Orthodox calendar: September 5 – Commemoration of the Feast of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Marytranslated

14th Week after Pentecost.

Today, September 5, 2026, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Feast of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary and honors the memory of the martyr. Luppa (c. 306); sschmch. Irinea, bishop Lionsky (202); prpp. Eutyche (c. 540) and Florence (547); St. Callinicus, Patriarch of Constantinople (705); sschmchch. Ephraim, ep. Selenginsky, John the Presbyter and Martyr. Nicholas (1918); sschmchch. Paul and John the Elders (1937).

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Giving is called the last day of the after-feast of the twelve and great feasts that last many days (the great non-twelfth feasts have no after-feast and no giving). In Orthodox liturgics, it is accompanied by no less celebrations than the day of the holiday itself.

What sacred meaning does this church action carry, another name of which - apodosis - is translated from Greek as “return”? The tradition of celebrating the most famous and important events of Christian life for several days came into New Testament worship from the Old Testament - in the Pentateuch of Moses, the Lord says to Israel: “...for seven days you offer a sacrifice to the Lord; On the eighth day you shall have a sacred assembly, and you shall offer a sacrifice to the Lord: this is the giving of the feast,...