[CATHOLIC/ORTHODOX CAUCUS] 2nd Joyful Mystery: The Visitation (Patristic Rosary)
[CATHOLIC/ORTHODOX CAUCUS] 3rd Joyful Mystery: The Nativity (Patristic Rosary)
[CATHOLIC/ORTHODOX CAUCUS] 4th Joyful Mystery: The Presentation (Patristic Rosary)
[CATHOLIC/ORTHODOX CAUCUS] 5th Joyful Mystery: The Finding in the Temple (Patristic Rosary)
[CATHOLIC/ORTHODOX CAUCUS] 1st Luminous Mystery: Baptism of Jesus by John (Patristic Rosary)
[CATHOLIC/ORTHODOX CAUCUS] 2nd Luminous Mystery: The Wedding at Cana (Patristic Rosary)
[CATHOLIC/ORTHODOX CAUCUS] 3rd Luminous Mystery: Proclamation of the Kingdom (Patristic Rosary)
[CATHOLIC/ORTHODOX CAUCUS] 4th Luminous Mystery: The Transfiguration (Patristic Rosary)
[CATHOLIC/ORTHODOX CAUCUS] 5th Luminous Mystery: Institution of the Eucharist (Patristic Rosary)
[CATHOLIC/ORTHODOX CAUCUS] 1st Sorrowful Mystery: The Agony in the Garden (Patristic Rosary)
[CATHOLIC/ORTHODOX CAUCUS] 2nd Sorrowful Mystery: The Scourging (Patristic Rosary)
[CATHOLIC/ORTHODOX CAUCUS] 3rd Sorrowful Mystery: The Crowning with thorns (Patristic Rosary)
[CATHOLIC/ORTHODOX CAUCUS] 4th Sorrowful Mystery: Carrying the Cross (Patristic Rosary)
[CATHOLIC/ORTHODOX CAUCUS] 5th Sorrowful Mystery: The Crucifixion (Patristic Rosary)
[CATHOLIC/ORTHODOX CAUCUS] 1st Glorious Mystery: The Resurrection (Patristic Rosary)
[CATHOLIC/ORTHODOX CAUCUS] 2nd Glorious Mystery: The Ascension (Patristic Rosary)
[CATHOLIC/ORTHODOX CAUCUS] 3rd Glorious Mystery: Descent of the Holy Spirit (Patristic Rosary)
[CATHOLIC/ORTHODOX CAUCUS] 4th Glorious Mystery: The Assumption (Patristic Rosary)
This is a very interesting 15th century Cretan icon of the Dormition, or Falling Asleep, of the Most Holy Theotokos which shows at the top the theologoumenon (not dogma in the Orthodox Churches) of the Assumption.
"Cry out, O David, and tell us, what is this present feast about which you sang in the book of Psalms? And David says, "Christ has carried up into the heavenly mansions her who bore Him without seed. I sang of her in the Psalms calling her 'daughter, bride of God and virgin'. Therefore, mothers, daughters and brides of Christ, rejoice and call out, "Hail to you, O Lady, who have been translated to the Kingdom on high....The Earthly Heaven takes up her dwelling in a heavenly and imperishable land. ... The gates of heaven were opened wide and the angels sang, as Christ received the virgin treasure of His own Mother" A sessional hymn (in the 4th Tone) from the Orthros of the Feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos