Tassos Symeonides
(Academic Adviser, RIEAS)
Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) – Publication date: 24 August 2015
The Feast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady, The Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ, is one of the most important feasts in the Greek Orthodox Church. Celebrated on August 15 each year, it is an official holiday in Greece. The Greek Church and Greeks of faith regularly pray so that the Mother of Jesus -- Panagia in Greek -- may deliver miracles of individual and collective healing... Read more