The Mother of God, humble and discreet, is always present among Christians, explains PS Mihailtranslated

"Although the Mother of God throughout her life was humble, she was not absent," Romanian Orthodox Bishop Michael of Australia and New Zealand said on Saturday at St. Mary's Parish in Sydney, Australia.

"Just as the Ascension of the Lord was not and did not remain an absence from the midst of the Church, so also the passage of the Mother of God from this life to eternity was not a lack", explained the hierarch, recalling a verse from the feast's troparion: "In birth you guarded the virginity, in sleep you did not leave the world".

It teaches us to do God's will After the Liturgy of the Assumption celebrated on Saturday, August 15, 2026, at St. Mary's Parish in Sydney, Australia. Photo: Diocese of Australia and New Zealand The Reverend Father Michael recalled that the Savior Jesus Christ, at the request of His Mother, performed the first miracle in Cana of Galilee - before the time planned from eternity for the beginning of His preaching. Then the Mother of God urged those around them to do everything He would tell them.

"And with this word he tells us to do what the Savior Jesus Christ teaches us in the Gospel. So the whole life of the Mother of God is defined by humility and...