{"id":26578,"date":"2011-08-12T11:34:40","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T15:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2011\/08\/the-assumption-dormition-of-th\/"},"modified":"2011-08-12T11:34:40","modified_gmt":"2011-08-12T15:34:40","slug":"the-assumption-dormition-of-th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2011\/08\/the-assumption-dormition-of-th\/","title":{"rendered":"The Assumption (Dormition) of the Blessed Virgin Mary &#8211; a period of fast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<o:documentproperties>\n<o:template>Normal<\/o:template>\n<o:revision>0<\/o:revision>\n<o:totaltime>0<\/o:totaltime>\n<o:pages>1<\/o:pages>\n<o:words>62<\/o:words>\n<o:characters>356<\/o:characters>\n<o:company>Liturgy Traing Publ.<\/o:company>\n<o:lines>2<\/o:lines>\n<o:paragraphs>1<\/o:paragraphs>\n<o:characterswithspaces>437<\/o:characterswithspaces>\n<o:version>10.260<\/o:version>\n<\/o:documentproperties>\n<\/xml>< ![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:worddocument>\n<w:zoom>0<\/w:zoom>\n<w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0<\/w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>\n<w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0<\/w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>\n<w:usemarginsfordrawinggridorigin><\/w:usemarginsfordrawinggridorigin>\n<\/w:worddocument>\n<\/xml>< ![endif]--><br \/>\n<!--StartFragment--><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/Dormition%20of%20the%20BVM%2C%20french%20unknown%20master.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dormition of the BVM, french unknown master.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/assets_c\/2011\/08\/Dormition of the BVM, french unknown master-thumb-300x203-9816.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;\" \/><\/a>August 1 through 14 is a period of fasting in the<br \/>\nByzantine churches in preparation for the feast of the Dormition of the<br \/>\nTheotokos (Assumption) on August 15. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\">Unfortunately, we in the Roman Church have lost the Assumption fast, but we continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/2008\/08\/blessing-of-herbs-on-the-solem.html\">bless herbs and flowers<\/a> on this solemnity.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\"><i>It is truly right to bless you, O<br \/>\nTheotokos, as the ever-blessed and immaculate Mother of our God. More honorable<br \/>\nthan the cherubim, and by far more glorious than the seraphim, ever a virgin, you<br \/>\ngave birth to God the Word; O true Theotokos, we magnify you!<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\">&#8220;Dostojno je.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 1 through 14 is a period of fasting in the Byzantine churches in preparation for the feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Assumption) on August 15. &nbsp; Unfortunately, we in the Roman Church have lost the Assumption fast, but we continue to bless herbs and flowers on this solemnity. It is truly right &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2011\/08\/the-assumption-dormition-of-th\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Assumption (Dormition) of the Blessed Virgin Mary &#8211; a period of fast<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1733,32088,2498,2829],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26578"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}