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The National Acadian Day is observed each year on August 15, day celebrating the Assumption of Mary. It is during the first National Convention of the Acadians held at Memramcook in 1881 that the Ac...
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The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 15 August; also called in old liturgical books Pausatio, Nativitas (for heaven), Mors, Depositio, Dormitio S. Mariae. ... kept the feast of the "Second Assumption", or the "Fortieth Day of the Assumption" (double) believing, according to the revelations of St.
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The great feast of this month is that of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin — the Day of the Great Lady, as it is called by a saint whose feast also comes in August: Stephen, the first king of Hungary. In the Orthodox Church the feast is known as the Falling Asleep of the All Holy Mother of God.
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August 15 is the day that Catholics have long celebrated what is called the Dormition (falling asleep) or Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The Feast of the Assumption celebrates both the happy departure of Mary from this life by her natural death, and her assumption bodily into heaven.
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www.wf-f.org/Assumption.html
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In the Celtic lands, mid August was harvest time. The festival of Lughnasa was the harvest celebration in honor of the God of the harvest Lugh who was responsible for the bounties of ... Some of them should have been serving a long sentence in purgatory, others would not get out until the day before the Last Judgement,
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The names show that this day is associated with traditions of the Christian periods, marking the juncture of summer, autumn and winter, the completion of most important agricultural labors. This day, everyone who goes to church carries herbs, blooming garden flowers, to be blessed.
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It is a traditional belief of the Holy Church that the body of the Blessed Virgin was raised up by God on the third day, and introduced at once into glory by a singular privilege. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the consummation of the other great mysteries by which Her life was supremely admirable;
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www.magnificat.ca/cal/engl/08-15.htm
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August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... Assumption Day, Loule, Portugal; Votive lights, skyrockets, brass band plays while running uphill to the shrine. Hundreds of guitars, bagpipes, drums, and a definite 'pagan' flavour. Source: The Daily Bleed...
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www.wilsonsalmanac.com/book/aug15.html
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August 15: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a holy day of obligation when it falls on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Sunday. When it falls on a Saturday or Monday it is a Holy Day without obligation.
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