Saint Gregory the Palamas: Theotokos is the place of all graces and full of all goodnesstranslated

"...If the death of the faithful is honorable and the memory of the righteous is accompanied by praises, how much more the memory of the holy of holies, through which all holiness comes to the saints, that is, the memory of the Immortal and Theomitor, we must perform it with the greatest euphemias.

This is what we do by celebrating the anniversary of her holy sleep or transmigration, which although in this she is a little inferior to the angels, yet she surpassed to an incomparable degree both the angels and the archangels and all supernatural powers because of her closeness to God and because of the miracles written and performed in her from long ago.

Her death is life-giving, passing into heavenly and immortal life, and the memory of this is a joyous feast and a universal celebration, which not only renews the memory of the wonders of Theomitoros, but also adds the common and paradoxical gathering of the holy Apostles from every part of the earth for her solemn funeral, with heavenly hymns, with the angelic stewardships and choirs and functions for her.

The Apostles exhort, follow, cooperate, repel, defend, and cooperate with all might with those who praise the…