Posted on 07/22/2014 8:22:08 AM PDT by Salvation
Featured Term (selected at random KOIMESIS The feast of the "Falling Asleep" of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or Mary's Dormition, as celebrated in the Byzantine Liturgy. All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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Well, that’s a new word for me, although it makes sense that there would be a Greek term in use rather than the Latin-based “Dormition.”
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