{"id":3830,"date":"2015-07-22T15:18:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T19:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stjameswatertown.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=3830"},"modified":"2015-07-22T15:19:51","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T19:19:51","slug":"feast-of-the-assumption-and-grape-blessing-service","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/event\/feast-of-the-assumption-and-grape-blessing-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Feast of the Assumption and Grape Blessing Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION OF\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD (ASDVADZADZIN)\u00a0<\/strong><strong>AND BLESSING OF GRAPES SERVICE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Morning Service 8:30am<br \/>\nDivine Liturgy 10:00am<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feast of the Assumption of the Holy Mother-of-God<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Feast of the Assumption of the Holy Mother-of-God is a non-variable commemoration and the oldest of all those dedicated to St. Mary. The Armenian Church celebrates this feast day on the nearest Sunday to August 15, a practice adopted at the time of St. Nersess the Graceful.<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">Assumption comprises a week of fasting, <em>Navagadik<\/em>, and a Memorial Day.\u00a0In the early centuries, the observance took place over the course of three days; but as arranged by Shnorhali, it was extended to nine days.\u00a0The tradition concerning the dormition of the Holy Mother did not become a basic teaching (doctrine) of the church until the 9th century;\u00a0and it wasn't until the 12th century that the feast was titled \"the Assumption.\"<\/div>\n<p>On the Feast of the Assumption, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.armenianchurch-ed.net\/feasts\/annunciation\/the-blessing-of-grapes\/\">blessing of grapes<\/a> takes place immediately after the Divine Liturgy. \u00a0<em>(source:www.armenianchurch-ed.net)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION OF\u00a0\u00a0THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD (ASDVADZADZIN)\u00a0AND BLESSING OF GRAPES SERVICE Morning Service 8:30am Divine Liturgy 10:00am Feast of the Assumption of the Holy Mother-of-God The Feast of the Assumption of the Holy Mother-of-God is a non-variable commemoration and the oldest of all those dedicated to St. Mary. The Armenian Church celebrates this feast day on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/event\/feast-of-the-assumption-and-grape-blessing-service\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-3830","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/3830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3830"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/3830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3831,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/3830\/revisions\/3831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3830"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=3830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}