You are right, She is not God, but she is the Holy Theotokos, the Panagia! The Troparion and Kontakion of the Orthodox Liturgy for the Dormition of the Holy Theotokos says it well:
Troparion (Tone 1)
In giving birth, you preserved your virginity!
In falling asleep you did not forsake the world, O Theotokos!
You were translated to life, O Mother of Life,
And by your prayers you deliver our souls from death!
Kontakion (Tone 2)
Neither the tomb, nor death, could hold the Theotokos,
Who is constant in prayer and our firm hope in her intercessions.
For being the Mother of Life,
She was translated to life by the One who dwelt in her virginal womb!
This is what The Church, at Rome and in the East has always and everywhere believed. Anything else is heresy!
"This is what The Church, at Rome and in the East has always and everywhere believed. Anything else is heresy!"
Amen! I pray that no modernist ever gets his hands on the beautiful prayers of your liturgy.
Ahhhhh ... you and I travel the same path! Though Roman Catholic, I attend the Maronite Catholic Divine Liturgy.
[PRIEST]: O Mother of God, we see the best of speakers become as mute as fish in your regard, for they could not explain how you could give birth while remaining a virgin. As for us, while marveling at the mystery, we cry out to you with faith:
Hail, O Container of God's Wisdom!
Hail, O Treasury of His Providence!
Hail, O Reproof of foolish philosophers!
Hail, O Confusion of speechless wise men!
Hail, for you perplexed the inquisitive minds!
Hail, for you dried up the inventors of myths!
Hail, for you ripped the Athenians' meshes!
Hail, for you filled the Fishermen's nets!
Hail, O Retriever from the Abyss of Ignorance!
Hail, O Lamplight of Knowledge to many!
Hail, O Ship for those who seek Salvation!
Hail, O Harbor for the Sailors of Life!
Hail, O Bride and Maiden ever-pure!
[RESPONSE]: Hail, O Bride and Maiden ever-pure!
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