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The Assumption of Mary is also a teaching in the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] (Called the "Dormition" in that Church) and several other churches, but it is not part of those denominations' dogma.

The Assumption of Mary is also a teaching in the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] (Called the "Dormition" in that Church) and several other churches, but it is not part of those denominations' dogma.

One of the Mysteries of the Rosary is a [[meditation]] on ''The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary'', the Fourteenth Mystery of the Fifteen Decade Rosary, the Fourth Glorious Mystery.<ref>The classic form of the Rosary consists of meditation on fifteen "mysteries" of the lives of Jesus and Mary in three sets of Mysteries: the Five Joyful, Five Sorrowful, and Five Glorious Mysteries; the Fourteenth Mystery is the Fourth Glorious Mystery, the Assumption. Pope John Paul II authorized five additional Mysteries, the five Mysteries of Light, making a total of twenty Mysteries, making the Mystery of the Assumption of Mary the nineteeth Mystery of the alternative Twenty Decade Rosary.</ref> This meditation precedes the final Mystery of the Rosary: ''The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, as Queen of Heaven''.

One of the Mysteries of the Rosary is a [[meditation]] on ''The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary'', the Fourth Glorious Mystery, the Fourteenth Mystery of the whole Fifteen Decade Rosary.<ref>The classic form of the Rosary consists of meditation on fifteen "mysteries" of the lives of Jesus and Mary in three sets of Mysteries: the Five Joyful, Five Sorrowful, and Five Glorious Mysteries; the Fourteenth Mystery is the Fourth Glorious Mystery, the Assumption. Pope John Paul II authorized five additional Mysteries, the five Mysteries of Light, making a total of twenty Mysteries, making the Mystery of the Assumption of Mary the nineteeth Mystery of the alternative Twenty Decade Rosary.</ref> This meditation precedes the final Mystery of the Rosary: ''The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, as Queen of Heaven''.

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