The feast day of the Assumption of Mary celebrates the Christian belief
that God assumed the Virgin Mary into Heaven following her death It is
celebrated on or around August 15 in many countries, particularly in
parts of Europe and South America. It's also called the Assumption of
the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God
(in the eastern countries), or the Feast of the Assumption.
Assumption Day commemorates the belief that when Mary, the mother of
Jesus Christ, died, her body was not subjected to the usual process of
physical decay but was “assumed” into heaven and reunited there with her
soul. This holiday, which has been celebrated since the fourth century
CE, is a Christianization of an earlier harvest festival and, in many
parts of Europe, is known as the Feast of Our Lady of the Harvest.
For centuries celebrations were held in the honor of the goddess Isis
of the Sea, who was born on this day according to mythology. With the
coming of Christianity church leaders decided that the easiest way to
handle this pagan ritual was to simply change it into a Christian
holiday, hence the introduction of Assumption Day came forth.
Like the Immaculate Conception, the Assumption was not always an
official dogma of the Roman Catholic Church – not until Pope Pius XII
ruled it so in 1950. It is, however, a pious belief held by some
Orthodox Christians and some Anglicans. It is regarded as the principal
feast day of the Virgin Mother.
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On
August 15, the Romanian Orthodox believers celebrate the Assumption of
Virgin Mary, and Catholics, the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed
Virgin Mary. In 2010, this holiday became a national holiday.
According to the Bible, three days before she died, the mother of
Jesus, Mary, who was considered a saint, had a dream wherein his son
told her she would ascend to heaven. As with Jesus, three days after her
death, the apostles who visited Mary’s tomb didn’t find her body, but
only the shroud in which she was wrapped, a signed that she ascended to
heaven.
On the same day, Romanians also celebrate Navy Day. A few thousand
people are expected to attend the celebratory events near the
Constanta Casino embankment, Mediafax reports.
According to the Romanian Navy General Staff, Navy Day celebrations
started with a host of cultural events organized by the Romanian Navy
Museum August 9 – 15, among which the opening of a weapon exhibit, a
triple book launch, and the Open Gates Day, Saturday, 9 am – 6 pm, and a
chamber music orchestra.
The Navy Fanfare will perform a number of concerts on seaside holiday
resorts – in front of the Mamaia Casino, in the Central Square of the
Neptun resort, of the House of Culture in Mangalia, the Summer Theatre
in Eforie, as well as a march in the Municipality of Constanta,
Wednesday, 8-9 pm, along the route the “Oleg Danovski” National Opera
and Ballet Theatre Park – Ovidiu Square – Fleet Command – Casino
Embankment in Constanta. Concert performance will conclude with a
string of artistic demonstrations Sunday, 7 pm to 8.30 pm, in front of
the Fleet Command embankment and in Ovidiu Square, Constanta.
The Naval Force garrisons will also organize event August 13-15
celebrating the Navy Day, including military and religious ceremonies,
wreath-laying ceremonies at Navy monuments, demonstrative exercises,
sailor games and shows.
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