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The Assumption of the Virgin Mary took place in the house of the Evangelist John, in which the mother of the God-man lived, together with his brother James and his mother Salome, a relative of the Virgin Mary. When the time came for her to end her earthly life, an angel of the Lord (tradition says it was the Archangel Gabriel) made it known to her three days before.

The joy of the Virgin Mary was great because she would meet her only begotten Son and God of all people. So he went and prayed on the Mount of Olives, where the Lord Jesus used to pray. Then she returned to John’s house, where she announced her impending sleep. After closing her eyes, the Apostles transported her coffin to the garden of Gethsemane, where she was buried.