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The celebration of the Assumption of the Virgin in Jerusalem in the Orthodox tradition begins on the night of August 24 to 25. This is one of the most important holidays in Christianity. Even darker, the shield of the Mother of God rises from Little Gethsemania, opposite the Temple of the Resurrection. She is carried in her hands outside the Old Town to the Church of the Tomb of the Virgin. This solemn procession is performed in memory of the transfer of the body of the Holy Virgin. by the apostles from Zion, where she died, to the burial place. Numerous representatives of the clergy and pilgrims are gathering, and with flowers and candles lit for prayers and chanting, the whole procession moves towards the tomb along the Old Town. The shield will be in the tomb for a few days and then return to Little Gethsemania.
The celebration of the Assumption of the Virgin in Jerusalem in the Orthodox tradition begins on the night of August 24 to 25. This is one of the most important holidays in Christianity. Even darker, the shield of the Mother of God rises from Little Gethsemania, opposite the Temple of the Resurrection. She is carried in her hands outside the Old Town to the Church of the Tomb of the Virgin. This solemn procession is performed in memory of the transfer of the body of the Holy Virgin. by the apostles from Zion, where she died, to the burial place. Numerous representatives of the clergy and pilgrims are gathering, and with flowers and candles lit for prayers and chanting, the whole procession moves towards the tomb along the Old Town. The shield will be in the tomb for a few days and then return to Little Gethsemania.
