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Sometime during A.D. 40 to 44, according to a tradition preserved in the east and the west, Mary the mother of Jesus completed the course of her life on earth, and fell asleep; and she was laid in a tomb by John.<ref>Reading between Acts 11:30 and Acts 12:1, together with an apparent [[allusion]] in [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/1_corinthians/15-51.htm 1 Corinthians 15:51 "Lo! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed"]. Compare [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/romans/8-30.htm Romans 8:30].</ref> Then according to ancient tradition, the Lord Jesus took her, body and soul, out of the tomb and assumed her into heaven. Her body has never been found. Two tombs are claimed''':''' one in Jerusalem, at the foot of the Mount of Olives in the Church of the Assumption''';''' and one in Ephesus, the final home of John the Apostle, a claim which has been disputed.<ref>[https://www.seetheholyland.net/tomb-of-mary/ Tomb of Mary - See the Holy Land (seetheholyland.net)]</ref>

Sometime during A.D. 40 to 44, according to a tradition preserved in the east and the west, Mary the mother of Jesus completed the course of her life on earth, and fell asleep; and she was laid in a tomb by John.<ref>Reading between Acts 11:30 and Acts 12:1, together with an apparent [[allusion]] in [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/1_corinthians/15-51.htm 1 Corinthians 15:51 "Lo! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed"]. Compare [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/romans/8-30.htm Romans 8:30].</ref> Then according to ancient tradition, the Lord Jesus took her, body and soul, out of the tomb and assumed her into heaven. Her body has never been found. Two tombs are claimed''':''' one in Jerusalem, at the foot of the Mount of Olives in the Church of the Assumption''';''' and one in Ephesus, the final home of John the Apostle, a claim which has been disputed.<ref>[https://www.seetheholyland.net/tomb-of-mary/ Tomb of Mary - See the Holy Land (seetheholyland.net)]</ref>

Since the 3rd century [[Orthodox Church|Orthodoxy]] has observed this event as the Dormition and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.<ref>See [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Dormition Dormition (orthodoxwiki.org)] and [http://www.ewtn.com/library/answers/aofmary.htm Assumption (ewtn.com)]</ref>  

Since the 3rd century (the 200's) [[Orthodox Church|Orthodoxy]] has observed this event as the Dormition and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.<ref>See [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Dormition Dormition (orthodoxwiki.org)] and [http://www.ewtn.com/library/answers/aofmary.htm Assumption (ewtn.com)]</ref>  

The tradition is an established matter of ancient record.<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0832.htm Apocryphal Works on the Assumption of Mary (newadvent.org)] ''from the [[Ante-Nicene Fathers]]''<br>—The Account of St. John the Theologian of the Falling Asleep of the Holy Mother of God (''St. John the Apostle'')<br>—The Passing of Mary: <br>—First Latin Form ''Concerning the Passing of the Blessed Virgin Mary''<br>—Second Latin Form ''Here Begins the Passing of the Blessed Virgin Mary''</ref> <ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02006b.htm Feast of the Assumption (newadvent.org)]</ref>

The tradition is an established matter of ancient record.<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0832.htm Apocryphal Works on the Assumption of Mary (newadvent.org)] ''from the [[Ante-Nicene Fathers]]''<br>—The Account of St. John the Theologian of the Falling Asleep of the Holy Mother of God (''St. John the Apostle'')<br>—The Passing of Mary: <br>—First Latin Form ''Concerning the Passing of the Blessed Virgin Mary''<br>—Second Latin Form ''Here Begins the Passing of the Blessed Virgin Mary''</ref> <ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02006b.htm Feast of the Assumption (newadvent.org)]</ref>

The fact of the assumption of Mary was clarified at the [[Council of Chalcedon]] in 451, when bishops from throughout the Mediterranean world gathered in [[Constantinople]]. Emperor Marcian requested that the Patriarch of Jerusalem bring the relics of Mary to Constantinople so that they could be enshrined in the capitol. But there were no relics. The patriarch explained to the emperor that there were no relics of Mary in Jerusalem, that  

The fact of the assumption of Mary was clarified at the [[Council of Chalcedon]] in 451 (mid-5th century), when bishops from throughout the Mediterranean world gathered in [[Constantinople]]. Emperor Marcian requested that the Patriarch of Jerusalem bring the relics of Mary to Constantinople so that they could be enshrined in the capitol. But there were no relics. The patriarch explained to the emperor that there were no relics of Mary in Jerusalem, that  

:“Mary had died in the presence of the apostles; but her tomb, when opened later ... was found empty and so the apostles concluded that the body was taken up into heaven.”

:“Mary had died in the presence of the apostles; but her tomb, when opened later ... was found empty and so the apostles concluded that the body was taken up into heaven.”