At the start of a two-week fast before a feast celebrating this figure, it was once custom to parade the True Cross through Constantinople.
At the start of a two-week fast before a feast celebrating this figure, it was once custom to parade the True Cross through Constantinople. The most widely used of the Akathist hymns is dedicated to this figure. At the Council of Ephesus, Cyril and Nestorius debated a (*) title given to this figure. On August 15th, Orthodox Christians celebrate a feast celebrating a time during which this person slept called the Dormition. For 10 points, the title "theotokos" is given to what person by Orthodox Christians, since she bore Jesus?
At the start of a two-week fast before a feast celebrating this figure, it was once custom to parade the True Cross through Constantinople.
Virgin Mary