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Today is the Dormition of the Theotokos. As Fr. David noted in a vespers homily last night, the ikon of the Dormition imitates the bier in an Orthodox funeral, while the center of the ikon features Christ glorified holding his own mother as a child — reversing the ikon of the Theotokos wherein she holds the child Christ as his mother.

Besides being the last of the Twelve Great Feasts in the ecclesial year, Orthodox place a lot of emphasis on the Dormition because we learn to see our own mortality through the lens of this feast. As I mentioned earlier, we fast in preparation for the Dormition; this is one of four fasting seasons of the year.

Which means today, it’s party time! Roast beast. Beast! Beast!

Ugh. Must stop avoiding my résumé!

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