This volume gathers a dozen essays by the author on the ancient traditions of Mary's Dormition and Assumption, all of which expand on the work published in his

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For the first time a noted historian of Christianity explores the full story of the emergence and development of the Marian cult in the early Christian centurie

"Since the time of the early Church, Orthodox Christians have honored Mary, the Mother of God, with special solemnity on August 15. From the sixth century on, t