August: the holy month of the Virgin Mary (with the "Easter of the Summer") in the Orthodox Church!...

 

"In giving birth you preserved your virginity,

In falling asleep you did not forsake the world, O Theotokos.

You were translated to life, O Mother of Life,

And by your prayers, you deliver our souls from death".

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 The feast of the Assumption of Mother of God (Theotokos), August 15, 2015, in the Orthodox Holy Metropolis of Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo from here.

 

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