And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet,
and on her head a crown of twelve stars; and she was with child ...~ Apocalypse 12:1–2
The 15th August provides us with the understanding that Mary, mother of Jesus ascended into Heaven.
Metaphysics is not my topic, with no experience peeking into what happens to us after our death, I merely recognise Mary for her role as mother of Jesus, and husband of Joseph. Tradition informs us that Mary, and the apostle John settled in spending their late life in the Greek city of Ephesus in what is today Turkey. This article provides its reader with some background on this tradition (1).
Today, 15th August on the island of Tinos, Greece the local Orthodox, and Catholic communities congregate together to celebrate the numerous miracles attributed to the intervention of Mary, over many years with healings too numerous to discuss here. This article references this particular phenomenon also familiar to us at Lourdes, and Fatima. (2)
(1) https://turkisharchaeonews.net/object/house-virgin-mary-ephesus
(2) https://www.greeka.com/cyclades/tinos/sightseeing/category-churches/catholic-shrine-of-virgin-mary/#:~:text=Tinos%20Miraculous%20Icon,icon%20of%20the%20Holy%20Virgin.
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