15 August: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Holidays and History

The Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, informally known as The Assumption, according to the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of Anglicanism, was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.

Honored in:  Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast:  August 15 (Universal)
Attributes: Mary assumed or elevated into Heaven with surrounding cherubs or saints
Patronage: Asuncion, Paraguay Republic of Malta Roman Catholicism in Thailand