The Catholic Christian majority in Austria celebrated the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary yesterday.
The feast day of the Assumption of Mary celebrates the Christian belief that God assumed the Virgin Mary into Heaven following her death It is celebrated on August 15 in many countries. It s also called the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God (in the eastern countries), or the Feast of the Assumption.