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1 1|        before the Feast of the Dormition, the Church bells sound
2 2|                                Dormition~Both the English and the
3 2|     feast of the Virgin Mary's Dormition will be dealt with here.
4 2|   pre-existing feast of Mary's Dormition. At the beginning of the
5 2|        not particularly to her Dormition. Gradually, though, these
6 2|      century, the feast of the Dormition on August 15 had been established
7 2| preceding the feast day of the Dormition. Also a series of hymns