandments, then we will come to eternity with spiritual readiness to meet

our savior. and we can remember that many holy ascetics. put on yourself great labors and deeds, in order to become better to please god, in their declining years they were worried that they had done little, it could be more like an athlete. participating in the competition gives all the best shows a good result, but still in at the end they regret that the result could have been better. a little sorry for myself a little late started the breakthrough. dear brothers and sisters. assumption of the blessed virgin on one side. this event is the parting of the mother of god with christians living on earth, but on the other hand. this is the clearest evidence of the christian attitude towards death, having passed into eternity. and leading into the kingdom of heaven, the virgin of the seas not only did not leave the earthly church,

but in all the ages of her existence she has been an intercessor , intercessor and helper for every christian who goes through his earthly path. you will remember this daily, turning prayers to the queen of heaven. try to instill virtues in your heart to become spiritually purer and stronger, after all, if we ask for help from a criminal, then we ourselves must work diligently in our spiritual life. the most holy theotokos help us with the holiday. good

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